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Windows 8 officially previewed today by Microsoft in their “Build conference”.Windows 8 will be the next generation operating system for Microsoft that will be for both computers and tablet PC’s.   One of the biggest change made Windows 8 was Metro style UI: The entire look and feel of the operating system is much inspired with Metro UI that was similar to the windows phone 7 phones. You can use windows key to swap between the metro desktop and windows 7 desktop UI Boot speed The boot speed of the operating system is so fast that loads the OS quickly in 6 seconds. USB 3.0 The next generation USB technology that helps faster file transfers. Home screen Task manager The redesigned task manager helps in [&hellip

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Nokia announced re-branding its mobile app store OVI.From July onwards nokia phones will not carry OVI brand instead it replaced with “Nokia services”. Nokia announced in its blog that the brand renaming is just the part of transition of Nokia into the windows ecosystem.This transition was in agreement by Microsoft as they wish to have united app store combining the windows marketplace and OVI. However the company assured to its users that it isn’t closing down OVI and its just renaming it.[blog post] “We have made the decision to change our service branding from Ovi to Nokia. By centralizing our services identity under one brand, not two, we will reinforce the powerful master brand of Nokia and unify our brand architecture – while continuing to deliver compelling opportunities and experiences for partners and consumers [&hellip

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Nokia have taken a major decision to join with Microsoft in smartphone manufacturing.The finland based mobile phone manufacturer was a industry leader in smartphone sales worldwide is now facing the heat from Growing android phones not to mention apple devices. Nokia has sales declining in past few months as the android growth was huge in past quarter. Stephen Elop,Nokia’s current CEO former Microsoft executive has announced this deal along with Steve ballmer.  Nokia will adopt Windows Phone as its primary smartphone strategy, innovating on top of the platform in areas such as imaging, where Nokia is a market leader.  Nokia will adopt windows OS thus discarding out all the previous symbian versions.This caused rattle in the developer communities as the there will be job cuts and organisational [&hellip

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Windows phone seven finally launched to public , today at the microsoft press conference.Earlier the phone 7 concept was introduced at mobile world congress. Today the popular phone manufacturers like Dell, HTC , LG and Samsung have launched windows phone 7 mobiles.AT&T being the Carrier in US and will be available from November onwards. More specifications available here

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