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Experiment 19: How Windows NT was streamlined for Windows Phone 8

Microsoft Research has published a few more details on their skunkworks project that commenced in 2008 to bring the Windows NT core to ARM. Better still this goes on to show that not only were they successful, but also they were able to beat Windows CE in performance tests on the same hardware.

Windows CE, on which Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 run, has been the mainstay of Microsoft’s mobile efforts for a very long time. The problem of course is that it’s never really been Windows at all and for the most part it an entirely separate beast. Windows NT, the core of Microsoft’s standard Windows products, was long considered too large and resource heavy to work well on mobile devices. Experiment 19 was a project to prove that not only could NT come to mobile, it could do so and beat Windows CE in the process. It was a success.

For Microsoft this must have been a breakthrough moment, they decided to drop CE for its mobile platforms and go with this new slimmed down core (MinWin).  Whilst we already know that the core of Windows Phone 8 and Windows RT tablets share a similar genesis, it’s nice to see some backstory on where and how this came to pass.

Bringing NT to ARM whilst compacting the fundamentals of Windows has likely been a mammoth undertaking. The fruits of this drive to slim down the once lumbering NT core are being seen clearly now. Windows 7 actually had MinWin as its core and further streamlining of the OS means now Windows 8 runs faster on the same hardware.

As an interesting aside, I was under the impression that Windows Phone 8 would require dual core to run efficiently, due to its basis on the more traditional windows technologies. That is at odds with what I’m reading and seeing here in this snippet from the project. MinWin shows it’s able to run faster on the same hardware. That dispels any rationale I had for MS dropping support for older Windows Phone 7 hardware. That of course is not to say there aren’t a great many other reasons why it can’t run on current gen devices due to hardware requirements or just the plain reason that MS want to drop these lower end devices and move briskly forward with a platform that’s fit to tough it out with the higher end devices of today.

Whilst my feelings about Microsoft’s decision to leave current gen devices behind is mixed, my feelings toward a properly joined up eco system running roughly the same core is very warm indeed. As a long time Windows user, I have seen the benefits of having a wholly formed eco system feeding in and augmenting the other parts. You can see this with client and server versions of Windows clearly. Having a common windows core running on all of their future devices will have so many benefits for Microsoft. Already we are seeing traditional Windows running faster and more efficiently on lower end hardware, a direct result of the need to have an agile core that runs well on mobile. Conversely, Windows Phone 8 will benefit from long established and familiar technology from Windows NT. We can look forward to finally having a highly scalable core, meaning dual and quad core phones are just the start. In Windows Phone 8 we’ll get Bitlocker to secure the device to enterprise levels of security, common driver models and a whole lot more.

Strength through unity of core design

If breaking compatibility with the past and not offering Windows Phone 7 devices an upgrade means we get a more scalable, secure and rich future, I’m prepared to accept that. Windows Phone won’t be a side project at Microsoft anymore. Being a true member of the Windows family will mean that it will be part of Microsoft’s single biggest engineering effort. The results of this project will be hitting the shelves in the October timeframe in the form of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Next year I wonder will we see the Xbox vNext based on a similar core again. I would be very surprised if it we did not.

As ever, I am keen to know what you think. Are you happy to see Windows NT finally reaching Windows Phone? Would you have preferred MS kept Windows Phone separate?

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Freda ebook reader for Windows Phone bumped to 2.6

Freda, the free ebook reader for Windows Phone, has been updated to version 2.6, which introduces a number of new features and improvements. We previously looked at the app back in November when the developers were eagerly seeking beta testers for a previous update, so it's good to see Freda continue to receive invested time and effort to further improve the user experience.

So what's new in version two-point-six? The Turnipsoft team have worked hard to translate the UI for French, German, Swedish and Slovak users, further opening up the service for international consumers, but that's not all. Find the full changelog below:

Improved Metro-style appearance (including a jump-list view of the 'bookshelf')FB2 formatAbility to backup and restore the bookshelf using SkyDrive storageBetter handling of CODE, PRE and DIV elementsAdvertising no longer displayed on the main front screenBulk-download feature to get multiple books at onceLow-memory mode for better performance on low-end hardware (Lumia 610, etc.)Password lockFrench, German, Swedish and Slovak UI localisationNumerous stability and performance fixes

Not a shabby update. In fact it's quite a leap forward. If you're into ebooks and haven't given this app a try, be sure to do so as it supports EPUB (DRM-free), FB2, HTML and TXT formats to keep you busy. Freda sports customisable controls that enable the user to alter fonts and colours, while inserting annotations and bookmarks, as well as the ability to look up dictionary definitions and translations.

The app can render EPUB formatting (eg. bold / italic text, margins and alignment) and can display code, images and diagrams. Book sources supported include Feedbooks, Smashwords and the Gutenberg Project catalogues. SkyDrive, DropBox or Calibre can be used to share existing book collections with the app for on-the-go reading. If that wasn't enough, Freda can also download books from websites using the built-in web browser. Favourite books can then be pinned to the home screen for more convenient access. 

