A couple of days after the announcement of the Surface Tablet PC, Microsoft officially introduced the Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system. The presentation took place at the Windows Phone Developer Summit event in the city of San Francisco.
The new version of the Windows Phone platform promises deep integration with the Windows 8 operating system. And this means that all subsequent Windows-driven devices, including PCs, laptops, tablets and mobile phones, will perfectly interact with each other. This state of affairs pleases not only users, but also application developers. According to Microsoft, Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 share the same core.
In addition, Microsoft announced a number of add-ons and tweaks, including a redesigned user interface, Nokia Maps built-in service, support for multi-core phones, microSD-cards and displays of various resolutions.
Not surprisingly, Nokia will be among the major manufacturers of smartphones based on Windows Phone 8. The largest technology companies such as Samsung, HTC and Huawei have also chosen the new platform. In turn, LG dropped out of this list. Microsoft makes big bets on Huawei, which will help the company in promoting Windows Phone 8 in the Chinese market.
Qualcomm will retain a monopoly on chipsets for WP8 devices. Microsoft also promised to focus on 2-core microprocessors.
Smartphones managed by Windows Phone 7.5, instead of the "eight" will receive an update 7.8.
Source: Pcworld.com, Gsmarena.com
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