OS Windows Phone 8 is officially

Microsoft is at the event, Windows Phone Summit officially announced mobile operating system Windows Phone 8, which was previously known under the code name Apollo. The new platform has a number of important innovations, for example, it supports multi-core processors (up to 64 cores in a single device). In addition, support for microSD cards and wireless technology NFC. To use the last section is added to the interface Mobile Wallet Hub for contactless payments.

It also displays the operating system supports a higher resolution - 1280 x 720 pixels and 1280 x 768 pixels. Recall from the previous version of the this figure was limited to only 800 x 480 dots. In Windows Phone 8, a new browser - Explorer 10 Mobile with support for HTML5. Other features worth noting the new startup screen, maps, Nokia, Skype and integrated service for native video chat. developers noted that the devices running Windows Phone 7.5 will not be able to upgrade to version 8 - too many changes took place in it. However, these devices will be released version of Windows Phone 7.8, which will receive part of the new features Windows Phone 8, including an updated startup screen. It was also announced that the first mobile devices running Windows Phone 8 will be released this fall - their manufacturers will be Nokia, Samsung, Huawei and HTC.