Microsoft officially unveils Windows Phone 8

20 June, 2012
At the Microsoft Phone Summit, the software giant showcased the next version of its mobile OS.

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  • Snappie
  • fXu
  • 19 Aug 2012

I like a QWERTY keyboard, I hate IE with a passion and I want Nokia/OVI maps because it was the best all round the world for me.
So no, I don't want a dead feeling touch screen and Windows, I want a proper Nokia end of the year with my upgrade.
E6 is already off the market here, so please make sure there is a decent phone with a proper keyboard.

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    • LaC
    • 15 Aug 2012

    jonaqpetla, 29 Jun 2012nice looks, nice features (although nothing worth mentionin... moreBT is common, why mention him ?

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      • rynn
      • uC3
      • 14 Aug 2012

      Most impressive: Free Navigation on ALL!

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        • jonaqpetla
        • 9GT
        • 29 Jun 2012

        nice looks, nice features (although nothing worth mentioning!). Where's bluetooth huh? Not everyone has NFC! So, if I want to get the photo my friend just snapped, the easiest way to get it would be like; he uploads it to facebook and I download it? Heck! And where's the file manager? I am a nokia fan, and I appreciate the speed WP promises, but I do want a file manager- like symbian file manager (ooh, that was the best!), or if you're sharing the same kernel, maybe I should expect somthing like a windows desktop's file manager? If the resolutions of the camera is limited to 20 mp, how do we get pureview? How can nokia pull it off? And what about the design? The same?

        Don't go get an iPhone- they control you too much!
        Don't go get a droid clone- they aren't safe! Root it and you're done! Droid's like the windows XP for mobiles!
        Don't go get the symbian- it's announced to be dead!
        Belle is considered symbian.
        Donna and Carla are just rumored!
        The one OS that doesn't have the drawsbacks from security, speed and fragmentation is WP. And they don't give us a file manager! That really sucks!

        I'm a fan of what microsoft is doing in desktops. But desktops are all managed by that file manager right? Explorer.exe? Why can't they, or should I say, why WON'T they bring it to the Phone? These phones cost more than a PC anyways!

        And we also want apps, like a good calculator, something that plots graphs of mudulus functions, and the symbian games like 'Boombakas Pro'. Deliver it, and you'll top androids, and we'll come running for you. I'm getting a phone next may. It's going to be a windows phone, or if you still don't come up with a proper, powerful file manager, I may switch to nokia!

        Oh hey, does anyone from micros hear me if I keep blabbering here?? Never mind, I just told what I wanted, all of which, droids are already giving us!

        And I'm not a fandroid, I'm more of a fandows and fanokia. But I can't waste my money on flop devices!

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          • Anonymous
          • rJ{
          • 24 Jun 2012

          nokia

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            • Yani
            • 3pw
            • 24 Jun 2012

            WOW! I'm impressed!
            So many TOP commenters and they managed to bluntly avoid the topic of WP7 devices not getting the fresh new WP8.
            Congrats on RDF! Biased much? :)

            Nokia's downfall was something that Steve realized many years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE

            And, yes, I wish Microsoft's mobile market share will be the same as Linux's desktop market share, namely 5%.

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              • Anonymous
              • Qxp
              • 23 Jun 2012



              I'm sure people will easily forget this tragic once the WP8 is released.






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                • 3xC
                • 23 Jun 2012

                Nokia should partner with Google and cut ties with microsoft. Preferably before microsoft drives Nokia to bankruptcy.

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                  • crap
                  • 3xC
                  • 23 Jun 2012

                  if it's microsoft it cannot be very good.

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                    • bill
                    • dQL
                    • 23 Jun 2012

                    very veryyyyyyyyyyyyy goooooooooooooooooodddddddddddddddd

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                      • techqui
                      • mVx
                      • 23 Jun 2012

                      aa, 22 Jun 2012nice strategy micro, im starting to like wp's powerd mobile... moreplease do some research kid,,, Windows Phone is now over +100,000 applications...and soon heading to android and ios.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • nTp
                        • 23 Jun 2012

                        ace, 21 Jun 2012what say ppl.. will the kill android??.. or will android st... morefor me Android securety is a joke next to iOS & WP, so i guess in the near future the number will decrease for Android specially after Google bought Moto they confirm that nothing will be exclusive but i dont buy it

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                          • Anonymous
                          • nTp
                          • 23 Jun 2012

                          vinay, 22 Jun 2012is the WP8 have support for 1080p recording and playback.al... moreread the news and U will know

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                            • sharp
                            • 3xL
                            • 22 Jun 2012

                            hello to all, i am an android user... and will remain for as long as there is android... it is the pioneer of all these copycats...

                            and why do you people think that this NEW OS will not have bugs??? anycase, i am not in favour this tiles and blah blah whatever they want us to use..

                            goodbye

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                              • vinay
                              • 9IA
                              • 22 Jun 2012

                              is the WP8 have support for 1080p recording and playback.also for adobe flash in browser.
                              If yes i will surely purchace it.pls rdply soon

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                                • t7X
                                • 22 Jun 2012

                                nice strategy micro, im starting to like wp's powerd mobile phones. the only downside is its limited apps. make more apps please!

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • tA$
                                  • 22 Jun 2012

                                  a phone with 64 core in the future (written in the article), that's a big number, I suppose that might amaze many people, but for what? 10800p video recording? 120 MP camera? "microscopic" zoom? or even ultra HD games or something (yeah, ultra HD, sounds like something written in a toy box)? I'm not trying to be funny here, but why should a phone be so "powerful", 64 core on a 16 inch gaming laptop maybe sounds more reasonable to me in the future, even my laptop now still using 4 cores, or maybe there are some other explanation about the 64 core thing? I'm really irritated by the fact that some consumers nowadays only able to read the spec sheet, like for example, 1080p video rec and playback (I think 720p is enough, for human eyes), display above retina display (from the other manufacturer I mean), etc etc...and 64 core in the future? human brains has limits, human eyes has limits, human responses has limits, so why? why on a small screened phone especially?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • N9@
                                    • 22 Jun 2012

                                    zelda77, 22 Jun 2012Siri: "Nokia Lumia 900 the best smartphone ever" ... moreso "quick voice" and " s-voice" said too....heeeheeehee

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                                      • nGp
                                      • 22 Jun 2012

                                      Certainly impressive stuff.

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                                        • Viju Joseph
                                        • YQR
                                        • 22 Jun 2012

                                        WP 8 will be defnitely killer product. Let us wait to see it.