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από **Shepard** » 06 Ιουν 2013, 07:17

First evidence of Windows Phone 8.1 being tested pops up

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While Microsoft has been offering some official details of what we can expect from the Windows 8.1 upgrade later this year, the company has so far been silent on what it has planned for the next "Blue" version of Windows Phone. Now there's evidence that Microsoft has started to test an early build of what will likely be called Windows Phone 8.1.

Windows Phone developer Tom Myles posted up an image of his analytical data from one of his apps, Archiver, on Reddit earlier today. Among the different version numbers for Windows Phone 8, there was one that stood out for what looks like Windows Phone 8.1. Specifically, the version number was 8.10.12076.0. Windows Phone 8 devices have the current build number of 8.0.1211.204.

Of course, a build number for Windows Phone 8.1 is just about all we have in terms of info about the next version of Microsoft's mobile OS. Microsoft will likely reveal a lot more about Windows Phone 8.1 as part of its BUILD 2013 developers conference, which will be held in San Fransisco in late June. While Windows 8.1 will officially launch later in 2013, there's been so such information on when Windows Phone 8.1 will be made available.

Microsoft to bundle Office 2013 in "small" Windows 8 tablets for free

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Aside from announcing that Outlook 2013 will be coming to Windows RT 8.1 later this year, Microsoft has revealed at Computex 2013 that all new "small" x86 tablets running Windows 8 will come with basic Office 2013 apps for free. Tami Reller at Microsoft's keynote said that Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote would be bundled on new 7- and 8-inch Windows 8 tablets, but didn't provide any other details.

This follows with what we've seen in recent tablet launches, such as the 8-inch Acer Iconia W3, which comes with a free copy of Office 2013 installed out of the box. Expect more information about Windows 8 and the inclusion of these Office 2013 apps at BUILD 2013, Microsoft's developer event scheduled for later this month.

από **Shepard** » 06 Ιουν 2013, 13:16

Microsoft: Πάνω από χίλιες εφαρμογές έχουν αναπτυχθεί από Έλληνες στο Windows Phone 8
H ανάπτυξη εφαρμογών (applications) για τα Windows Phone έχει πλέον φθάσει τις 145.000, καλύπτοντας ένα ευρύ φάσμα, από τη διασκέδαση, την ψυχαγωγία και τα ηλεκτρονικά παιγνίδια μέχρι την ειδησεογραφία, τα κοινωνικά δίκτυα και τις επιχειρηματικές εφαρμογές.

Σύμφωνα με την Microsoft Ελλάς, σημαντική είναι η συμβολή των Ελλήνων δημιουργών (developers), οι οποίοι έχουν αναπτύξει περισσότερες από 1.000 εφαρμογές για την πλατφόρμα Windows Phone 8. Οι ελληνικές εφαρμογές παίρνουν υψηλό μέσο όρο βαθμολόγησης από τους χρήστες (τέσσερα με άριστα το πέντε), με βάση τις πάνω από 30.000 αξιολογήσεις μέχρι σήμερα. Μάλιστα, πολλές έχουν ήδη παρουσιαστεί ως κορυφαίες στην κατηγορία τους από το ηλεκτρονικό κατάστημα Windows Phone Store, σε περισσότερες από 140 χώρες.

Χαρακτηριστικά παραδείγματα πετυχημένων ελληνικών εφαρμογών είναι το «The Juggler» (από την ομάδα Tainicom), καθώς και οι εκπαιδευτικές εφαρμογές για Windows Phone σε έξι γλώσσες, που ανέπτυξε η Anlock.

Όπως σημείωσε ο εκπρόσωπος της τελευταίας, Γιώργος Καραβίας, «με τον υπάρχοντα κορεσμό στο App Store και στο Google play και τα ομολογουμένως σημαντικά οφέλη του να παρουσιάζεις σε διεθνές επίπεδο πριν από τον ανταγωνισμό την εφαρμογή σου, η πλατφόρμα των Windows Phone είναι η τελευταία μεγάλη ευκαιρία του είδους της για developers. Γι΄ αυτό το λόγο και χωρίς δεύτερη σκέψη ξεκινήσαμε νωρίς και σήμερα διαθέτουμε 17 εκπαιδευτικές εφαρμογές για παιδιά για Windows Phone σε έξι γλώσσες, οι οποίες καταλαμβάνουν τις πρώτες θέσεις της κατηγορίας τους σε δεκάδες χώρες».