You can download Freda and Freda+ ($0.99 / £0.79) from the Marketplace. Difference between the two versions is advertisement removal.

          

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Microsoft Surface and RIM BlackBerry Windows Phone 8 concepts that will probably never come to be

Could Microsoft make a Surface Phone? Not likely

We've re-published a number of concepts in the past when it came to guessing what designs Nokia had up their sleeves for Windows Phone, or how Windows 8 tablets could look like. Fortunately for consumers, Microsoft decided to smash the latter and unveil their Surface range of Windows 8 tablets to compete with the iPad and Android counterparts. So we now switch back to the phone, and with Apollo on the horizon what could we see if Microsoft and RIM made a Windows Phone?

We've seen designers somewhat expectedly take what Microsoft has accomplished thus far with Surface and attempt to apply it across the software giant's entire product range. Carrying on this trend, we have the above concept by Jonas Daehnert. If you haven't guessed it already, it's a design for a Surface Windows Phone (or "Surface Phone"). This is what we could expect from Microsoft should they choose to go down the hardware route with their mobile platform too. We're going to take a look at this and report on why we believe this is most likely not going to happen in the immediate future.

While it looks impressive and we'd not expect anything less from Microsoft with what we've seen with Zune hardware and of course the Surface tablets, there's always the issue of OEMs. Windows Phone already has a number of established manufacturing partners. Nokia, Samsung, HTC, ZTE, and more, with the likes of Lenovo on the way. While the company could aquire Nokia if things go from bad to worst, it just wouldn't make sense to directly compete with hardware we've seen so far. 

Microsoft has actually denied rumours already, stating that the company has no plans to bring Surface to Windows Phone, or attempt to compete directly with hardware partners. The software giant has always enjoyed establishing strong relationships with vendors when it comes to Windows and have proven to be incredibly successful so far. The fact that current Windows Phone manufacturers are looking at Apollo with excitement, preparing to launch high-end hardware, and don't have the issue with patent infringements makes the future seem somewhat bright for the ecosystem.

The reasons behind the Surface tablet itself is down to the big M believing that what partners offered weren't good enough and they couldn't work with them, so the company decided to do it alone - check out the above video for the announcement. While OEMs will still bring tablets running Windows 8 to the Surface (pun intended), all eyes will be glued to Microsoft's offering unless a competing device is on the same level of uniqueness and beauty.

Then again, we don't know what the future will bring. The Surface could be yet another flop and may then have to rely on OEM partners, or it could be a huge success and Ballmer and co. may look to bring this Surface success across to Windows Phone. But we've seen Microsoft make mobile hardware before, which didn't turn out too well.

What RIM would develop to join the Windows Phone ecosystem

RIM (or in this case - Research In Migration) has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, much like our beloved Nokia. If you've been hiding under a rock for the past several months, be sure to head on over to CrackBerry for all the latest and greatest from RIM HQ. That said, it's not looking good at all for the future of BlackBerry. The company has continuously delayed the next major upgrade to their OS, BlackBerry 10, and the setup which is being forced to last until release is just not likely to hold out without major issues.

The above (and below) concepts are by Michal Bonikowski, and appear to resemble a BlackBerry-WindowsPhone hybrid of sorts, it's as if Ballmer visited a mad doctor with a BlackBerry and demanded him to mutate it into a Windows product for "Developers! Developers! Developers!" to make use of. Sporting a fairly sizable display -- minus the usual QUERTY keyboard -- the slim look really makes it fit in with the likes of the HTC TITAN II and Nokia Lumia 900.

When it comes to BlackBerry and Windows Phone, we've published a number of headlines ourselves, starting with an investment calling for the company to adopt Windows Phone back in December 2011. RIM declined Microsoft's offer for a Nokia-type deal with the former scraping its OS in favour for Windows Phone, accompanied by a cash injection from the software giant for a stake of the Canadian company.

RIM's CEO, Thorsten Heins, has recently commented in an interview with CNET that Microsoft's plan for Windows Phone is 'confusing'. Some would argue that at least Microsoft is delivering promised updates in a timely fashion and is looking to the distant future of the platform as well as the imminent months ahead. To top it all off between the two platforms, developer interest in Windows Phone has been reported to be increasing while interest in RIM plummets (though the company has responded rather defensively).

Could we see RIM adopting Windows Phone? It seems like a highly unlikely outcome for the time being. While the company is in trouble, it's making progress and is still working valiantly on its next OS upgrade. Hopefully it'll arrive sooner rather than later as while we'd love to see more big brand support for Windows Phone, it's never good to see such a well known (and respected) company suffer.

Should BlackBerry 10 not provide the positive momentum RIM so desperately requires, we could re-visit this Windows Phone adoption possibility as potential reality and a feasible decision. It's either that or Android. Could you imagine BlackBerry hardware running multiple versions of the fragmented OS? Until then, we'd recommend not reading too much into anything. 

So now we've established that both concepts are fairly far-fetched, what do you make of the designs? Like 'em? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Source: DeviantART (Surface), Yanko Design (BlackBerry)

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