We've known since February courtesy of one of my unnamed sources that WP Blue would be a stepping stone along the way to bringing Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Phone 8 into closer alignment around the NT core , programming interfaces and UI look-and-feel. Supposedly the goal is for WP Blue to reach a a very precise 77 percent by the time it comes to market.
The ultimate goal, according to Thurrott's tipster, is to allow developers a single app that can run on both Windows RT and Windows Phone, thanks to universal binaries. That would fit nicely with the concept of a single Windows Store -- something to which Microsoft execs have committed privately to providing alongside the next major release of Windows whatever that really means.
That's something I hadn't heard previously. It makes me wonder what Microsoft will do, backwards-compatibility-wise, for those of us who have Windows Phones that include back buttons as part of the actual handset. I'd love to see Microsoft move the Bing search button to the left on Windows Phones, given it's currently far too easily to accidentally hit the search button on WP handsets.
But none of these tidbits are as interesting to me as one other piece of information from Thurrott's source. Supposedly, Windows Phone Blue will work on devices with 7- to inch screens. As I've reported previously, the coming GDR3 update for Windows Phone 8 will support devices with 5- and 6-inch screens , like the expected Nokia "Bandit" Lumia phablet, for example.
I'm thinking this could mean Microsoft ends up dropping the Windows RT name and instead goes for a single unified OS brand across devices. Whether this ultimately is called "Windows Phone OS" or just "Windows" or something else all together will be interesting to see.
It's funny to think of it this way, but after a number of us called for Microsoft to make Windows Phone OS the Microsoft solution for tablets , we just might get our wish, albeit two or three years later than we asked For now, it's worth reiterating that this new info is from one unnamed source.
It's not official, so don't take it as being set in stone. Although many adopted Qi wireless charging built into their phones soon after, the Nokia Lumia is widely regarded to be the first smartphone to sport the technology.
And while Apple is finally embracing it in the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X, which should speed up adoption, the Lumia was released in Until then, most wireless charging options came in the form of add-on battery cases for phones. Many smartphones at the time had aluminium rear covers, so not suitable to have the technology integrated. Nokia's choice of polycarbonate as the outer shell, however, meant it could have a Qi wireless charging receiver inside.
The Windows Phone 8 sporting Nokia Lumia turned heads on its release in Not only did it feature LTE 4G connectivity and decent-sized 4. The Nokia PureView also had a megapixel snapper beforehand, but that was on the Symbian OS and therefore didn't have as wide appeal. The Lumia was, therefore, truly groundbreaking for touchscreen smartphones and was capable of taking better photos than any rival phone on the market. It also had excellent low light performance - something of a rarity at the time.
Since then, all smartphone manufacturers have followed suit with the ability to take great pictures at night and in darker ambience. None have quite gone so bonkers on the amount of pixels on the sensor, however. With the advent of Windows 10 for PC, Microsoft made the bold decision to swap its mobile phone operating system for an all-new build again.
This time it was to be based on the same architecture as the desktop, laptop and tablet software, with the OS cleverly recognising what type of device it was installed on and adjusting itself automatically to suit. It could have been a genius move, tying all the different versions together and offering seamless synchronicity. It would also encourage app developers to build applications that would work across multiple devices rather than just one type, especially as the latest Xbox One software experience is also built on Windows Two tweets from the head of Windows 10 proved to be the nails in Windows Phone's coffin.
While many already thought the system dead - after all, the last Windows Phone handset was released in spring - it wasn't until a couple of posts on Twitter by Belfiore on 8 October that we knew for sure.
The lack of support by app developers was pivotal, he wrote. Here are some of the best. If the Windows Phone Blue team is behind that of the regular Windows Blue project, we might not see that kind of cross application support for a little while longer.
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