Hardware and software innovations, support from several leading phone makers, and fifty languages - including Hebrew, some features are
Windows Phone 8 is revealed for the first time. Design: hardware and software innovations, support from several leading phone makers, and global launch in 50 languages, including Hebrew, too. Microsoft held an event in which the operating system unveiled its new mobile - Windows Phone 8 (code named "Apollo"), which will ship later this year. Since the incident develop, launch date was not announced, nor were changes relating only to consumers - only those that are relevant to people who develop applications for the system.
Still, even if you do not plan to develop applications for Windows Phone 8, some from the declarations are relevant for you. Thus, for example, Hebrew is the list of 50 languages that are planned for the system. Along with adding languages, geographic regions are added to the store of Windows Phone applications, which include more than 180 countries. Store, by the way, there are currently about 100,000 applications.
The biggest design innovation system is an enhanced home screen. Recall that the home screen of Windows Phone devices including figurines "Animals", which allow not only to enter the applications, but also present them as updates. These icons come in two sizes so far, and now added a third size - smaller figurines, designed to allow viewing more information on the screen.
Voice applications integrated into the regular phone book
Support advanced electronic purse applications
Interesting innovations More about Microsoft announced include support for memory cards; support built-in applications that carry voice over the Internet, such as Skype (which Microsoft acquired), allowing them to operate behind the scenes and join in the phonebook standard device; mobile version special IE 10; and support advanced Very electronic wallet applications.
Behind the scenes, "core" is built on Windows Phone 8 also varies, and is now built on core computer versions of Windows. Beyond support Dual-and quad-core (core supports 64 cores, theoretically), it gives developers more comfortable working environment when developing mobile versions of applications 'windows'.
Together with Nokia - Microsoft's strategic partner in Windows Phone, the Samsung, HTC and Huawei will launch devices with new operating system later this year. And these devices will be the first to receive the WP8 - existing devices do not include an upgrade to the new channel. They will receive the Windows Phone 7.8, to bring some innovations - such as improved home screen - even older phones.
