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The history of Windows Phone: from Windows Mobile to the present day
Author Artur Loyanich
Let's dance Tango
And now a whole year has already passed since the release of the "seven": in February 2012, an improved version with the same index 7.5 was released.
The improvement concerned the easing of system requirements for gadget manufacturers in order to capture the markets of developing countries with inexpensive smartphones like Nokia Lumia 610: processors with a frequency of 800 MHz, devices with 256 megabytes of RAM were now supported, and plus bug fixes, of course.
Windows Phone 8
The new version, which can be called the basis of the current 8.1, was released on October 29 of the same year, 2012.
It was a completely different, new generation of OS, based on the Windows NT architecture, which is not compatible with the previous generation.
The new version received the ideology of the user interface of the previous one, but there was a new lock screen, live tiles, the Data Sense module and the Kid's Corner with customizable applications for the child, full integration with the now SkyDrive, a new version of Internet Explorer (the tenth, to be more precise).
Also, among the significant innovations, you can write an electronic wallet Wallet and NFC support, as well as a useful little thing – now you can take screenshots using the OS.
Thus, the phones of the" first wave " were left out in this case, but they were not forgotten about, they prepared the latest update for them and rolled it out a little later.
In addition, we need to say about backward compatibility: it is there, but only partially.
That is, applications created for Windows Phone 8 cannot run on Windows Phone 7; however, applications written for the seventh version work on the eighth without problems, since they were automatically recompiled.
7.8 you are welcome
At the end of 2012, the latest version of the "seven" with the index 7.8 was released: several useful things from the new, eighth version were added to it – like new types of tiles, color schemes, Bing wallpapers on the lock screen, data transmission via Bluetooth (yes, this was not), the ability to create your own ringtones, and so on.
This version is the latest in the line of Windows Phone 7, and smartphones on it are not officially supported by Windows Phone 8.
The reason for this is already written above: a different device architecture based on Windows NT.
For older smartphones, the introduction of this version continued until the summer of 2013, and now a fat point has been finally put for them.
On the other hand, Microsoft announced plans to release version 7.8 shortly after the announcement of the" eight", so this sad fact was somehow smoothed out.
In fairness, it should be said that there are still a lot of compatible applications in the Marketplace store, and some of the new applications come out with support for the "seven", so they can still be used with success.
Windows Phone 8.1
Finally, on April 2, 2014, the presentation of the most modern version of Windows Phone – 8.1 was held.
On April 14, the distribution of the Preview version began, and on July 16, the official distribution of the update for some European countries began.
The most notable update is the Cortana voice assistant, an analog of Siri in iOS and Google Now in Android.
So far, Cortana is available only in English for the US region, the Russian version in Russia is expected in the fourth quarter of this year, and developers will see it in the fall.
Other updates include the renaming of the SkyDrive cloud service to OneDrive, improved multitasking, support for gesture control, a quick settings section in the upper drop down menu (similar to Android 5, but much simpler and more convenient), separate volume control for calls/notifications and applications, a double tap to wake the device from sleep, support for Bluetooth 4.0 LE and two SIM cards, as well as several dozen significant updates that have improved the convenience of working with the system.
Another notable innovation is the absence of the need for hardware buttons, including the camera button (as in Android, starting with the fourth version): this was done to unify smartphones for manufacturers who can now develop devices on the same base for Android and WP.
The output of the first update
In December last year, the distribution of the first official update Update 1 of the new version of the mobile operating system began.
There were quite a few changes from the user's point of view: it was possible to create folders, select applications and settings for other users of the gadget (if there are any), distribute the Internet via Bluetooth, the tenth Internet Explorer can now pretend to be other browsers, and the alarm clock can repeat the signal every 5, 10, 20, 30 and 60 minutes.
The last change – Bing became the main search engine, and all other systems were out of business.
Unfortunately, the second update (Update 2) is not planned for release to already sold smartphones; before the release of Windows 10, it will be pre installed only on new smartphones.
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