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This morning, the foreign media disclosed that Microsoft “Smoked by Windows Phone” on the latest news. Sahas Katta in one Android users have a simple task to beat Windows Phone, and be eligible to win a $ 1000 laptop, but it was rejected. This is from two different cities on the mobile phone display weather information.

Sahas Katta actually does is to bypass the lock screen settings successfully challenged the Android operating system. But failed to challenge has been notified, a Microsoft employee, must be located in two different cities in two different countries access to weather information and weather information for Katta is located in two different cities within the same country.

Katta vent dissatisfaction at its website, Ben Rudolph on Twitter for Windows Phone on this event to apologize, and invited him to come back to participate in the quarter-final.

But it seems that this is far from enough, and other Twitter users, Microsoft must give Katta he should get a notebook.

It now appears that Rudolph could not withstand the pressure of public opinion, and promised to Katta award:

Now, Katta commitment can be obtained not only portable, also will get a brand new Windows Phone. Did this incident resolved? “Smoked by Windows Phone” also did was above board activity?

Message displayed before Windows Phone 8 compatible upgrades in addition to software, it does not support previous generation Windows Phone hardware system 7.5, but today the situation appears to have a turn. WMPoweruser at CeBIT with Microsoft technical representatives of the members of WP when informed that Lumia part of Nokia models will “definitely” will receive Windows Phone 8 Apollo free upgrade.

However, because mobile phones supported by Windows Phone 8 new feature different, some features may not be used on older machines.

If it is true, it is for the purchase of WP7.5 model is a good news for friends, they can avoid being locked in under the current version of the OS. Another news is that Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 uses the same lightweight kernel, published by the end of 2012.

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If Windows Phone applications using Apple application iPhone style, then, what will be the effect! And iPhone style “invasion” of Windows Phone from Microsoft’s own decision! According to foreign media reports, Microsoft Research Asia has recently released an application called Dotastic, this style of application using the iPhone’s default style. Signature smooth beveled, with exactly the same style of the iPhone application, blink out thought it was an iPhone application.

Why the Microsoft developers do not have to comply with Windows Phone Metro style, perhaps in all Microsoft mobile devices have been used on a large number of Metro style, Microsoft employees are visual fatigue. Of course, this event is caused by Microsoft does not stay in sync.

Overall, the iPhone style application from within Microsoft Microsoft will be in a very awkward situation!

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Recently on the Web about WP, WP bad, strong WP, WP mentally handicapped son to break out. Defenders WP fans, WP, WP detractors, WP black, WP powder, debate and even scolded constantly quarrelled. See those words, I would like to say a word of many WP users: Please give WP a little time, please give WP a few opportunities.

Windows Phone, GA in fall 2010, initially released version of 7,004, can say that this version is a prototype of the WP, is eager to rush into the market by Microsoft products, there are no APN settings, no WIFI sharing, no photo touch focus, without Chinese input method, or even the company commander at that time returned to toggle multitasking at all. (I in Mozart is in February 2011, $ 2,100, at that time is the system version of 7,008)

As the 2011 NODO and MANGO upgrade, the above features have emerged, system performance is further improved. Built-in Chinese input method has become a bright spot of WP mobile, should say mango upgrade WP official shining some light.

8,107, further amended by retracting the keyboard and message synchronization issues, 3G/2G has a toggle switch.

Tango began to appear in the public view when WP was finally introduced into China, Microsoft, NOKIA, China Telecom in the promotion of WP have no stone unturned. He and Wang Xiaochu, Liang Nianjian these predators but rarely appears in conjunction with the IT communications. Several companies of the importance of WP. (I was under the impression as if Telecom IP4S Conference Wang Xiaochu did not attend, he is rarely seen in recent years in a business setting)

And as the many machine friends by is disappointed of, WP currently no VPN, wireless management area function weak, official store audit slow, update does not timely, even several times by a network effect and cannot normal download, no basic of file management device, generation machine can perfect escape but performance does not high, II generation machine performance has upgrade but currently also cannot perfect escape, into China Shi no integrated peoples looks forward to of domestic SNS, official mainstream sale has mainland market is still using $ paid purchase. Custom ring tone of even the most basic settings and numerous mass message functions are limited. Pride gone simple and fluent in many third-party software, slow down the card, less functional. Closed system, API restriction, and so on.
Does Microsoft really, in terms of research and development is relatively slow, indecisive.

