From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has at long last ponied up its promised public Technology Preview build of Windows 10 for smartphones. From a revamped set of core apps -- some of which are new -- to a host of new gesture, there's a lot of meat in this very rough early release.
To imagine what Windows 10 on a smartphone looks like, first imagine the Modern UI portion of the Start Menu found in Windows 10 PC test builds. On a phone Windows 10's homepage is still all about the Modern UI.
Some Windows Phone owners may be unable to start testing quite yet as Microsoft has only announced support for a handful of Windows Phones thus far. Microsoft states that the Tech Preview is available for the Lumia 630/635/636/638, Lumia 730, and Lumia 830.
Microsoft model choice is interesting here. Two of the six devices it chose to initially support (the Lumia 636 and 638) are Chinese-exclusive TD-LTE devices. It does make sense in a way -- Microsoft's mobile offerings have struggled in China and it wants all the time it can get to perfect Windows 10 for this crucial market.
Aside from the limited availability within the Lumia range, it should be noted that so far Microsoft has not opened the preview to any third party devices, i.e. HTC Corp.'s (TPE:2498) HTC One M8 for Windows (2014).
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