Windows Phone 8 Detailed, Uses Windows 8 Kernel

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Thanks to a leaked video — a video that Microsoft made for Nokia — we now have lots of details about Windows Phone 8 (http://www.extremetech.com/computing/116819-windows-phone-8-detailed-its-like-windows-8-but-not-quite) (WP8). From deep Windows 8, Skype, and SkyDrive integration, through to the addition of NFC 'wallet' payments and BitLocker encryption, it sounds like Windows Phone 8 will be close to iOS and Android in terms of features. The interesting stuff is under the hood, though: WP8 will have the Windows 8 kernel (http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-phone-8-preview-142154) instead of the Windows CE kernel of its predecessors. Through the Win 8 kernel, WP8 will support native code and multi-core processors. It will also have the same network stack, security, and multimedia support as Windows 8. While Win 8 apps won't be directly compatible with Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore says developers will be able to 'reuse — by far — most of their code (http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/exclusive-windows-phone-8-detailed).'

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