Το Windows Phone Store προσφέρει μία επιχειρηματική ευκαιρία στους developers, υποστηρίζοντας την εύκολη κατασκευή και συντήρηση εφαρμογών, ενώ δίνεται και η δυνατότητα χρηματοδότησης μέχρι και 70.000 ευρώ από το πρόγραμμα AppCampus (www.appcampus.fi).

Το Windows Phone Store διατίθεται σε 191 χώρες, ενώ τα Windows Phone κατέχουν μερίδιο άνω του 10% σε ορισμένες από αυτές. Ο μέσος όρος εφαρμογών που κατεβάζουν οι χρήστες Windows Phone ανέρχεται στις 55. Σύμφωνα με τη Microsoft, οι πωλήσεις των συσκευών με Windows Phone 8 έχουν τετραπλασιαστεί σε σχέση με πέρυσι, ενώ έχει σημειωθεί αύξηση 100% στο «κατέβασμα» εφαρμογών, καθώς επίσης αύξηση 140% στα έσοδα από τις εφαρμογές.

Πηγή:www.capital.gr

από **Shepard** » 07 Ιουν 2013, 07:43

Microsoft Outlook 2013 RT Sneak Peek

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Over the next few weeks, I’ll be testing Outlook 2013 RT on a Surface RT tablet to determine whether this new application impacts the performance, battery life, or reliability of the device. Wait, you say you’ve never actually seen Outlook 2013 RT? Well. Here it is.

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I wrote earlier in the article In Blue: Outlook RT that Microsoft would be releasing Outlook 2013 RT as part of the Windows 8.1 Milestone Preview (MP) on June 26. But that’s an awful long time to wait.

In just a quick run-through of the application, it appears to look and work identically to Outlook 2013 on x86, as expected. But the installer I received actually contains a full ARM-based Office 2013 install, with other Windows RT-based Office applications, like Publisher, Access, InfoPath—and even SkyDrive Pro—that are not available today. I can’t imagine we’ll be seeing these applications released on June 26, but their existence here suggests that it could happen easily enough in the future.

από **Shepard** » 08 Ιουν 2013, 11:32

Windows Mobile to Windows Phone Metro design

Πως φτασαμε στο σημερινο Metro UI των Windows Phone

Leaked Windows Phone screenshots reveal notification center, UI changes, and more

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Microsoft has previously admitted it "ran out of time" on a Windows Phone notification center, but it looks like the company is testing early future versions of Windows Phone with this feature in place. A Reddit user has posted a series of screenshots from a recently purchased Lumia 920 that appear to include an internal Windows Phone build. The software identifies itself as version 12084.WPMAIN(wpbldlab).20130509-1407, meaning it was compiled on May 9th. An early notification center can be seen in one of the screenshots, providing access to the typical Live Tile notifications.

There's also a redesigned calendar interface with weekly views, and the ability sort applications by name and frequency in the app list. Microsoft appears to be working on multitasking improvements too, with the ability to close apps in the multitasking view. The Reddit user claims to have purchased the phone from eBay, noting that it has a number of test applications starting with the letter Z. Microsoft regularly includes these apps with developer units, so it's not unusual to see such applications on early builds of software.

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One particular application, Here Drive, mentions "beta BLUE" at the end of its name. It's not clear if the Blue moniker refers to a rumored Windows Phone "Blue" update, but the features and changes would indicate that this is a future version of Windows Phone. The screenshots could all be an elaborate hoax, but they're consistent with what we'd expect early versions of Windows Phone to look like. The Verge has reached out to Microsoft for comment and we'll update you accordingly.

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Update: Microsoft has responded to our request for comment, nothing that it "doesn't comment on rumor or speculation." Independently, sources have revealed to The Verge that this is indeed an early version of Windows Phone Blue.

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Spoiler: ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΗ

από **Shepard** » 10 Ιουν 2013, 14:19

What iOS7 looks like (and other tidbits)
I’ve been given a quick peek at an early beta of iOS7 and can only describe what I’ve seen. I’m told I can’t post the screenshots because Apple embeds little watermarks that could land the source in some trouble.

