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A summary of all new Windows Phone 8 features from the leaked SDK Emulator

Jul 26, 2012 7:44 pm by damaster | 10 comments

Yesterday we saw the Windows Phone 8 SDK leaked to the web. Along with the SDK is the emulator which allow developers to test out their apps, and of course, the emulator is loaded with a version of the Windows Phone 8 OS. Today Hungarian website WP7.hu (via WMPU) managed to take screenshots of all the new features that they have found in the emulator, and to be honest, we think there’s quite a few changes that are quite compelling and useful for end users. We’ve summarised these in the table below:


Xbox Music + Video hub. Notice that the marketplace is now called the “Store”.	Wallet hub.	Office hub. You can now view your email attachments directly from here.

People hub – Together	Automatic backups. Now all your apps and settings and text messages can now be back up to the cloud.	Auto upload apps. Developers can create apps that plug-in to this feature, allowing users to automatically upload their photos and videos to their service of choice.

Storage settings and SD card support.	Tap + Send NFC sharing capabilities.	Support for SIM applications.

Data Sense	Xbox SmartGlass integration. Ability to show the music or video currently playing on your Xbox console.	Show nearby Wi-Fi hotspots in Maps.

Customizable lock screen and notification settings.	Select background images from your photo albums or Bing.	New accent colors.

Text to Speech and Voice Recognition Service.	Support for voice commands within apps.	Enterprise phone management.

Of course, these are only what we can find from the emulator itself for now. There could be a whole heaps of new features yet to be discovered. We could only wait for the official announcement, said to be revealed during Nokia World on September 5. So out of the above new features, which one are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments below!

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http://twitter.com/efjay01 Ef Jay
Only thing I really like is backups, can’t believe they couldn’t provide that to WP7 users.
Ompasikom
SIM Applications!!! Finally!!!
http://twitter.com/harlemS Travis Pope
By set background, are they referring to the background on the homescreen?
http://cid-280a1538334a1cb9.profile.live.com/ Seika
What’s “Together” ?
- Damaster – LiveSide.net
  For now it just looks like the existing “Groups” in WP7…
http://twitter.com/tech_whizard Techman
more photos in the below link that has been posted by someone. all are in english.
https://plus.google.com/photos/118125798672152958883/albums/5769643045496615553#photos/118125798672152958883/albums/5769643045496615553
Mario Albertico
Wow, now I see why wireless carriers kept saying they were excited about WP8 and were hopeful to offer devices come launch.
Steven
No radio in Music + Video?
- http://twitter.com/harlemS Travis Pope
  Just noticed that too.
- Damaster – LiveSide.net
  I’m sure radio’s still there, given there is a setting for radio. Not sure why it isn’t shown – perhaps because radio can’t be supported by the emulator? Just a wild guess here…