According to the Finland based newspaper Nokia is holding an event on 5th September to announce not just its first Windows Phone 8 based Smartphone but first tablet as well. This event will take place in the New York. The event invites have been sent to major publications in the USA. The phone will not be available immediately after the event in the market but it is expected that the devices are likely to hit the market in October this year. Microsoft had dropped a bombshell on the current Windows Phone 7.5 operating system based Smartphone’s by declaring that they will not get updated to the latest WP 8 version. Samsung and HTC other manufacturers makes phones based on the OS, they have bigger stake in Android OS.
For Nokia Windows Phone is the only Smartphone operating system as it is phasing out the Symbian OS. It was expected that Nokia to be worst hit by this announcement. This is the main reason due to which Nokia is in a hurry to introduce Windows Phone 8 based phones.
Against the single core processors of current Lumia series, Windows Phone 8 will offer dual core processor's capability. Bigger camera will be supported by WP 8 due to which Nokia may bring a Windows Phone 8 version of its famous Pureview Smartphone.
The new OS has also been made to be better compatible with Windows PC operating system. It will support Microsoft's software suits like the MS Office, new email client like Outlook.com etc will be supported by Microsoft's software suits. This is intended at creating a rival to Android which relies a lot on Google suit of software like Gmail, maps, YouTube etc.

Source : Themobileindian

By the end of this month, HTC, the handset maker has declared to upgrade its 15 handsets to Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich. Previously, HTC was to upgrade its 17 phones to Android ICS.
Although, the Taiwanese handset maker ruled out ICS upgrade for its Desire HD Smartphone while rolling out the update for Incredible S some time back. But till now it had kept mum on the remaining 15 handsets.
In a reply to a question on the Facebook page about when the HTC Thunderbolt would receive Ice Cream Sandwich.  Company stated "Yes, the Thunderbolt is still set to receive ICS. We're still planning to finish updates for all announced devices by the end of August. Thanks for remaining so patient!"
In India out of these 15 phones only 6 are available .which includes HTC Sensation, Sensation XL and XE, Desire S, HTC Rhyme and EVO 3D.
Meanwhile HTC has announced that it will push Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade for its HTC One X, HTC One XL and HTC One S.

Source : Themobileindian

Internet Explorer 10

Internet Explorer 10 is available on Windows 8. Microsoft has confirmed that in Windows Phone 8 IE 10 would be the default browser. There has been an improvement in Internet Explorer which brings a major performance boost for handling JavaScript and HTML5. As we know that online phishing is a major problem no matter what OS you're on, built-in phishing protection is available in the mobile version of IE 10 that keep you safe from insecure sites.

An Enterprise-Ready OS

The protection doesn't finish just with the browser, however. Windows Phone 8 is also enterprise ready. It offers numerous tools for IT admin to better manage employee devices. The data will be encrypted by OS, keeping it safe from anyone who might be snooping around.

Enterprise Ready Fundamentals
• Complete security platform
• Flexible app distribution
• Device Management

Native USB 3.0 Support

USB 3.0 offers speeds up to 10 times as fast as USB 2.0 as well as ability to carry more voltage for charging. It provides new world of speed and convenience. Despite the fact that USB 3.0 controllers and devices will work under Windows 7 with third-party drivers, native drivers are built by Microsoft for Windows 8. They are also developing efficient new USB software stack. Your intense fast external SSD will work better and outshine than previous versions.

New Camera Features

Smartphone users should now be happy to hear that along with other amazing features, Windows Phone 8 OS will see improvements to its camera software comprehensively. Windows Phone 8 will allow its users to take photos in various modes like burst shots, panoramic shots to capture multiple photos quickly, and Smart Group Shot etc. Plus, the new self-timer feature will allow taking self-portraits without having to resort to using the low-resolution front-facing camera or standing in front of a mirror.

Snap for multi-tasking

Multi-tasking is now redefined for Microsoft’s latest build – Windows 8. This Latest version of Windows OS is no more traditional as native apps will run full screen without title bars or minimize/maximize widgets. Windows 8 will have the ability to run multiple apps side by side on single screen. In order to see more than one program at a time, you have to "snap" one app to the left while another sits on the right. After that you can adjust the dividing line between the programs to show more or less of each. However, Windows 8 does not permit you to view all of your running apps on a single screen.

Nokia Drive is a feature of Nokia Smartphones that suggests turn-by-turn voice navigation with in-car user interface. The added advantage is that you don’t need to have a working internet connection at the time of driving because you can download the maps before starting your journey. This saves data costs and prevents the risk of non-availability of internet connection while driving. Other great features include tracking your location, speed, and distance driven, and getting warnings when exceed cross the speed limit. It is currently available for Nokia Lumia Phones.

Ever been in a foreign country with no idea what a sign says? According to the latest reports Google Translate now lets you snap a picture of it, and then translate the text. With the help of this app users doesn’t need to enter in the text to translate manually .This is the most time saver app.
The app is based on Android versions 2.3 and up, and allows users to select exactly what users would like to be translated. This app is very convenient if there is a large amount of text on the page, or more than one language in the image. To use this feature users have to specify which language they want to translate and not all 64 languages supported by Google Translate can use the new camera translate feature. if you move out of the camera translate interface, it doesn’t retain the image you just took and users have to start once again . Let’s hope that this will be fixed in the next patch. Either way, it had no problems with translating the Polish language description on our Intel processor box. Google Translate for Android is available in the Play Store

Source : Blog.gsmarena