At the same time many third-party software vendors to develop a prototype version up there, look at the market reaction and subsequent modifications and upgrades, software tends to optimize performance and functionality is limited.

Particular criticism with personal feelings here is both XBL fruit Ninja and Tencent’s QQ zone software. Fruit Ninja charges as XBL series games, first of all, the price is not cheap ($ 2.99, I bought is 1.99 special price), maintenance is delayed, Microsoft game 30FPS restrictions have been lifted in the second half of last year, but fruit Ninja has not been updated, 30FPS and cut fruit and the Android platform with the game than it is to burst. Just recently in the market is finally updated, at any rate is impressive. But XBL is still not updated sth Nor do I know developers have forgotten or are you going to open a new version sold? QQ space follow with QQ,QQ music, contacts, QQ browser products, earlier appeared on WP market. But several other software update version functions even better at the same time, QQ zone remained stable, Mount Tai does not update the sth WAP page-like page views, it is silent.

Of course, there have been a lot higher quality software on the market: [+]Lock Screen,[+] some time, next to the street, Rainbow weather, in the book, VIVA smooth read, TT news, punctuality of the alarm clock, the list goes on.

At the same time are excellent games are starting to appear, The Harvest,Beards&Beaks, Max and the magic marker, ilomilo, these software and games greatly enriched the WP mobile phone availability, playability.

Network Agent, screen capture, perfection of the DFT team unlock the ROM, and so on, is to escape have brought unprecedented and exciting models.

It is true that in all fairness, WP at present, availability, playability but in terms of facilities are not as good as IOS and Android, but you need to note is that Android was released on September 2008, and has been for about 3.5 years, Version upgrade from 1.1 to 4 (course 4 is not universal, most terminals now in 2.3.X version) IOS release first version was released in June 2007 and has already lasted for 4 years and 10 months, OSX upgrade version from the original to the current IOS5.1.
WP has the product and last for about 1.5 years.

In this 1.5 years in, Metro,Title, contacts, simple efficient of push sent, let LIVE party were cheer of XBOX LIVE achievements system, funny cute of Avatar image, powerful comfortable of Chinese entered method, with scan text, and records cover, and II dimension code function, since with heard tone General song of Bing, smooth of switch machine speed, are let WP user were left has deep of impression. Microsoft and Microsoft developers, Project Director of the overseas departments all came to the Forum on Twitter to hear voices of users. (You should also remember Uncle opera fans. ）

In this period of 1.5 years, WP from a slow crawl of the new-born baby had grown into a teenager not too mature guy, even if he still had many shortcomings, still has many faults, but WP has the goal really is to stand up, WP has a group of love he spoiled his faithful users.

Apollo has been done so far in the future, various characteristics, various new features start literariness, but what Apollo will give us surprises, will have to wait until it really comes to know.

Believe that Microsoft’s strength, and believe that the future of WP. (Although Microsoft you really have to step up. ）

Please give WP a little time, please give WP a few opportunities.

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In the upcoming Windows Phone update Tango II, mobile phone manufacturers to manufacture only the 256MB run the memory of the mobile phone. By cutting in half as key components of mobile phones RAM, economical production cost of the phone and low-end products, expanding the market share of Windows Phone. Obviously, the current memory machine, Nokia Lumia 610. Allegedly only 5% App in the market cannot be used in the update for these applications. Developers need to redesign your application so that it has a higher memory utilization.

Obsessed with iPhone, Android play, nostalgia, WebOS, contempt, Blackberry, Meego after a soft metal into steel, who played with WinCE and PocketPC, Guy WindowMobile, return to WindowsPhone, re-search and share the fun of the original. @wpdang

Microsoft recently said to be suitable for low end mobile application for Windows Phone. Today, the company announced the application developers to develop some of the lower-end Windows Mobile application development skills. Introduces lower-cost phones and support application for Windows Phone brings a new market opportunity of being able to appeal to a majority of the user’s eyes. Microsoft said in the official blog, “regardless of how mobile phones, optimizing your application is the best way to make sure you are a good user experience. ”

Microsoft has posted some tips of ensuring the quality of low-end machines, hoped that the low end machines like high-end machines, can maintain a high quality:

1. faster start time, is your phone’s application before the first frame didn’t render very well, not to open more functional.
2. reducing memory usage. 256MB the best in mobile phone applications should not exceed 90MB.
3. reduce the process. In other words, you want to turn off unused background programs in a timely manner.
4. keeping user feedback in a timely manner, in other words only when necessary to open more programs.

