Windows Phone 8 to ship on new phones

June 21st, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Windows Phone 8, the successor to its Windows Phone 7.5 Mango mobile operating system, will ship on handsets in the US autumn, according to Microsoft.

(Credit: CNET)

Windows Phone 8, code-named Apollo, will feature support for multi-core processors, NFC with a mobile payments wallet and support for three screen resolutions and microSD card slots.

Furthermore, the next Windows Phone OS will share a common kernel with the PC version of Windows 8, which will — again, according to Microsoft — allow for easier cross-platform software development between all versions of Windows 8.

Microsoft also promises improved multitasking and seamlessly integrated voice over IP (VoIP) for video and voice chats.

Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Hauwei and ZTE have come forth as manufacturing partners.

Although we’re getting a glimpse of the Windows Phone 8 OS now, Microsoft won’t release the software developer kit (SDK) until later.

Microsoft said that partner original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and operators, like Nokia and Verizon in the US, are excited about Windows Phone prospects, as Microsoft continues a deliberate effort to mature its juvenile OS alongside the much more sophisticated Android and iOS platforms.

Looking at the features in more detail:

Multi-core is here

With quad-core phones on the horizon, Windows phones couldn’t remain single core for long. Windows Phone 8 will support dual-core, quad-core and, theoretically, up to 64-core processors. Don’t hold your breath for that last one, but do start looking for the world’s first dual-core Windows Phone.

Microsoft has often talked about wanting to get multi-core processors “right” in terms of power consumption and performance balance, so the pressure is on.

Three new screen resolutions

The rumours were spot on. Windows phones will get support for three new screen resolutions: WVGA (800×480 pixels), WXVGA (1280×768) and “true 720p” (1280×720).

More shared coding with IE10

Though Internet Explorer 10 hasn’t been officially released yet, Microsoft said that the code for IE10’s desktop version will be very similar to that on the phone. This will allow the mobile browser to take advantage of the desktop’s more robust security features, like its online phishing detector and SmartScreen Filter.

Using a database of reported phishing and harmful websites, SmartScreen can warn or stop users from visiting said sites — a feature that the mobile version will also be able to execute.

Hello, microSD card

The people have grumbled, and Microsoft has listened. In the next update, Windows Phones will get support for a microSD expansion slot, which could give phones running its OS a memory boost up to 16GB, 32GB or even potentially 64GB.

MicroSD cards also let users transfer data from the phone to the PC and side-load apps.

A new start, a new screen

Although Microsoft’s Metro user interface isn’t going anywhere, its start-up screen will get a facelift. With Windows Phone 8, live tiles will fill up a handset’s entire screen, instead of being located more to the left.

Furthermore, users will now be able to choose between three tile sizes. There’ll be the familiar medium and large (otherwise referred to as “double wide”) options, as well as a new, smaller box.

Smaller tiles are ideal for applications that require a minimum amount of space to convey necessary information (for example, the phone dialler tile). However, individuals can customise the size of each app’s tile.

These small and medium-sized tiles can be rendered by default through the OS. However, third-party app developers will now be able to develop the design of how their apps would appear in a double-wide tile format — an option previously available only to Microsoft Windows Phone, OEMs and operators.

More tile colours and themes will also be added, to increase the level of personalisation and customisation. And even though devices running Windows Phone 7 won’t be upgradable to version 8, at least the new start screen will be available for these handsets.

NFC and mobile wallet

Support for near-field communication (NFC) will let Microsoft create its own wallet and mobile payments experience. Microsoft is going after Google and Apple, with plans for an app that will both facilitate tap to pay and store information, passport style. Chase will be one partner.

Windows Phone and Windows

It’s no surprise that Microsoft is leaning towards one platform to rule them all. Windows Phone 8 will share much of the same native code used in Windows desktop, including the file system, networking stack, security model, media pipeline, device drives, networking and graphics codes.

Microsoft said that sharing code resources will make it easier for Windows developers to create and port Windows Phone apps. The same code support applies to Android and iOS developers, which Microsoft also said will be able to port apps to their platform more quickly and cheaply.

Seamless Skype and friends

Microsoft will integrate VoIP calling apps like Skype (which it owns) and others, so that calls placed and answered through these third-party services will look and feel like native phone calls.