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[SurB86]

Microsoft just revealed that Windows Phone 8 will be released this fall, at the Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco today. The mobile OS now has a "shared core" with Windows 8. Windows Phone 8 will support dual-core CPUs on day one (and quad-cores in the future), and will also offer three screen resolutions, maxing out at 1280 x 768. Windows Phone 8 will also finally bring real support for microSD cards, and Microsoft says apps developed for 7.5 will not require refactoring for the new resolutions.

Additionally, Internet Explorer 10 will be built into the OS, and its rendering engine will mirror the desktop version. Microsoft will also allow native code development for the platform, meaning ports of graphic-intensive apps like games should be far less painful thanks to DirectX support.

Here are 8 major parts of the company's announcement today:

• Windows Phone 8 will have a "shared core" with Windows 8 to facilitate cross-platform application development.
  
  
• Windows Phone 8 will support multi-core processors.
  
  
• Windows 8 will support 480 x 320, 800x480, 1280x720 (16:9), and 1280x768 (5:3).
  
  
• MicroSD support.
  
  
• Internet Explorer 10 will be the system's default browser.
  
  
• Native support for near field communications (NFC).
  
  
• Mobile Device Management functions for enterprise deployment.
  
  
• New Live Tile homescreen design.

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[Maximum Payne]

Microsoft is improving them self slowly, but significant.

[M.Sudoku]

Sounds great! My next phone will definitely be a Windows Phone.

[Chrominator]

Cross-platform application development will be amazing!

[Eddy4823]

Legacy devices denied WP8, offered WP7.8 instead

After several long months of contradicting rumors, the owners of the current crop of WP smartphones finally got official information regarding the eligibility of their devices for a WP8 upgrade. Sadly, the answer Microsoft delivered isn't the one we were all hoping for.

It was confirmed that the just announced Windows Phone 8 won't be coming to any of the existing WP smartphones. The reasons for this are yet unclear, with some pointing to the limited hardware and others speculating it's just an attempt by Microsoft to make users upgrade.

The consolation is that even if you don't change smartphones, at least some of the cool Windows Phone 8 features will be made available to you. Microsoft will be treating legacy hardware to a Windows Phone 7.8, which will enable the resizable live tiles as well as a few other features that weren't explicitly mentioned.




The Windows Phone 7.8 update will be brought directly to the users, which means carrier approvals won't slow down its rollout. There's no saying yet when the update will be delivered, though.

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Edited by Eddy4823, 20 June 2012 - 10:19 PM.