Windows Phone 8 Apollo Sabotage

 

Windows Phone 8 Apollo Sabotage

Microsoft was trying to hold the specs of Apollo under tight wraps, but recently some features of the phone have been leaked. These features were supposedly leaked while Microsoft’s Senior Vice President and Windows Phone 8 top dog Joe Belfiore was trying to send some information over to the folks at Nokia.

Whenever something like this happens, which seems to be quite often when new and exciting technological innovations are in the works, it makes me wonder if this “leak” was not a leak at all, but rather an “intentional release” for promotional purposes. But that is a story to be saved for another day. More importantly here are some of the “leaked” features of Apollo:

Phone Performance

• Support for multi-core processors
• Advanced Wi-Fi technology
• Backwards compatibility with Windows Phone 7, Mango/Tango apps
• Native code support
• BitLocker encryption
• Removable SD-card storage

User Friendly Enhancements

• Tap-to-share capabilities
• 4 available screen resolutions
• Internet Explorer 10 Mobile
• Camera based around lens apps
• Electronic wallet for ease of use when making purchases
• Data Smart to check data and other applicable usage
• SkyDrive
• App-to-App communication
• Increased Skype functionality

One of the biggest gripes with the older versions of Microsoft’s phones has been the lack of apps. On the release date of Apollo, Microsoft claims there will be around 100,000 apps available for the Phone 8 Apollo. One huge component allowing this to be possible will be the ability to use apps designed for Windows Phone 7 and the Mango/Tango era on Windows Phone 8, which was not the case for the shift of Windows Mobile 6 to Windows Phone 7. This backwards-compatible feature will be a big selling point for Microsoft.

Microsoft wants to make the ease of use between the user’s various devices simple. This is going to be possible with the Windows Phone 8 through the use of SkyDrive. SkyDrive allows the user to upload and store files, and be able to access those files easily from another compatible device.

For example, let’s say you have 1,000 songs on your Windows 8 desktop. Then you purchase a Windows 8 Phone Apollo. Instantly you will be able to access your song library to host a dance party to celebrate your new purchase, without ever having to sync those song files located on your desktop to your phone. A mobile dance party, anytime, anywhere, instantly. Or, if you are of the more conservative type, you can have a mobile PowerPoint or Excel party, or even get a little frisky, and have a mobile Outlook party! The possibilities are virtually endless.