Windows 10:
Microsoft drew back the curtain on the operating system’s new consumer-focused features at an event on Wednesday. It’s a very exciting day for Microsoft as the company has just unveiled the next version of Windows 10.
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Touch version of Office for Windows 10 on phones and tablet:
Microsoft has finally unveiled the touch-version of Office destined for the future Windows 10 phones and small RT tablets which are primarily used with a touchscreen.
Microsoft claims the new Office touch version, which even includes Outlook e-mail, will offer a nearly perfect experience on all devices.
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint will all be standard applications included in Windows Phone 10. All of the applications will be updated with a new UI that will feature a formatting ribbon that is currently found in the desktop counterparts.
Holographic and HoloLens AR headset:
Microsoft has just unveiled a whole new product named Windows Holographic. It’s a system that overlays “holograms” over our physical reality, meaning its augmented reality.
Alongside Holographic and HoloLens Microsoft is also launching HoloStudio that allows users to create their own holograms, and then print those via a 3D printer.
Surface Hub:
Microsoft snuck in a surprise for enterprise customers as well. The Surface Hub, a Windows 10 powered 84 inch device capable of touch and ink input was announced.
Windows Insider Program is1.7 million big:
At the Windows 10 event, The Windows Insider program kicked off to a great start in October 2014, giving lots of enthusiasts and fans a way to follow Windows 10 developments, and voice their feedback directly to the ears of thousands of Microsoft engineers who are hard at work building Windows 10.
Fast forward to the end of January 2015, and you have more than 3 million Windows Technical Preview installations. A total of over 1.7 million Insiders have tried and tested the early bits of Windows 10, giving their opinion on 200,000 topics, with almost 800,000 pieces of feedback.
New “flagship Windows phones”:
At today’s Windows 10 event, the company’s Terry Myerson said: “Later this year, we will launch Windows 10, connecting with our customers through Windows as a service. And there’ll be some great new hardware, from Microsoft and our hardware partners – including, yes, flagship Windows phones.”
Microsoft has hinted that a replacement for its Lumia 1020, which featured a mighty 41-megapixel PureView camera, might be on the way, but that may not be the only range-topper that it launches this year. The company is believed to be developing a ‘phone-laptop hybrid’ device, targeting business customers, which will reportedly go on sale later this year.
Hands on with build 9924 of Windows 10:
Microsoft held its Windows 10 event, and it announced a plethora of new features and products. Microsoft is showing off build 9924, but an employee told us the next Insider Release will be 9926. This build has Cortana, Continuum, the updated Action Center and new UI polish as well; Spartan was not in this build and will not be shipped in the next public release.
A subtle change to Outlook:
Microsoft had a day full of announcements and if you were not paying attention closely, you will have missed that they made changes to the way that applications work for Windows Phone. The way gestures work in the new Outlook app that handles all of your email on Windows Phone 10. Here’s what’s different, the Outlook app supports swiping from left to right and right to left to delete email or flag a message; this is how iOS mail app works along with other mail applications on other platforms.
New Lumia Camera app in Windows 10 devices:
Well at its event Microsoft confirmed that this is indeed the case and that the Lumia Camera 5.0 app will form the basis for the imaging app on all versions of Windows 10. This means that whichever phone you’ll be using, or tablet, or even desktop PC you’ll have access to the features of this app. The Lumia Camera app is expected to ship with the first preview of Windows 10 for phones and small tablets, sometime in February.
‘Not all Lumias will upgrade or support all Windows 10 features’:
At its press event yesterday, Microsoft showed off Windows 10 running on its Lumia smartphones for the first time, and the company has promised to release its first preview of the OS for phones sometime next month.
Microsoft confirmed this week that all Windows Phone 8.x devices will be eligible for free upgrade to Windows 10 when it launches later this year. But today, it elaborated on what that commitment means with a couple of important points.
Chris Weber, Corporate Vice President of Sales for Microsoft’s Mobile Devices group, said today that the new OS “has been designed to run well on today’s Lumia phones.” But he added that “not every phone will upgrade or support all possible Windows 10 features, and certain features and experiences will require more advanced future hardware.”
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