Microsoft gives a little more flexibility to manufacturers of Windows Phone.
"All Windows Phone look alike." It's a phrase you've heard a lot in order to characterize the first generation of smartphones operating the mobile OS from Microsoft. I must say that the hardware specifications required by Microsoft to manufacturers did not leave them much room to differentiate their devices. A situation that is about to change, Microsoft has realized that it would make concessions to let manufacturers innovate in the design and functionality of their phones, to enable supply to expand, a sine qua the adoption of Windows Phone by many.
Thus, manufacturers of Windows Phone can now use two Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, the MSM8x55 and MSM7x30. The first can be clocked from 1 to 1.5 GHz and terminals are for medium and high end. The second 800 MHz will allow manufacturers to offer Windows smartphones more accessible, entry-level. Nokia, which enjoys certain privileges through its agreement with Microsoft to use its share of ST-Ericsson platforms in the future (but not on the 800 and 710 Lumia recently announced). Architectures that Microsoft could confirm that all manufacturers can use Windows Phone.
Other developments, if the screen should always display a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, 256 MB of RAM that should always be installed and the built-in storage must be 8 GB, the list goes on optional equipment with digital compass the gyroscope and the second photo sensor no longer required. What extend the range down, and allow Windows Phone to finally take off? Remember, it now accounts for less than 5% of the smartphone market, but growth should accelerate in the coming years according to analysts who see Windows Phone and Android truly compete iOS by 2015.
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