Huawei says its ready for the launch of its smartphone with Windows Phone 8?

Huawei has focused heavily on Android during MWC 2012, showing the public a wide range of excellent smartphones based on that platform. However, with the imminent arrival of Windows Phone 8 by the end of this year Huawei also like Samsung and (maybe) Sony may decide to produce even a smartphone based on that OS, passing by a little green robot competition to the Windows Phone.

Sources close to the manufacturer will admit that the staff of Huawei is working closely with the guys at Microsoft, employing about 70 engineers for the project that could give birth to one of the upcoming smartphone with Windows Phone Apollo.

It is rumored that if Huawei did not prove happy with the numbers that might get a smartphone with Windows Phone 8, his eyes can move the world and thereby create a terminal Tablet with Windows 8 with support for LTE networks. Of note, Huawei has become a full primary interest to the Android platform to the side to Windows Phone. Maybe the number "8" has a kind of magic that draws if most manufacturers and operators!

These are the only information we were able to take the time and that, frankly, could very curious given the success that the OEM has obtained at MWC in Barcelona, ​​with its latest smartphones, according to many with whom he expressed much of his potential that remained untapped so far.

We'll see.

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Metro reimagined - Beautiful Windows Phone 8 concept

As usual,  the guys at 1800PocketPC and like to seduce us with their concept in a big way. This time they do it by showing an interface of Windows Phone 8 really well designed and edited to perfection.

See below more photos of this beautiful WP8 concept:

                      New LockScreen from which you can set clock, notifications and weather

Landscape

LiveTiles 

Grouping of the app / Center notifications / swipe through various settings

Multitasking with pinch to zoom

More customization settings

Samsung will deliver smartphones with Windows Phone 8 in Octomber 2012

Directly from Taiwan, Samsung has confirmed to the press that will be coming back in the Windows Phone world after the break in the recent months. 

The upper echelons of the company, in fact, have not seen in Mango the opportunity to make the top as the Android device (just look at the hype generated around the Galaxy S3), and for this reason they decided to wait Windows Phone 8 Apollo to release new smartphones.

There will be many more products and it is important for us to hit the right price and differentiate various segments of consumers. Phone Windows 8 will arrive later this year and will improve the ability to market the platform, we will work for the optimized device.

It only remains to wait for any announcements at IFA in Berlin or later. Samsung has managed to get really good results with Android and Windows Phone so far and along side with Nokia,may increase the market share of Windows Phone.

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Windows Phone 8 shows up in the statistics of I'm WP7 app

While we are are awaiting the Tango update for Windows Phone, Microsoft is already testing a first version of Windows Phone 8. This information comes from the application "I'm WP7" that shows us the different builds of Windows Phone from the users that have installed this application.

As we can see from the image build  running under Windows Phone 8 is signed 8.0.9662.0. Many were the doubts about the veracity of the result showed the application. The developers have promptly declared that Windows Phone 8 is running an emulator, there appears to be counterfeit because they are using on the location of the emulator by default and there is a difference in the time zone.

Moreover wpcentral colleagues claim to have had a tip from reliable sources that Windows Phone 8 has begun internal testing aka "dogfooding" at Microsoft on March 30th.

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Job post from Microsoft confirming Windows NT kernel in Windows Phone?

It was speculated for a long time that Windows Phone 8 will be running the Windows NT kernel, but so far these rumors have not been confirmed.

A recently published job post by Microsoft seems to indicate that Apollo and Windows 8 will indeed share some components and that Windows CE will be completely scraped.

The full job post after the break

Date: Apr 9, 2012

Location: Redmond, WA, US

Job Category: Software Engineering: Development Location: Redmond, WA, US Job ID: 790735-78786 Division: Windows Phone Division In this world, there are few chances to work on a product which will change the industry, when all eyes are on you. Many people go through their entire career without ever experiencing the excitement and anticipation of building such a product; but you don’t have to. Come join the Windows Phone team to define and build experiences that will propel Microsoft to the top of the most competitive market in years! Our phone is winning accolades from delighted reviewers and customers, and we are busy building on that momentum. The OS Platform group’s mission is to deliver a robust, performant and extensible OS for the Windows Phone. This team delivers key platform components, works closely with teams across the phone organization to build seamless user experiences and partners with our hardware providers. We are looking for experienced engineers who are passionate about building a world class mobile operating system and excited about working in a dynamic and quality-oriented team environment. You must be passionate about producing well-engineered and robust code which can meet the demanding requirements of mobile platforms.

