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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.'"
And it'll still scroll more smoothly than an Android.
Now with 'handwarmer' function!
"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."
Good. I'll only need 8 handsets to display the ribbon in MS Office.
I predict a world where Microsoft has the best mobile platform but can't break the stranglehold of Apple and Google.
I highlighted the part that shows what a wild imagination you have.
Look at how they've done with XBOX and Kinect.
And Zune and Tablet PCs.... oh, wait...
That makes absolutely no sense. Nintendo was and is the leader that Sony and XBox have been eating away at.
I did not know that Android sucked so bad you had to compare quad core devices with single core ones.