The final version of the Skype for Windows Phone app is due in April. Nokia announced, as expected, that it has new Lumia models coming to the high end and the low end of its Windows Phone range. The Nokia Lumia running the "Tango" operating system update, is the new low end model.
And there are going to be Nokia models for customers outside the U. Unsurprisingly -- at least to me -- Microsoft officials have said nothing publicly nor even made vague allusions to the follow-on to Tango, codenamed Apollo, at MWC.
I am thinking it's too early for Microsoft to do so, even though the Apollo cat is out of the bag. Update No. From a Microsoft spokesperson:. New devices built to the lower cost specification will disable some experiences like Local Scout, SkyDrive auto upload, and generic background agents, as well as reducing video support in order to ensure optimum performance of the core Windows Phone experiences.
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Expect Tango phones to run lower screen resolutions and entry-level cameras, with some possibly not even featuring cameras at all. A signal of Microsoft's intentions to push Windows Phone Tango out to developing countries is the report that the latest iteration will support different languages. This is a dramatic step-up from Mango which supports 35 and also way ahead of rivals with iOS providing support for 34 and Android 55 languages.
There has been lots of rumours that NFC support will hit Windows Phone with the Apollo update in late , but there is an outside chance we could see it included in Tango — as rivals look set to embrace the tech in their mobile devices this year. Update : A series of Windows Phone Tango screenshots have leaked onto a Russian website which suggest the update will support new features such as sharing video and audio files via MMS attachments. Update : A Windows Phone Tango ROM has leaked out , revealing that the latest update to the Windows Phone mobile OS may allow eight apps to run in the memory when multi-tasking - an improvement on the five it currently allows.
An operating system is nothing if there is no hardware for it to run on, so let's take a look at the handsets which may be championing Tango straight out the gates. This budget handset looks set to be PayG only - with a bargain bucket price tag and specs to match. There are no details on the Champagne and it could well be the development name for the Lumia or a network-specific version of the Lumia — never-the-less we will be keeping track of this boozy proposition.
According to long-time Microsoft commentator Mary-Jo Foley Tango will be aimed at the budget handset market and according to one source "all about Nokia".
Therefore we expect to see phones packing Tango fall into the cheap-as-chips category — although there may be few devices which make it to the UK as it has been suggested that Tango "may be focused largely on the Asian market".
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