Qualifications for this position include: 5+ years of professional software development experience 5+ years of C++/C coding, debugging and software design skills Experience with Win32, WinNT Embedded development experience is preferred Experience with kernel, device driver, wireless networking or wireless protocol development is strongly preferred BA/BS in Computer Science or related engineering discipline, or equivalent experience

Nearest Major Market: Seattle Nearest Secondary Market: Bellevue Job Segments: Computer Science, Developer, Embedded, Engineer, Engineering, Network, Software Engineer, Technology, Telecom, Telecommunications

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Rumor - Three new Samsung Windows Phones coming in 2012?

Lately Samsung does not seem to be very engaged in the development and promotion of Windows Phone smartphones, we also confirmed this by Simon Stanford, who said recently that Windows Phone is not a priority for the company at the time, effort have focused on the Android operating system.

The site WPDang were still able to get news from a very reliable source that Samsung will not abandon Windows Phones and will still be main player in Microsoft's operating system. In fact, according to the source, Samsung will release three new Windows Phones in 2012, one of them is rumored that will be Samsung Mandel, with support for LTE and with Tango on board.

The other two smartphones are still unknown, the only information released is which will come with Windows Phone 8 (Apollo), presumably towards the end of 2012.

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Nokia seeks a specialist to bring PureView technology on to Windows Phone

Nokia has not completely hide his intention to bring the technology PureView of Windows Phone devices. 

Meanwhile, as was discovered on Linkedin, appeared job post for a senior specialist, Imaging Algorithms from the 19th March makes it pretty explicit that we will see the technology on Windows Phone.

This is the most important part in the description attached to this listing:

Have you heard of the Nokia 808 PureView? Want to participate in the creation of the next chapter of Windows Phone devices from Nokia? Want to be part of a team responsible for developing the next big thing on camera and imaging? If so, this is your opportunity to join our world class team! At Nokia we are looking for a specialist in image processing algorithms that can work with our team of Windows Phone Imaging in Tampere, Finland.

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Windows Phone 8 and Tizen 1 spotted at HTML5 test

In addition to the new Nokia browser pre-installed in the next version of Symbian, better known as Belle Symbian FP2 , between the results found in database html5test.com have appeared Tizen 8 and Windows Phone.

Considering that currently runs Windows Phone 7.5 Mango reaches 141 points plus 5 bonus, the result reached by Windows Phone 8, although it is a Beta release, more than doubled.Even Tizen does not disappoint: the new platform created by Samsung in collaboration with Intel reaches 363 points!

It remains a mystery, however, on which terminals are the test was performed.

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MSnerd: All Windows Phone smartphones will be upgraded to Windows Phone 8

MSnerd is an "anonymous" user f who has been pretty reliable when it comes to Microsoft leaks.From a question put to him on reddit.com here comes his statement regarding the release of Windows Phone 8 terminals for first and second generation.

These are the words of MSnerd about upgrading to Windows 8 Phone:

"There are hopes for Windows Phone users to receive first and second generation of Windows Phone 8?

Yes, all phones Windows Phone will receive a subset of Apollo.  operators are the main obstacle in the United States.  Microsoft has pushed hard for the release of Mango in a short time for everyone, as well as Nokia and HTC.Some features of Apollo will be exclusive to Terminal 3 generation who should be released this fall using the MSM8960 platform."

See the release of Windows Phone 8 also on the devices of the first generation would be without doubt a coup for Microsoft and would give users much confidence about purchasing new smartphones with Windows Phone OS.

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Nokia Lumia with Pure View technology coming soon

According to Nokia,Windows Phone is not yet ready to compete with Symbian in the multimedia industry, which is why the first PureView not based on Microsoft. But things may soon change.

As was reported by the Finnish newspaper Aamulehti, Nokia is working hard to bring the Pure View technology to the Nokia Lumia range. The announcement was made by Jo Harlow, Executive Vice President of Nokia Smart Devices, without specifying an indicative period of output.

