Windows 10 for Phones Release Date: Features to Include Apps That Connect to Your PC, Skype While Texting and More
Windows 10 will be coming to Windows smartphones. The new operating system (OS) wants to be a versatile OS that can be used on multiple platforms (computers, tablets and phones). Until a further announcement is made it seems like Microsoft wants to call it "Windows 10 for phones." The features added to Windows 10 will play nicely on phones. Let's take a look at a roundup of all the features Microsoft previewed at CES 2015.
Tiles: Tiles are not going away, CNET reports. These are those little boxes that will appear on the home screen. For example, weather, text messages and e-mails are usually featured tiles. With Windows 10 for phones, you will be able to make tiles bigger or smaller to your liking.
Video Calling: Like Apple and Google, Microsoft wanted to offer a way for video calling to take place, so they have paired Skype with their messaging app. That means you can Skype right from your text messaging app.
Multi-Platformed Apps: This means that apps that work on phones will also work on all other Windows 10 devices, even Xbox. For example, can start typing a Word document on your phone, save it and then finish it on your PC at home.
New Browser: Code-named Project Spartan for now, the new browser looks clean and will translate well from device to device. Cortana, Microsoft's personal assistant (think of Apple's Siri) will be embedded into the browser too. Cortana will be able to predict what website you may be thinking of going to depending on your calendar or other daily tasks.
E-Mail: E-mail with Outlook will get better too, according to The Verge. It will be have features similar to those seen in Microsoft Word. This means if you delete an e-mail on your phone, it will be deleted when you get to your home PC and open Outlook. If you flag an e-mail on your phone, you can go home and read the flagged message on your PC. More features like inserting tables will also be added to Outlook for phones.
We will have to wait until sometime in March to see these phones, but it definitely looks like Windows Phones are trying to catchup to Apple and Android phones.
What do you think about Windows phones? Would you buy one?
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