Windows Phone 8 Detailed, Uses Windows 8 Kernel

MrSeb writes "Thanks to a leaked video — a video that Microsoft made for Nokia — we now have lots of details about Windows Phone 8 (WP8). From deep Windows 8, Skype, and SkyDrive integration, through to the addition of NFC 'wallet' payments and BitLocker encryption, it sounds like Windows Phone 8 will be close to iOS and Android in terms of features. The interesting stuff is under the hood, though: WP8 will have the Windows 8 kernel instead of the Windows CE kernel of its predecessors. Through the Win 8 kernel, WP8 will support native code and multi-core processors. It will also have the same network stack, security, and multimedia support as Windows 8. While Win 8 apps won't be directly compatible with Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore says developers will be able to 'reuse — by far — most of their code.'"

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Re:Xbox too?

[PessimysticRaven]

Hopefully Xbox 720 will have better ventilation for cooling!
Microsoft should have recalled all the xbox360's because they were not designed properly.

I have to laugh whenever someone tries to bring up the RROD issues. I've had ONE bulky Jasper XBOX360 for several years, which has gotten near-constant usage, and never once have I had an overheating/RROD issue.

Maybe if people didn't wrap them in blankets and shove them into dust-filled corners of entertainment systems with barely an inch on any side to breathe, they wouldn't have issues?