"I can not say PRECISELY when, but it will not take very long." / "I can not say precisely when, but it will not take much time."

It is possible that Windows Phone 8, then in the second half of the year, Nokia will bring a new standard of optics inside the Microsoft ecosystem.

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Rumor: Sony will launch Windows Phone 8 devices later this year

As we have seen in these days, except Nokia with their Nokia 610 Lumia , other OEMs such as Samsung and HTC have stated that they will not bring new smartphones until the official release of Windows Phone 8 Apollo 


Now the latest rumors are that Sony will release Windows Phone devices later this year with WP8 Apolo.In the past we always talked about some suspected prototypes but never any official information about it.


More info at Tweakers.net

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Rumor:Microsoft testing Windows Phone 8 with dual-core Snapdragon S4

As was reported by TheVerge Microsoft engineers are testing the new MSM8960 chipset from Qualcomm on Windows Phone. The Dual Core clocked at 1.5Ghz should go into business with Windows Phone 8 in the second half of 2012.

Meanwhile it seems that the American operator Sprint is very interested in launching a new terminal operating system with Microsoft, but it should do so before the arrival of Windows Phone 8.The first manufacturer to have received the specifications for Sprint, LTE or more processor MSM8960, would your Nokia. It is therefore reasonable to expect the first dual-core Nokia in the second half of 2012?

Please note that this processor, better known as Qualcomm S4, these days at the Mobile World Congress is amazing some beating all the benchmarks and actual performance of NVidia Tegra 3 (quad core).

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Windows 8 interface arrives on jailbroken iPhone (VIDEO)

Windows 8 is definitely a highly anticipated operating system: it promises many new features, starting from the interface that now amplifies the experience of the Metro UI devices introduced by Windows Phone.


The work done by the developer of the theme is nothing short of remarkable. The user interface of Windows 8, with the known organization of the home in "tiles", has been replicated in a very faithful. There is a bar located at the bottom of the screen that allows you to access applications and mode of rotation of the display, not missing a widget that shows the date and lockscreen time and renewed in style UI meters.

Windows Phone 8: Some important details revealed by Joe Belfiore

Microsoft certainly has major plans for the future of Windows Phone, the site pocketnow colleagues have revealed some features of the next major update called Windows Phone 8 (Apollo)

The revelation,  coming directly from Joe Belfiore in a video for the patners at Nokia. The following features are revealed:

Hardware: Windows Phone 8 will be compatible with multicore processors, four different screen resolutions (without specifying which ones) and support for microSD removable memory card. There is also the support NFC technology.

Developer: Phone Windows 8 will allow developers to use most of the code of the app for Windows 8 (Desktop) and vice versa (so the rumor that the two systems will use the same kernel seem to be confirmed). Microsoft also plans an advanced version of ActiveSync as a substitute for the Zune client.

Applications: Microsoft expects to have 100,000 applications available on the marketplace at the launch of Windows Phone 8. One of the most important new features in this version you can use to write native code app, so you can fully exploit the potential of hardware devices. Skype will be integrated into the operating system, how to call from this client will be almost identical to that of normal calls. In addition, Microsoft will provide the basis for the management interface of the camera in the applications, they can interact more with the image taken. SkyDrive will support the sharing of music on the devices Information: Phone Windows 8 will be characterized by DataSmart, which aims to reduce and simplify the traceability of the data used. Improvements in the management of advanced access. The consumption data used will be visible through a Tile Home.

Internet Explorer 10: It will use a proxy server to load web pages. Similar to what is happening today with Opera Mini and Skyfire, this service will allow compression of the data exchanged, in order to have the pages load faster and consuming less MB. 


Encryption: Windows Phone 8 natively support BitLocker encryption to 128 bits, especially useful for companies This information is not formalized by Microsoft so you should take them with the right weight.To confirm the report revealed pocketnow arrives Tom Warren, well-known publisher and founder of The Verge WinRumors. Through its Twitter channel has published a brief message stating that it is 100% secure that the information on Windows Phone 8 "Apollo" is correct.   Even Paul Thurrott, often known journalist who has published a preview on the Microsoft world news, his blog has confirmed the news about Windows Phone 8, except that relating to Skype, which will be enhanced, as the remaining non-integrated application according to its sources.


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