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Caution. Tried it on a Nook Color and got stuck, without access to browser controls. Didn't work (error message) on iOS 3 and got a blank screen on WebOS. Also seems to favor 320x480 screens (used the top-left of the screen only, both on the Nook and on the iPad). YMMV

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Thanks, I tried it on Chrome and on an iPhone 4S, and it is strikingly faithful to the WP7 interface.

I wonder how much work it took to reimplement so many UI controls in HTML5+Javascript. It is really well done.

EDIT: The meta description says "Demo Windows Phone right from your iPhone or Android device – no app required"

Font rendering was pretty horrible in chrome

Font rendering is very nice for me (Chrome 15, OSX Lion).

What are you using?

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