Window Phone : Smartphones Operating System
The first version of Window Phone is released in Oct 2010 with named as Window phone 7. Window Phone is a closed source mobile operating system for Smartphones, launched by Microsoft and it is a successor to window devices.
The Window Phone operating system launched on 29 Oct 2012 in the platform of window Phone 8 is the latest window Phone OS. Window Phone OS act as user interface with new design language, software integrated 3rd party, least requirement for hardware, Microsoft services features but main drawback of window phone is least number of application are available.
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Now Microsoft developing window Phone Blue either named as window phone 8.1 or window phone 8.5 the next version of window Phone.
On 15 feb 2010 Mobile world congress release window Phone7 in Barcelona, Spain and on 8 November 2010, it was released on the united states. Then In May 2011, Window Phone 7.5 "Mango" version was released with update of window phone 7.
The widow Phone 7.5 Version was released with following features :-
- Internet Explorer 9 which supports graphical ability and web processing.
- Multitasking which process the third party applications.
- Twitter and facebook inbuilt for social hub centre.
- Accessing of windows live sky drive.
- Better Bug Fixes.
- 800MHz CPU's Hardware.
- Include 256 MB Ram.
Window Phone 8, Operating system was released with new window NT Kernel based which covers its previous windows CE Based Architecture based Kernel. The main features of window Phone 8 operating system is to allow applications porting of two defferent Platforms. And improved Hardware with multi core processor and high clarity screen resolutions
Some Features Of Window Phones
Contacts features
Contacts can added automatically from twitter, facebook, windows live contacts, google, outlook etc. Contacts are generated through people Hub. Picture is also shown when related a saved number received you can also add contacts icons on the homescreen. Contacts hub also show social network status and profile picture in live title pattern on the homescreen. The contacts are added in groups such as favorite, friends, family, family group. A single card can access and view information on multiple networks and two separate contact can also link by user. Through Window Phone 7.5 searching of particular contacts become easy and simple by user.
Multimedia Features
Xbox Music and Xbox Video Application entertaining the user and providing Synchronization abilities between Phone and Microsoft devices. Videos, music and Podcasts access on device through Xbox music and xbox videos by the user and buying any music directly from Xbox Music store and rent with Xbox music pass service. Artist biographies and photo are view when user listen music of particular artist from xbox music and also integrated with video and music provide App such as heart radio, vevo, youtube etc. Purchased movies, songs and video can also access and played via Xbox and music Store.
Images Features
The photos or images can taken with inbuilt Phone camera and display sky drive and facebook Photo album. Photo can be upload to social network directly from picture hub by user. The main feature is Zoom in and out on photo.
Internet Explorer Features
User can maintain and create favorite web pages title which are lined on the start screen. User can load upto 6 tabs in parallel, in/out Zoom, multitouch gestures, capacity to save pages and pictures, share matter via email and search any word or phrase inline on the web.
Email features
It supports Gmail, yahoo mail, Exchange, Outlook.com services via IMAP POP Protocols. User can Synchronize contacts, calender and Native account types.
Games Hub Features
Xbox Live Provide accessing of games on Phone through game Hub and have capacity to view and edit their profile. The main feature of game hub is to shows your achievements and view leader boards, multiplayer games with turn noting and managing invitations.
Find Feature
Window phone have search button which performs different action dedicated on the front of the device. You can search anything with in the applications such as search particular contact from contact list.
The Bing applications allow user to search news, websites and map of particular locations.
By speaking search launch applications, call contacts and bing search through voice recognition application.
Bind vision and Bind audios allows the user to compare barcodes and match songs with its name. Window Phone has Bing is the default search engine which is integrated in operating system. It also include map services for search location based queries.
Input of Text Features
Text can be input through virtual keyboard including word prediction and spell checker feature. Virtual keyboard Include character sets, numeric and symbol. It also shows the list of similar word while typing the word and shows landscape mode also.
Window 8 released with a new ' Word Phrase' Keyboard feature. Word flow allow the user to generate accents letter by pressing on an individual letter. From virtual keyboard you can insert smiley faces, slides and subject to the message.
Display features
Screen acts as user interface based on microsoft's Window phone. The start Screen/Homescreen include live titles. These live titles directly links to function, apps like contacts, media items and web pages. Live titles also shows current status such as a titles for message shows no. of unread messages. The live titles can add, rearrange, change appearance and remove by just press on icon for few micro seconds. It based on multitouch technology. The screen has "Dark Theme" feature which save the battery light through stopping the emitting light by pixels.
Bluetooth features
By using Bluetooth, user can share the pictures, music, Videos, files between 2 devices within limited range. It support Phone Book, Access profile, control on Audio/Videos, Handsfree profile etc.
Window Phone 8
In 2012, windows Phone 8 is released with updated feature windows Phone 7 and window Phone app Sync material between window and window 8. The windows Phone app is available for Mac OSX and windows allow user to share music, videos and document between the windows Phone and NFC compatible windows 8 Devices by using Tap and send features through NFC.
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