Windows Phone 8.1 Camera – Do not leave more functional advantages to Android and iOS
One of the products which is moving forward is Windows Phone 8, the mobile operating system from Microsoft. After a shaky start, thanks to the excellent work of Nokia commercial and small but regular software updates have been able to find its place in the market, reaching remarkable results in certain markets such as the one where iOS had been demoted to third place.
Nevertheless, it cannot be said to be still in front of a truly comprehensive and mostly on-par with what is offered by the other two main competitors for the areas in which even excels in comparison, there are others where the situation still leaves him at a disadvantage.
Fortunately, one of the main, on the app, is increasingly improving, thanks to the arrival of the ” heavyweights ” like Instagram and a policy on the part of the software company that is changing, considering Windows Phone as a system to immediately take into account and not left waiting for a port who knows when. The most predominantly functional will be addressed by Windows Phone 8.1, which promises more and more dense series of interesting accessories, as reported by The Verge.
To be understood that rumors are not exactly new to the sight: many of them have already emerged in recent months. The amount of detail put into the field by the site led by Joshua Topolsky gives us an idea of what to expect more accomplished. It starts from the long-awaited Notification Center, which should finally have its moment on the Microsoft. Its characteristics are very similar to those already present in the other systems. To call it will be necessary to slide your finger from top to bottom, one short swipe will simply show the quick settings to enable or disable specific items such as data connection, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.., While a longer movement will bring with it the entire list of notifications.
Another aspect that approaches Windows Phone 8.1 to Android and iOS will be the personal assistant, named ” Cortana “. It will replace the current Bing search integrated within the system, referred to from appropriate key hardware, integrating and expanding the simple addition of TellMe voice capabilities. The ability to search for information and carry out transaction through natural language is present, even in text mode for those who prefer. ” Cortana ” perfected his skills as the basis of both the behavior of the user, and the data stored on your device is the place where it is located. Finally, a reminder this mode defined by The Verge similar to Google Now, with which the server notifies the user of upcoming events by providing useful information such as travel times and / or otherwise.
It continues with minor features but no less important, including the probable abandonment of the three hardware buttons Back / Start / Search in favor of a virtual solution like on Android, the separate volume control for ringtones and multimedia content, new way’s search for Bing, greater integration of social networks in the Contact section and the separation of the current application only in two distinct Music Video.
All this, of course, with the usual collaboration of Nokia, whose Devices division will end soon in the hands of Microsoft after it has obtained all the necessary go-ahead by both shareholders and by the various authorities. We talk about the first few months of 2014, exactly the period in which Windows Phone 8.1 should see the light. The next conference, BUILD 2014 will be held between 2 and 4 April in the familiar setting of the next Moscone Center in San Francisco. By then we will know a lot more, hoping maybe you decide for a starter at the Mobile World Congress in February. In the coming weeks the focus will be all about the impending Update 3 Windows Phone 8.
