Saturday, February 4, 2012

Windows Phone - The Future of Phones


The mid-market price point is making a lot of people excited, because instead of going out the gate with a high-priced option, the company is going with a middle of the road price option that will directly compete with Droid and iPhone and knock them down a few pegs.

Tango Mango is something that Microsoft officials are keeping tight-lipped about.

Technology buffs are looking at the recent release of the names of the manufacturers that are working closely with Microsoft. Nokia and Samsung are prepping to hose the phones and will hope to combine the software they are developing with a stripped-down phone version that will have plenty of features, including mobile computer networking, with a more intuitive design.


To clear up some confusion, the Windows Phones Mango, Tango 1, Tango 2, and Apollo are all being released sooner than later, and the phone's OS will be interesting to see. Windows Phone may be the newest smartphone development platform, but it has already taken significant market share and poses a big competitive threat to iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry. A big advantage of Windows Phone is simply the familiarity of the interface. Like other development platforms, Windows Phone lets developers create business and consumer applications to run on a Windows Phone.

It is built using existing Microsoft tools, including Expression Blend, Silverlight, Visual Studio, and the XNA Framework. As a result, developers who are already steeped in Microsoft technology will have no trouble getting started creating apps for the Windows Phone without having to face a learning curve.

It does offer end users the opportunity to enjoy very feature-rich applications with a familiar interface, as well as support for data across multiple devices. For developers, Microsoft Phone offers a strong developer portal, as well as an application marketplace to make it easier to market commercial applications.

Cloud Services include Windows Azure, Xbox LIVE, and notification and location services. And lastly, portal services give developers an easy workspace for registering, certifying, and marketing their apps. Developers will find Windows Phone application development easy, particularly since it does not incorporate any new languages, rather, it just relies on existing frameworks adapted for the smartphone. Developers can program with C# and the.NET framework.

The rich and familiar development environment means that app developers will be able to create very useful and convenient apps for end users, that leverage an attractive feature set. Some of the newest up-and-coming features on the Windows Phone include the ability to copy and pasate text between emails, text messages, web pages, and Office Mobile.



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