Windows Phone 8 Detailed, Uses Windows 8 Kernel 267
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.'"
Scrolling (Score:5, Funny)
And it'll still scroll more smoothly than an Android.
Multi-purpose phones. (Score:5, Funny)
Same apps on smaller screen does not work. (Score:5, Funny)
"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.
Re:Bizarro World (Score:4, Funny)
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.
Re:Bizarro World (Score:2, Funny)
Look at how they've done with XBOX and Kinect.
And Zune and Tablet PCs.... oh, wait...
Re:Bizarro World (Score:2, Funny)
That makes absolutely no sense. Nintendo was and is the leader that Sony and XBox have been eating away at.
Wow.. (Score:4, Funny)
I did not know that Android sucked so bad you had to compare quad core devices with single core ones.