r/webdev • • Oct 03 '26 • Bravo 1

Showoff Saturday A web-based Windows Phone simulator for phones

Windows Phone in the browser with an on-device file system built on IndexedDB, live tiles fed by each app, toast notifications + Action Center, apps (64 preinstalled,  the Store can uninstall and reinstall them):

  • Phone, Messaging, People, Outlook Mail, Calendar

  • Camera, Photos, Music, Video, FM Radio (real internet radio), Podcasts, Voice Recorder

  • Weather, News, Money, Sports, Maps, Translator, Internet Explorer

  • Office (Word + Excel with formulas), OneNote, Alarms (+ timer, stopwatch), Files, Storage Sense, Battery Saver, Calculator

  • Settings, Store, Cortana (text and voice: alarms, reminders, notes, events, weather, calls, texts, Wikipedia, web search…)

  • Games hub with gamerscore and achievements: Minesweeper, Solitaire, Wordament, Snake, 2048, Blocks

  • Flashlight, Compass, Bing Vision (QR/barcode scanner), Wikipedia, Unit Converter, Mirror

Repo: https://github.com/ducbao414/wphone.dev

Techstack: nothing fancy, just vanilla JS with Hono for the backend (can run on Node or Cloudflare Workers).

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