The whole OS has that ‘skinny jeans’ Helvetica Nueue Ultra Light or similar that you’ve seen in those posters. At the top, instead of carrier signal bars, Apple now has 5 dots that are white or gray to represent the signal.

Spoiler: ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΗ

The app icons are different across the board, similar but not quite the same as the one we tweeted earlier.

Yes, they are flat. Our in-house Photoshop guru Michael Steeber has mocked up (Above) the icons based on descriptions which closely match what I believe we’ll see tomorrow. A full mockup of a home screen is at the bottom of this post.

- iTunes is Purple-ish with white (iSync-like arrows instead of a music note).
- Camera is Gray gradient and icon is same shape as you see on the lock screen
- Facetime is like it used to be without the gray. and flat.
- The Maps icon is a different place. Perhaps near the Spaceship campus?
- Compass icon is darker and flatter.
- Safari icon is like the Mac circle icon without the silver frame.
- Photos icon is a color wheel
- Game Center is similar to the photos icon – totally different than before.

Perhaps most interesting: There are two color schemes for many of these apps – one black-ish and one white-ish. We’re not sure if they are A/B decoys, if white iPhones and Black iPhones will have their own color schemes or as someone else suggested, the different color schemes might be invoked by the amount of ambient light or the time of day. But it is super-interesting, especially since we’ve heard whispers that the whole UI might shift slightly based on external factors similar to the way the music volume icon switches based on how you hold the iPhone.

When in “Black mode”, the keyboard is black with gray letters. In “white mode”, gray keys with white letters – a little like Android.

We’ve heard that maps has a new walking directions functionality. Also, grouped table views no longer have spaces on the left and right now – rounded rectangles give way to more rectangular like the Twitter app UI update.

On Airdrop, we’ve now heard “the share menu has a sideways scrollable row on top of the device and and computer airdrop photos like the circles with a pic of them”. The next row has sharing services Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Vimeo. Next row has copy/paste/cut/etc.

We’re updating this post. Stay tuned for more information in the coming hours as we count down to WWDC and our Liveblog.

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από **bobo1704** » 11 Ιουν 2013, 14:10

Απο προσωπικής άποψης, πιστεύω οτι το Symbian Belle FP2 είναι το καλύτερο λειτουργικό για smartphones. Ελαφρύ, χωρίς κανένα περιορισμό. Μπορεί να είναι λίγο απαρχαιωμένο το interface του, αλλά είναι υπερπλήρες και λειτουργικότατο. Απο εκεί και πέρα, έχοντας δοκιμάσει Android, Windows Phone και iOS, το καλύτερο θεωρώ πως είναι το Android καθώς σου δίνονται άπειρες επιλογές και ρυθμίσεις που σε συνδυασμό με τις τόσες χιλιάδες εφαρμογές που διατίθονται, το καθιστούν υπερπλήρες.

από **Shepard** » 31 Αύγ 2013, 00:04

Plants vs. Zombies 2 downloaded nearly 25 million times

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Free-to-play strategy game Plants vs. Zombies 2 has been downloaded nearly 25,000,000 times, PopCap Games studio owner Electronic Arts announced today. This is up from 16 million earlier in the month.

The game launched in the middle of July for iOS devices. It will release on other platforms in the future.

Downloads of the game have exceeded lifetime downloads for the original Plants vs. Zombies, which was originally released in 2010, EA also announced.

Since launch, players have faced 5.4 billion zombie waves and planted 10 billion plants. Overall, Plants vs. Zombies 2 gamers have logged 81 million hours in the game.

από **Scott_Pilgrim** » 27 Σεπ 2013, 03:18

To kit kat ξέρουμε αν θα μπει και σε xperia T;

από **Shepard** » 22 Οκτ 2013, 07:09

Το που θα μπει το KitKat ειναι καθαρα θεμα των εταιριων που βγαζουν το λειτουργικο με τα δικα τους μπιχλιμπιδια. Οταν ανακοινωθει θα βγαλουν οι εταιριες λιστες με τα κινητα που θα το παρουν... οπως γινεται παντα δηλαδη!

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