Microsoft tips said, these tips are not only applicable to low-end users, for high-end users is also available.

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Online famously, Gao Shuaifu fashion people love using the iPhone, Andriod people because in addition to the iPhone most of the phones are loaded Andriod system does not have more choices. WP7.5 out after I had a new perspective, WP more appropriate use of the elderly.

WP fit elderly people using

According to understanding, in China in 2009 of when national 60 age and 60 age above of elderly number has reached has 167.14 million people, has accounted for to in China population of 12.5%, and currently in China of elderly ratio still in rose, is expected to will will in “Twelve-Five” during arrived 200 million, elderly in currently this social among by accounted for of share increasingly heavy, for elderly service of trend will will increasingly significantly.

WP has one of the best feature of Metro UI,Metro has magnets of graph function, place the information in a 173×173 box of pixels larger than the iPhone, Andriod small frame to many, at the Metro interface is highlighted in the information itself, rather than redundant interface elements. From both of these designs can be seen in the elderly in more appropriate use for people with visual impairments. With the promotion, 4G, 3G and gradually mature, popularity of smartphones in the near future we can buy on the market are smartphones, on the growing problem of officer ageing social structure, we be without looking at the market of older persons, there is a huge potential market for WP extensions.

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According to the information shown in the previous figure, Windows Phone 7.5 the latest HTML5 performance tested less than ideal, only 141 minutes only and even Android 2.3 per cent. But we are on the “development and Beta versions” classification, see Windows Phone 8 column! While Windows Phone 8 HTML5 performance has significantly improved.

How does Windows Phone 8 carry IE10 mobile version, WPDang is temporarily unable to confirm, but if our guesses correctly, IE10 mobile performance than Andoroid 4 native browser, but away from the Chrome beta is still lagging behind, IE10 HTML5 performance headroom.

At the same time data can be seen from the figure, the major mobile platforms are optimized for browser performance has made a lot of improvements, so run data over the previous generation platform has improved significantly, are helpful for improving the user experience of, eventually moving platform competitor, also belongs to the maximum benefit of the user.

Data source HTML5test
WPDang/Su Yang wrote

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WP7 users know, fastest picture of WP7 phones. Cloud services such as SkyDrive, built-in camera experience to further enhance the Windows Phone system, users do not need to do any operation, photos can be automatically uploaded to the cloud. Microsoft now expose a new patent for Windows Phone can take pictures better. In short, the phone can automatically detect people or places in the photos, it then takes this information and contact information link you confirm that these photos can be shared at a later time to the person or place.

WP7 users know, fastest picture of WP7 phones. Cloud services such as SkyDrive, built-in camera experience to further enhance the Windows Phone system, users do not need to do any operation, photos can be automatically uploaded to the cloud. Microsoft now expose a new patent for Windows Phone can take pictures better. In short, the phone can automatically detect people or places in the photos, it then takes this information and contact information link you confirm that these photos can be shared at a later time to the person or place.

Summary:

To analyze the photographed image, to identify which person or scenes depicting such elements. After user confirmation, you are accessing social networking Web site or contacts, contacts, and so on to determine their compliance with identified people or information, matching your criteria automatically link with photos. And the photos are automatically uploaded, users do not need to manually look for contacts and Web site to send.

We know that Nokia is revolutionary PureView technical migration to Windows Phone phone. I believe that Microsoft and Nokia will provide the Windows Phone team “Windows Phone mobile phone is the best phone have you used” to shoot at.

This will appear in the next-generation Windows Phone on your phone? Still more future products? Together we look forward to.

Source: WMPoweruser

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Completed within this month as Microsoft, Nokia, Windows Phone7.5 systems (Tango) and the phone’s listing in China, ” do you want to develop APP on Windows Phone platform? “Is a growing number of independent software vendors and individual developers have on the agenda. When you March to the Windows Phone platform, what are the problems which we are particularly concerned about this? Authors from Windows Phone market status, growth, some analysis of the three dimensions of development costs, expected to enter the Windows Phone developers in the market will be able to find the answers they want.

　　First, the market situation

　　Q1, how big is the stock market?

