MS Windows Phone 8 announcements ( they just stepped their game up)

[newarkhiphop]

Live from Microsoft's 'sneak peek' at Windows Phone! -- Engadget

So far

- Windows 8 kernel will work on phones
- Widows tiles are resizable now (You can change each tile to tiny, medium or double-wide tiles that take up the full width of the screen)
- 720p screen supports for all phones
-Microsd support for all phones
-background multitasking
- IE 10 built into all phones
- Mulitcore supports for all phones
- WP8 and windows 8 will share same game drivers , making it easier to port games
-NFC Support
-WP8 Wallet ( mobile payments, loyalty and membership cards, saved deals, and NFC 'tap to pay)
-Nokia mapping control built in every phone (offline map support, map control for devs, turn-by-turn and NAVTEQ map data)
-WP8 for business support

 

[jalamanta]

is there a video stream for this shyt?

 

[jalamanta]

nevermind, i found it myself

Windows Phone Summit | Channel 9

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

I seems like MS is going to shut the game down for the forseeable future.

Buy MSFT STOCK NOW WHILE ITS STILL CHEAP!

 

[newarkhiphop]

I seems like MS is going to shut the game down for the forseeable future.

Buy MSFT STOCK NOW WHILE ITS STILL CHEAP!

yea call me impressed , they need to price these cheap like $200-$250 full price, and $100-$150 with contract extensions, or start bundling these with laptops and tablets

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

This havock engine demo videos are fukking impressive! Games on Windows phone are going to be beastly!

 

[PrnzHakeem]

No upgrade path for phones running WP 7.5 tho?

 

[Kemyran]

No upgrade path for phones running WP 7.5 tho?

Yeah, that's the one "gotcha" of the whole thing. It's kind of a slap in the face for everyone that bought one because they were the original customers ridin for them while they got their sh!t together. Now that things seem to be coming together, they get tossed out the car and asked to get a ride from someone else (new phone).

I still wanna see some more apps in that marketplace too, though.

Should be interesting. Can't really ever count MS out because they'll keep throwing money at the problem until its solved but they still have a LONG way to go.

 

[Ukbrotha]

No upgrade path for phones running WP 7.5 tho?

This is VERY crappy.

One of my guys has been going on about his super slick Lumia 900 ( its a stunner tbf) which he got last month and its about to be obsolete by fall? I'm more interested in Surface, for now I'll stick to Android.

 

[newarkhiphop]

When Windows Phone 8 arrives in the fall, it will have a relatively narrow slice of hardware makers: HTC, Huawei, Nokia and Samsung will represent the first wave.

 

[Numpsay]

What does the app market look like though? Are all the essentials there?

 

[newarkhiphop]

What does the app market look like though? Are all the essentials there?

pretty much netflix,skype, couple of games etc

 

[newarkhiphop]

all phones will be dual core (s4) chip for now

Qualcomm: all new Windows Phone 8 devices to be powered by Snapdragon S4 Plus for now -- Engadget

 

[Real]

Yeah....but their app game is weak as fukk though.

 

[Czerka]

piff. is this gonna come to verizon? right now all wp phones are GSM only