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Cocotteseb asked on 05 May 2014, 08:47 PM
To complete my previous post in the comments of the blog post with what Deyan Ginev said earlier : 
"For instance: our Windows 8 DataGrid control would be a challenge to use on the Windows Phone’s small screen. So here comes the question: do we need to show a DataGrid on the tablet and a DataBoundListBox/JumpList on the phone? Or what about the ListView that is now common between Phone and Tablet? "
I would nuance my previous answer and I would say a listview on tablet would be welcomed because it is different of presenting data than a datagrid. The DataGridView is a to "heavy" to display on phone and would be used to display more data with columns,...

"evaluate which controls would make sense to be Universal, and which controls would make sense only on the Phone or only on a Windows tablet."

There is something that I technically do not understand. I have Windows Phone 8.1 and want to use the new "WinRT" runtime. If I'm not wrong I simply cannot use the existing Telerik controls. So the first step would to port every Telerik WP control that is not present in the WinRT framework. If I'm not wrong it would be most of the controls. However once it would be done, that must say that every of these controls could run on Windows tablets and maybe no all are suitable to the tablet format ? And vice-versa.
We could begin an Excel-like document that lists the current Windows 8 and Windows Phone controls and between the Universal version. We would see that : AutoCompleteBox,BulletGraph,Calendar,Chart,Data Storage,DatePicker,Gauge,HubTile,Pagination exist on both platform. 

Windows 8 XAML       Universal      WP
AutoCompleteBox       "done"          AutoCompleteBox
BulletGraph                   "done"         BulletGraph
Calendar                       "done"         Calendar
Chart                             "done"          Chart
Data Storage               "done"          Data Storage
DatePicker                  "done"          DatePicker
Gauge                          "done"           Gauge
Grid                         Only on tablet
HubTile                       "done"             HubTile
Map                       missing phone
NumericBox                 "done"           NumericUpDown
Pagination                    "done"          Pagination
RadialMenu          Only on tablet ??
Slider                             native ?
TimePicker                   "done"          TimePicker
                                      native ?         AnimationFramework
                                     native ?          ApplicationFrame
                                missing tablet    BarCode
                                missing tablet    BusyIndicator
                                missing tablet    ContextMenu
                               missing tablet     Conversation View
                               missing tablet     DataBoundListBox
                            missing tablet        DataForm
      would be DatePicker on Tablet DateSelector
                              missing tablet       DockPanel
                              missing tablet       Expander Control
                              missing tablet       Image Button
                              missing tablet       InputPrompt
                               missing tablet     JumpList
                              missing tablet       LayoutTransform
                              missing tablet       ListPicker
                              missing tablet       LoopingList
                               already native ?  MessageBox
                               missing tablet      MultiResolutionImage
would be NumericBox on tablet       NumericUpDown
                               missing tablet       PanAndZoom
                               missing tablet PasswordBox
                               missing tablet PickerBox
                               missing tablet Rating
                               missing tablet SlideView
                               missing tablet TextBox
                               Would be Timepicker on Tablet TimeSelector
                              missing tablet TimeSpanPicker
                              native               ToggleSwitch
                              missing tablet ToolTip
                              missing tablet TransitionControl
                              missing tablet UniformGrid
                              missing tablet Window
VariableSizedWrapGrid?           WrapPanel

This is a very first/quick comparison to start.
Any thoughts ?

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Kiril Stanoev
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answered on 07 May 2014, 11:53 AM
Hello Sébastien,

You can use the existing Telerik UI for Windows Phone 8 and create a Windows Phone 8.1 app. This can be done with the help of Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1 which "gives Windows Phone 8 developers access to some of the newest features available in Windows Phone Store apps without significantly modifying existing Windows Phone 8 code". This however means that when you submit the app to the store, it will not adapt for the layout and size of the tablet. If you want your app to adapt automatically, then each component must have a phone and tablet counterpart making it universal.

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answered on 23 Dec 2014, 06:07 PM
I Don't see the NumericBox or NumericUpDown on Universal WP.  You have it marked as "done"
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Tsvyatko
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answered on 29 Dec 2014, 09:58 AM
Hello David,

Please excuse us for the late reply! You are quite correct, while there is NumericBox for WP8.0, NumericBox for Windows Universal is available only for Windows 8.1. You can see our current offering here http://www.telerik.com/windows-universal-ui

Our plans are to provide support for WP 8.1 for all controls that are currently only Windows 8.1 only.

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