　　A: a conservative estimate, Windows Phone over 4.46 million units worldwide, Chinese Windows Phone about global 2.5%.

According to Gartner statistics: 2011 Q3, Q4 sales of Windows Phone and 1.7 million, the sum of the two 4.459 million units.

Calculated in accordance with Taobao July 2011 December sales ranking of ~2011 years, sold a total of 85,487. Assuming its Windows Phone sales on the Chinese market sales of 80%, so actual sales for Q3 and Q4 of last year about the China market at about 106,000, conservatively estimated at more than 110,000 in sales for the year, accounted for 2.5% of the global sales of Windows Phone.

Worthy of note is,2012 1 February, Taobao Windows Phone sales reached 483.91 million . Lumia 800 mad up of sales, after 5 weeks of listing, monthly basic Samsung i917.

　　Q2, the number of APP how much?

　　A: global market APP more than 71,000. Chinese accounted for 3% of the total global application.

As to on March 17, Windows Phone program store total last has about 71,100 a APP, and China market since on February 28 online yilai, last of APP about 20,000 a (only statistics to free application and game about 14,670 a, in accordance with global market free application accounted for all application number 70% of ratio, can estimates out China market of all APP should for 20,900 a), cover has market Shang all application of 16 a classification.

Enumeration 14,670 free application, real Chinese (name in Chinese APP developers) about 15%.

In the Marketplace all 16 subcategories, life, news, weather, tourism, education, personal finance, books and book reviews category is the highest degree of local, Chinese has reached 100% in the Top 10, entertainment and social networking in the Top 10, Chinese 90% also. Followed by tools, health, child and family categories, Chinese accounted for the proportion of 80% in the Top 10 APP.

Parallel imports of Q3, Windows Phone mobile phone how much is the price?

　　A: prices range from $ 760~4000. TOP 5 of the best-selling models average between $ 1350~3100.

From a price perspective, below $ 2000 for generation of machines (listed in November 2010). The second generation (after June 2011-listed), only the Lumia sales entered the TOP 5 of the 800.

From a branding point of view, HTC covers covering the widest range of prices, Samsung following behind. Nokia Windows Phone priced on the high side. LG looks like liquidation, price low wide of the mark.

　　Q4, what some of the mainstream channels of APP?

　　A: includes official store, forums, third-party store (genuine) and brush-4 class.

Official store is by far the most important distribution channels, today its daily activation number to account for the entire APP we’ve added user 60% above. Due to historical reasons, in official stores around the world, United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan markets contribute to the official store today added more than 80% downloads in the download.

2011 years in the Forum area in Q2 and Q3 after creative, cool seven current flows have been concentrated to the Chi machine, several forums who have completed the line up or get financing.

Third-party app store now is more lively, there are several situations:
Windows Phone News/Forum for its app store, as intellectually apps store, new front nets love Forum. Symbian/iOS/Android layout advantages of enterprises in traditional sectors of the new platform (the House of representatives is a mobile phone slightly mad, Wei Feng network, owned by its Wei Zhi network). Grassroots webmaster independent app store, such as Zunedown.com.
Second, the growth of

　　Q5. Who are the main users of Windows Phone?

　　A: user structure of dumbbell, centralized distribution of user population in the Geek and groups of students (this is just my personal make inferences based on several, non-quantitative research results).
Windows Phone as the current high price of mobile phones, the mainstream business of low-income workers, white-collar workers, or persons who are basically in a State of non-cognitive. From the preceding analysis of market, Windows Phone in the country still in the period of market life cycle, to accept its user groups must be daring to early adopters of the Geek. Windows Phone APP deployment there is a large technical threshold behaviour. Lumia 800 listed in Taobao second month to $ 3,100 average i917 (price about $ 1350) maintained a championship record of 4 months. Describe the current Windows Phone users in a large number of people (such as testing machine for fans of the Internet industry such as author) are not sensitive to prices. Average price $ 1350 i917 Windows Phone for 5 months to keep Taobao location of sales champions. Describe the current Windows Phone users or groups with a large proportion of disposable consumer is not high (such as students). One can prove that this phenomenon is the HTC Surround after prices fell to $ 1100, keep the 1000+/month for 3 consecutive months of sales level.

　　Q6. Growth of Windows Phone application?

