The exclusive applications of Windows Phone 8

Just yesterday we were able to see, in more or less detail, what are the news of the new operating system of Microsoft for smartphones, known as Windows Phone 8 All this thanks to a presentation of only one hour in which there was time to show her virtudes, the use that the beautiful actress Jessica Alba gives her phone and, of course, the applications that this operating system comes with by default exclusive from the moment of its launch.We will comment on them.

Visual aspect

Despite not being an application itself, the interface or visual aspect is one of the characteristic notes of Windows Phone since its inception just over a year ago. In this new version, the folks at Microsoft have evolved your Start Screen so you can customize it and adapt it to the taste and needs of the user. Thus, the applications that we click on this screen can have three sizes different fromlive tiles or animated icons. All you have to do is make a long press and vary the size between small, medium and large , to place it in any space, having more or less information from the home screen.

Live Apps

A few days ago we told you about animated backgrounds for the lock screen of Windows Phone 8Well, it has finally been confirmed and, what is better, it has surprised us with new functionsAnd, in this new operating system, developers can create special lock screens for their applications A good example they showed is new application of Facebook With it, once we lock the terminal, we can see quickly, without having to unblock it, the pending notifications or the last images shared on the wall A feature that allows us to further customize the terminal. Another example discussed during the presentation is transforming the lock screen into a digital photo frame, displaying the user's favorite images orcontents from other applications

Pandora

Although it was only announced, without offering any image of its operation or design for this platform, it was one of the new applicationsthat surprised the most during the presentation. And the thing is that Pandora is an old acquaintance on American soil. A music platform over the Internet that allows us to listen to different music channels,songs and radios The striking thing is that, in Windows Phone 8, Pandora arrives with a free subscription for one year Something that means doing without advertisements that interrupt listening to the style of what is seen on Spotify and no limit of reproductions However, it seems that we will have to wait until 2013 for this, without being confirmed that we can use it without problem from Spain

Data Sense

VP of Microsoft and presenter, Joe Belfiore , stated that the difference of Windows Phone 8 with respect to other platforms is that they have focused on the end user of the terminal That is why, concerned that we won't exceed our data rates, they have created Data Sense A tool to reduce data consumption in browsing and using applications on Windows Phone 8 Something similar to what you recently did Nokia with the application Nokia Xpress However, Data Sense surprises because learns the behavior of the user and his applications , being able to limit the consumption of those that we do not use when we approach the limit of our rate, in addition to taking advantage of the service cloud data compression to reduce overall consumption.The negative point comes from the mobile operators, with which Data Sense must work closely, so it may take time to arrive in Spain

Kid”™s Corner

Parental Controls Coming to Phones with Windows Phone 8A tool designed to protect our documents, applications and other issues when we leave the terminal to the little ones in the house With Kid”™s Corner, or Rincón Infantil in Spanish, we can create a safe and limited environment so that boys and girls can access games and applications that we allow knowing that they will not be able to do any mischief Something confirmed by Jessica Alba, who appeared on stage to talk about her experience with this operating system and the possibility of Let your daughter play without creating a scandal on TwitterAlthough the community of Twitter has been in charge of denying that the actress uses these terminals in her private life, publishing tweets or messages with photos in which she is seen with other brands of terminals”¦

People hub

Within the section social of Windows Phone 8 has been presented a most interesting novelty. They have called it Rooms or Salas, and these are spaces where share privately and securely all kinds of issues with other users. Thus, we find an environment where chat and send messages, notes, calendar appointments and images with other users who are in the same room or group. A curious and useful tool to contact and share even with iPhone users

Skype

As we found out a few days ago due to the slip of a Skype marketing manager, the application has been fully integrated in terminals with Windows Phone 8 In this way, in the purest style WhatsApp, the application for video calls remains active in background , being able to receive these for free through Internet or minstant messageswhenever. All this avoiding the steps of logging in and out and consuming battery anddata Excessive for constantly running.

Now all that remains is to wait for the arrival of new terminals such as the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820, the Samsung ATIV S and the HTC 8X and 8SAlthough what worries us most is that all of these functions are fully operational from the moment they are launched also in Spain