Windows Phone 7.8 is at least trying to keep up appearances with its WP8 sibling.
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Now, Nokia with WP8 is in quite a big step ahead of RIM with BB10.
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Nokia has both low end competitive Asha phones and also high end competitive WP8 Lumia phones.
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The conclusion is, Nokia and WP8 are in a significantly bigger step ahead of RIM and BB10.
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As with the Wi-Drive, though, Kingston plans to add an Android app, as well as one for WP8.
However, WP8 falls short in this usefulness category because WP8 (and Windows Phone 7) is utterly Internet dependent.
Best scenario (if WP8 phones go well): the stock price will go to about 7.70 euro per share.
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WP8 entails a Rube Goldberg system involving several interfaces and requires the Internet.
In order to push WP8 into these markets, Nokia has garnered support from the Chinese carriers for the latest Lumia models.
This is where WP8 offers both, Nokia and Microsoft, their best chance to find a place in the growing mobile market.
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In fact, when glancing at the WP7.8 home screen, it's now tough to tell it apart from WP8 thanks to that tweak.
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Software-wise, this is about as stock WP8 as it gets, so don't expect to see any applications come pre-loaded onto the hardware.
It is here that WP8 offers both Nokia and Microsoft their best chance to find a place in the growing mobile market.
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The reasons are quite simple, because when RIM still need to use money to launch BB10, it means WP8 is already making money.
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On WP8 you have three sizes available to developers, with most of them choosing to have at least two sizes of tile available.
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There are no major changes between WP8 and WP7, although many areas have been tightened up, tweaked, and given a little bit of polish.
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Now, with Windows Phone 8 getting its big reveal, the company is following up with a WP8 version, which Microsoft says is coming soon.
We'd surmize that you'd be able to connect an Android, BB10 or WP8 device for playback, if you're willing give up the Cube Jam software.
You may know Nokia Music as the resident DJ on many WP8 handsets, and now the app's looking to play sets at some larger venues.
Meanwhile, Nokia dropped 53.6 percent from last year with 39.3 million units sold, though it's likely too soon to tell whether WP8 will boost it anew.
All WP8 handsets will enjoy People Hub integration, meaning you can jump right into Skype calls from your contacts list, rather than having to independently open the app.
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So, the software experience across WP8 devices is pretty consistent.
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In practically every major market WP8 has started to chip away at its competitors, growing from 6.2 percent to 6.7 percent share in the UK in just one month.
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Hopefully the two parties can sort things out, but honestly, we'd suggest the Windows Phone team put the whole " add proper Gmail and Google Suite integration to WP8" thing above this little squabble.
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At 1, 950mAh, the W1 should pack enough juice to last seven to nine days on standby and given the reduced power requirements of WP8, it's sure to get moderate users through a full day.
While building Windows 8 and WP8, Microsoft ensured that they both share the same kernel and therefore inherit the same rich feature set that has made Windows a household name in the PC industry.
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There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth when Microsoft declared that fairly fresh (and costly) Windows Phone 7 devices like the Nokia Lumia 900 would never taste its latest WP8 wares.
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One of the benefits of buying a Windows Phone 8 handset with a Nokia stamp is the exclusive apps, and today we can add another to that list with the beta release of Nokia Chat for WP8.
The carrier's booth at tonight's MobileCon 2012-related event had the latter device, but wasn't able to turn it on for us (a situation that we've sadly come to expect with virtually every public appearance by a WP8 device).
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