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Microsoft previews Windows Phone 8

gsmarena.com (11 months and 29 days ago)

Jun 20, 2012

Microsoft are holing a press event today to give us a "sneak peek of the future of Windows Phone". Terry Myerson, VP of Windows Phone, took the stage and bragged that seven of the top nine phones in Amazon's marketplace are Windows Phone handsets.But that's the past - Joe Belfiore took over to preview Windows Phone 8. One huge change in WP8 is the shared core - shared with Windows 8 that is.... full story

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Microsoft previews Windows Phone 8

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