Microsofts new system supports NFC touch-and-go payment technology

Windows Phone 8 shares much of its code with the firms PC system, making it easier for developers to write programs for different types of devices.
The company said it should mean there would be some "amazing games" for handsets running its new release.
A tie-up with Nokia has already brought several Windows Phone devices to market, but sales lag some way behind models running Android or Apples iOS.
Microsoft said Nokia, Samsung, HTC and Huawei would all be making devices powered by the system upgrade.
High-def handsets Other new features announced at the Windows Phone Summit event in San Francisco included:

• Support for multi-core chips, allowing devices to turn on cores to access extra processing power when needed, and to switch off cores when not to preserve battery life
• The ability to work with different screen resolutions including the high definition 720p format
• Support for removable Micro SD cards allowing users to store more media files or install apps saved on the format
• A new "wallet" app allowing the phone to act as both credit and membership cards. It also supports NFC (near field communication) payments
• Built-in maps from Nokias Navteq division with turn-by-turn navigation
• A more customisable start screen allowing users the choice of three tile sizes to represent installed software and more colour options
• A warning alert if the software believes a website contains malware or is otherwise unsafe

Background Skype The update also allows internet call software based on VoIP (voice over internet protocol) and video chat technologies to run in the background.
This addresses a complaint that the firms own Skype program could not be used to receive calls while its owner was using another application - a function offered on rival platforms.
The firm said VoIP calls should now "feel like any other call" made or received by Windows Phone handsets.
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 strongly resemble each other - at least when the PC system is run under its Metro interface - and Microsoft was keen to stress that their relationship goes deeper than appearance alone.
The two will share a range of components including graphic drivers, the DirectX collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) and the NT kernel that ties application software to the hardware it is installed on. They can also both support native code in the C and C++ programming languages.
Microsoft said this should not only make it easier to port software between the two environments, but should speed up the time it takes developers to recode programs originally built for iOS and Android.
More games Microsoft noted more than 100,000 apps had been released for Windows Phone 7.
By contrast there are more than 466,500 programs in the Android marketplace according to search site Appbrain, and "over 500,000" in Apples app store according to the iPhone maker.
Securing "marquee titles" is more important to some than raw numbers, and Microsoft addressed this too with news that Gamelofts Nova 3 and Zyngas Draw Something were coming to Windows Phone.
"Until now handsets running Microsofts system have been missing some of the most innovative applications and popular games," said Malik Saadi, principal analyst at Informa Telecoms.
"Now with the update from Windows Phone 7 to 8 this should be addressed. Many of the developers I had spoken to had said they were holding off until they knew more about the new system. It looks like that barrier has now gone."

Windows 8 System for All Your Gadgets After the debut de vista previa successful developer Last fall, then, Microsoft has launched a vista previa consumers of todays newest operating system at the Conference Móvil de Barcelona. High expectations after Microsoft surprised the crowd of developers who have come to expect nothing special from Microsoft Due COMPANY Failed to impress with Vista, Or Its right there since the de Windows 95 product. But engineers like 8, defined by Re-Start menu and the ability to run on both computers and tableta. Now the OS is READY for the Mass at the Microsoft site. It is expected that following APA.

An Operating System for each gadget. Windows 8 will work on tableta, plain old phone and computer. "We all face the longing for some we choose between productivity and consumption .. A tableta portátil Or? A tabletas Or touch interface and a mouse?" El presidente window, Steven Sinofsky said in the conference. Windows 8 will provide the APA Sinofsky called "no experience of compromise". Not Just a UIT means working on All kinds of different Plataforma de, Microsoft TAPI 8 connecting these devices, using a cuenta de Microsoft that will transfer the settings from the device to the next saturación.

Inicio en el menu will look funny. Microsoft has decided to change the FEATURES that define, create "tiles" (see ABOVE) del de inicio NOT a traditional menu. New menu shows the applications tiles are put in a box, much like the interface Metro First introduced in Windows Phone. And there is no empezar button. No more ctrl-alt-delete, I Just Can press entrar, thats good.

All kinds of navigation options. Cross-section of the Plataforma estratégicamente All sorts of way gives users to access the system. "Windows 8 new Start screen provides an easy to use and intuitive interface," explains the manual de consumers to Microsofts business New New-posted. "With the full inmersión 8 de Windows applications and support for multi-touch and teclado traditional and Raton."

And indeed, during the presentation vice presidencial alto Julie Larson Green swiped from the display screen to the tableta. "Hes going through conmutación application by swiping from left side", apunt clear, the direct de blog event. "Its pretty slick multitarea manager". COMPANY deputy Antoine Leblond presidencial navigated portátil and said, "I could use the wheel, page up page to the bottom, Juego de palabras what you expect". As expected, the application click Open. And, navigating to and from the screen version of Microsoft involves hot corner. "If I only want to Return to the Home view, I moved to the bottom left corner if you want to open an application, you move to the bottom there -. Thats where the inicio First", entre otras cosas continue.

A aplicación store. Microsoft now has saturación. This is called Tienda de Windows and have hundreds of applications from both third-party developers and Microsoft, explained Press Release. Just published. Bono: Sr application. Free, as long vista previa consumers, at least.

On the developer side, back when Microsoft announced the developer preview of Windows 8, we recommend that developers want Microsoft to Open Systems. Microsoft confirmed this. "One nice thing about working in the Customer Preview has been talking to developers," Leblond said. "They were very nice to transparency and clarity by adding the application to the Economic app store We have the best out there .. We have a range of never before for their application".