On the Developer Conference held this June
22 developer, Microsoft announced the exisint devices would not be upgraded to Windows Phone 8 system, but will launch Windows Phone 7.8 as compensation.
Countless Windows Phone users were disappointed as after all Windows Phone 7.8 isn’t
the Windows Phone 8 system. What makes users more disappointing is that besides
the leaked new Start screen, there aren’t any other features revealed by
Microsoft to the crowed. And now, WP7Forum.ru received a detailed contrast
table of features between Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8, which is
showed below:
As expected, while Windows Phone 7.8 will
get the new start screen with the new Tile sizes, most of the other major
features aren't making the cut. Skype, RCS-e, and DataSmart are all available
in WP7.8, but only as separate apps, and not integrated as with WP8. DataSmart
is the app which allows users to monitor data usage, and RCS-e allows carriers
to hook in data services. Not surprisingly, IE10 will be WP8 only, and WP7.8
users will have to make due with IE9 (our condolences).
Additionally, Voice Command, Bing Audio,
and cloud services all seem to be staying the same from WP7.5 to WP7.8, but WP8
users will be getting more powerful versions of each. WP8 will have more voice
command options, as expected, and will sync all data to the cloud. The new
piece of info is that Bing Audio in WP8 is getting "improved TV
recognition", which we hadn't heard about before, but seems to be a way to
tag TV shows from the audio, and more than likely will shoot you into the Zune
Marketplace to buy said TV show.
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