Microsoft has unveiled Windows Phone 8, the new version of its Smartphone operating system, representing the software giant\u2019s latest move to challenge market leaders Google and Apple.<\/p>\nMicrosoft has unveiled Windows Phone 8, the new version of its Smartphone operating system, representing the software giant\u2019s latest move to challenge market leaders Google and Apple.<\/p>\n
Microsoft executives have touted new user-friendly features including \u201cData Sense\u201d, which helps users conserve their data allowance through ways such as compressing web images.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s have a look at the five interesting things of the Microsoft Windows Phone 8. Live Tiles<\/span> Camera<\/span> X-Factor<\/span> NFC communication<\/span> Microsoft has unveiled Windows Phone 8, the new version of its Smartphone operating system, representing the software giant\u2019s latest move to challenge market leaders Google and Apple. Microsoft executives have touted new user-friendly features including \u201cData Sense\u201d, which helps users conserve their data allowance through ways such as compressing web images. Let\u2019s have a look […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[667],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nUser Interface<\/span>
\nThe smartphone software shares the same user interface and technology core with Windows 8, Microsoft\u2019s newly-launched operating system for personal computers and tablet computers, making it easier for developers to create apps for both platforms and for users to run similar programmes across different devices.<\/p>\n
\nThe new smartphone software has a Start screen in the form of square tiles, which can display real-time information such as updates on social networking sites.
\nUsers can personalize the Start screen by pinning their favourite items such as application and photos, and choose from three sizes and 20 colours for the so-called \u201cLive Tiles\u201d.
\nIt also allows users to icons- apps, email, text messages, Internet Explorer, photos as per their choice.
\nThe icons can be placed or stretched so that they fill the Start screen from one edge to the other.<\/p>\n
\nCamera is one of the biggest strengths of Windows Phone 8.
\nThe secret lies in is in the Lenses.
\nVarious customised features can be added to the native WP viewfinder for a different photography experience.
\nThe camera menu also allows you editing tools with which you can easily crop and rotate images. <\/p>\n
\nYou can go for music streaming or downloads through Xbox Music Pass subscription offered by Windows Phone 8 drops.
\nYou have access to any purchases made in the Xbox Music Store stored across all Microsoft-branded devices.
\nBy linking to an Xbox Live account you can you can connect Xbox Avatar and Gamertag information.
\nMore games can be launched later by the developers as they choose to deliver to the end users.<\/p>\n
\nWindows Phone 8 also offers support for hardware specifications including multi-core processors and near-field communication (NFC), a technology that allows users to pay with their smartphones or connect their phones to other near-field communication-enabled devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"