With Windows Phone 8, you still get touchscreen Web browsing and
all the apps you love. You also get
everything that makes a Windows Phone unique, including a Start screen you can
make your own, Live Tiles that provide
updates at a glance, Office Mobile, Outlook Mobile, Windows Phone Hubs, and the Xbox entertainment
experience. In fact, you get everything you liked about Windows Phone 7.5 and more, including
hundreds of new features, enhancements, and under-the-hood improvements 4 — all designed to put you
first, so that you’ll never miss a moment.
Shared
Windows Core
Unlike Windows Phone 7.5, which was based on Windows Mobile,
Windows Phone 8 shares its core with
Windows 8. The Windows core is already used and trusted by more than 1.3
billion people, and has been adopted by
millions of developers and thousands of hardware manufacturers
around the world. A common core brings Windows and
Windows Phone together in powerful new ways, beginning with a familiar Start screen. In addition, because
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 now share core components,
it provides compelling benefits for consumers, app developers, and hardware manufacturers, including the following:
·
Consumers will get greater choice in hardware, have access to more
apps more quickly, and enjoy consistent new experiences
across Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 devices.
·
Developers will benefit from fast and familiar development tools,
can write code once and use it across more devices, and
have increased opportunity to reach more customers.
·
Hardware manufacturers can more easily deliver leading-edge
hardware features and tailored device offerings, and
will also benefit from faster time to market.
We designed Windows Phone 8 with the goal of allowing all existing
applications in the Windows Phone
Store to work on Windows Phone 8 devices. We’re also working closely with key development partners to create versions of
apps that take advantage of some of the new features in Windows Phone 8.
One
advantage derived from a common core is support for new hardware components and configurations, including the following:
- · Multicore Processors. As you already know, we optimized Windows Phone to run butterysmooth on existing single core chipsets. Because Windows Phone 8 is based on the Windows 8 kernel, it can support dual-core, quad-core, and octa-core processors — in theory, as many as 64 cores. We plan to provide guidance and resources to help developers create compelling apps that leverage multicore hardware in ways that boost application performance without significant impact to battery life.
- · Multiple Screen Resolutions. Windows Phone 7.5 offered an 800x480 screen resolution. Windows Phone 8 also supports 1280x768 and 1280x720 for a total of three screen resolutions — a broader range of options that’s great for both consumers and hardware manufacturers.
- · Removable Storage. Windows Phone 8 supports removable microSD cards, enabling you to use removable storage for music, photos, and videos.
The Start
screen on your Windows Phone puts what’s most important to you front and
center, making it obvious and accessible.
New and improved Start screen features in Windows Phone 8 include the following:
- · Live Tiles. Windows Phone 8 makes Live Tiles even more personal and useful by enabling you to easily choose from three different sizes.
- · Live Apps. You can pin the Tiles for your Live Apps to the Start screen and resize them to small, medium, or large. All three sizes support new types of animations, enabling your Live Apps to “come alive” on your Start screen in new ways.
- · Lock Screen. Now you can display images or information from selected apps or services on the Lock screen background, display detailed status for an app, and choose which quick status notifications are displayed. We also made it less likely to accidentally wipe your phone by entering an incorrect PIN.
- · Kid’s Corner. Kid’s Corner helps give you peace of mind when sharing your phone with your child. You choose the applications, movies, and music available to your child on your phone, and everything else is protected by your Lock screen and optional PIN.
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