　　A: growing faster than Android in the same period, but the quality is not much Chinese game is even less.

Growth of the APP in the first place see: on the APP the number reaches 70,000 mark this line, iOS took 11 months, Windows Phone Marketplace took 17 months, Android Market for 22 months. Although the number of APP Marketplace growth is still unhappy, but in the whole context of smartphone market share, can achieve such results is easy.

Unfortunately is, high quality applications on a Windows Phone (such as MSN series) not Microsoft’s own development, that is, from transplantation on iOS (such as Facebook). This is very similar to Android. Given the example of Android (Zhang Ning think of fruit box advertising: Android Developer on relatively low incomes and lack of quality native Android application is closely related), Developer on the Windows Phone application development may wish to devote more time before optimization ideas.

　　From the Top view, in the application of the Chinese micro-credit, mobile QQ, the UC browser in the top three, respectively , that consistent with the iPhone APP Store and Android market. And 7 are the Rainbow weather, Windows Phone 7 application meeting, PPTV network television, Baidu map (unofficial), Sina, love and QQ browser application. That ranking applications and games on the iPhone, and Android leading very different. Believes that in the near future, Windows Phone on the Chinese game market will be born a good APP.

　　Q7. mainstream models and prices

　　A: the China market will start directly from the Tango version of the operating system. Q1 4 licensed importers.

This version of the Windows Phone has joined the low profile hardware (800MHz CPU,256MB RAM) compatible. At present, total of 4 has confirmed listing of licensed importers (Nokia 3, HTC1), prices ranged from $ 1899 to $.

　　Third, the development cost

　　Q8. Influence of Metro UI APP use experience

　　A: in addition to transplant when the application needs to take into account the interaction of properties in addition to Metro’s APP also means: the high standard of typography, intervention content (graphic) and make a push.

　　1, a high level of typesetting

Metro UI is designed to reduce elements, helping users to more quickly to confirm that an in-depth reading of content and how, nature to present information. This will require interaction and UI requires creative layout, remove the ornament so that layout in their, so as to allow content to be. This requires that the APP:
Clean: a positive color (encourages each interface highlight 2 color: foreground + background, less than a total of 4 color scheme). Single button. Two-dimensional visual element: no shadows, no gradient. Alignment and symmetry of the interface elements. Boundless design through font size, (King) color, white, spontaneous nature of separating the content, rather than through media such as borders. Expanded my vision on the one hand, on the other hand reduce the consideration and identification of the user cost.
　　2, content graphics

Because the Windows Phone design advocacy without borders and emphasize alignment and symmetry, so when it comes to interface with a large capacity, designers must think about how to extract the most core part, of its graphics, display or inducing users to facilitate click. Otherwise, since there is no distinction between content, leading to backlog of text effects and experience results. To micro-Bo client of archives page for cases: Sina (Xia figure right) is by on Archives page elements for choice of way for show, although left white more, but can points area does not clear; and Tencent (Xia figure left) is on by on label added icon and button of of design, entire interface is full, user of recognition ability and on function regional division of ability also has improve.

　　3, the use of Live Tile is pushed

　　Windows Phone Live Tile of the main functional requirements push the APP to make full use, no need to click at the beginning of the mobile phone interface to automatically present the latest information to the user . Like the figure below the USA Toady (a news application), by means of a server settings advanced interface, headlines and headlines in various sections of the station into a picture, pushed on to the client. Increased read efficiency while also greatly increase the rate of activation of the client and the retention rate.

Use of Live Tile is pushed, allows users to not only the first to know the latest changes, but also for the life and soul of the system as a whole, at the same time hosting provides conditions for more information.

　　Q9. Windows Phone development costs

　　A:Windows Phone for a low cost, efficient development, Silverlight and Blend premise is familiar with development tools.

Windows Phone development with c #, interface with XAML description tool is Sliverlight or XNA, and traditional Windows development (VC/MFC) is a major difference, but to have more than 1 year experience in the development of people, still relatively simple. In addition, Expression Blend Windows Phone SDK integration, this graphical development tools code (. cs files) and interface (. XAML files) apart, greatly enhance development efficiency.

　　Q10. Windows Phone the realisation means what?

　　A: currently Microsoft provides advertising, shop, try to buy, application purchases and other developers to profit from the App, but tragic domestic or no pay channels, even the application of pricing, yet beautiful knife.

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