Windows phone 8 (preview & Details)

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microsoft has officially announced the first details of Windows Phone 8 (which you may know better as Apollo) and confirming many of the rumours about the new operating system at the Windows Phone Summit.

Windows Phone 8 release Info-

We're still waiting to get  proper Windows Phone 8 release date – we're currently being given the boring notion of 'autumn', which could be any time from October to Christmas for all we know. However, we expect it to be sooner rather than later as Microsoft won't want to miss the traditional holiday season gadget-buying rush.

Where Windows Phone still needs to catch up with the other smartphone systems on features it's doing that much faster. Now it just needs to sell more devices.

New in Updates: It seems we've had confirmation that Samsung's next Windows Phone will support both Internet Explorer 10 (from Windows Phone 8) and have a WVGA screen, meaning it will likely be one of the budget range for the new OS.

Windows Phone 8 apps

The problem for Windows Phone is less the existing users – who tend to be enthusiastic as well as demanding – and more selling the phones.

, as will the announcement that the Windows Phone Marketplace is now up to 100,000 And more apps with more coming -

Windows Phone 8 User interface

There is one feature of Windows Phone you will be able to get on current handsets (with an update that has the strikingly appropriate name of Windows Phone 7.8) and that's the new Start screen. This now uses the whole width of the screen, without the arrow to tell you to swipe sideways for more apps.

With the extra space you can fit in a lot more tiles, which can now be three different sizes. There's a new small size that you can pick for any app, so if you don't need the Office hub or the dialler to have a full size button because there's not that much useful information on them, you can shrink them down. 

 

New start screen: With the extra space you can fit  lot more tiles/metro UI, which can now bee different sizes.

And as well as the current standard tile size, any app will be able to have an extra-large tile to fit more details onto the live tile. Along with some new colour schemes, that makes the Start screen look much more personal.

But the overall look of the platform hasn't changed dramatically – you're still offered a list of apps adjacent to the Start

Don't expect the same do-anything, break-anything ethos of Android though; battery life and user experience are still priorities for Windows Phone and even native applications run in a sandbox.

Windows Phone 8 Internet and security

Key features that Windows Phone 8 gets from Windows include Internet Explorer 10, complete with the phishing filter and SmartScreen application reputation service to make it harder for malicious websites to trick you into giving away personal information like credit card details or downloading malware.

Windows Phone 8 media,Entertainment and gaming

Audio, graphics and media playback all work , which should make for more powerful games and entertainment apps.

, but they'll likely want to re-release a more powerful version of the game too.

But With the increased GPU support and power on offer, we'll at least start seeing some more 3D-rich gaming environments that start taxing the Windows Phone 8 handsets compared to their previous counterparts.

Video calling

There's one place where Windows Phone is jumping ahead of Windows; VOIP calls will look just like regular phone calls with all the same features and notifications.Best for Video Calls

We're still waiting to see Fordeep Skype integration gets into the Windows Phone 8 OS, as given it's already available as an app on the Windows Phone Marketplace it should be shoved pretty deeply into the platform

Microsoft Wallet

The new Microsoft Wallet app will allow you to make payments by tapping your phone on a credit card reader the wa

NFC support

Win phone 8 also support NFC

Speech recognition

Microsoft has teamed up with Audible to bring speech recognition to Windows Phone 8, allowing users to shout a variety of commands at their handsets.

 which allowed a user to play movies, browse audiobooks and perform searches.

This feature we access phone with our voice 

Windows Phone 8  News

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With New resolutions,  widescreen formats: 1280 by 768 and 1280 by 720 as well as the current 800 by 480, which should give phone makers more flexibility when it comes to choosing parts they can use in multiple devices.

Windows Phone finally sorts out its SD card support; you'll be able to store media files on a micro SD card or install applications onto it.