Windows 10 on Lumia: next preview will support a lot more Lumias

Hi folks,

The list of supported phones on the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones (released on February 12^th) is unfortunately very limited. This is due to the fact that only phones where the system partition size is large enough for Windows 10 can be upgraded in-place.

In the meantime Microsoft has implemented a feature called “partition stitching” to dynamically re-size the system partition. This feature will be part of the next Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones supporting a lot more Lumia phones!

Unfortunately no date is mentioned for this preview release, but “we likely still have at least one more week of engineering to do” says Gabriel Aul from Microsoft.

The list below of the likely supported Lumia phones supported by the next preview release is preliminary and might be subject to change if a device specific bug is found or fixed prior to the next preview release:

• Lumia 1020
• Lumia 1320
• Lumia 1520
• Lumia 520
• Lumia 525
• Lumia 526
• Lumia 530
• Lumia 530 Dual Sim
• Lumia 535
• Lumia 620
• Lumia 625
• Lumia 630
• Lumia 630 Dual Sim
• Lumia 635
• Lumia 636
• Lumia 638
• Lumia 720
• Lumia 730
• Lumia 730 Dual SIM
• Lumia 735
• Lumia 810
• Lumia 820
• Lumia 822
• Lumia 830
• Lumia 920
• Lumia 925
• Lumia 928
• Lumia ICON
• Microsoft Lumia 430
• Microsoft Lumia 435
• Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM
• Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM DTV
• Microsoft Lumia 532
• Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM
• Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM
• Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM

Further information can be found here.

Also check out this “How to install Windows 10 Preview to your Lumia Windows Phone”.

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Windows Phone 8 is upgradable according to Microsoft

"We will not have the same experience as we had when Windows Phone 7 was upgraded to Windows Phone 8," Greg Sullivan, Windows Phone director of public relations at Microsoft, said in an interview Wednesday at the International CES indicating that the next version of Windows Phone, which is expected to launch in spring 2014, will be backwards compatible with Windows Phone 8. It is expected that the next version will be called Windows Phone 8.1.

The statement refers to users of Windows Phone 7 being upset when Windows Phone 8 was released which could not run on Windows Phone 7 devices due to hardware restrictions.

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TechEd North America 2013 – New Orleans

Hi Folks,

Microsoft’s TechED, a conference for IT-Professionals and Enterprise Developers started today in New Orleans and will last until June 6^th.

The focus of this years TechED is on Cloud Computing as well as business readiness of Microsoft’s platform.

Technical sessions are organized in tracks which focus on a specific Microsoft technology. The Windows Phone track will show you how to integrate Windows Phone with existing Microsoft infrastructures as well as develop apps and therefore how to deploy a Windows Phone into your Enterprise. This year there will be no Windows Embedded track.

If you are not in New Orleans, you can watch some of the sessions here, including a live stram.

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Windows Embedded presentations @ Embedded World 2013

Hi folks,

Don’t miss my presentations about windows Embedded at the Embedded World Exhibition & Conference 2013 in Nürnberg/Germany February 26^th to 28^th 2013.

Tuesday, February 26^th 11:00 to 11:20 at the Texas Instruments booth:

“Developing advanced multimedia embedded devices with AM335x using Linux or Windows Embedded Compact”

Tuesday, February 26^th, 12:00 to 12:25 at the Windows Embedded booth:

“Developing a line-of-business application for Windows Phone 8 & Windows Embedded 8”

Wednesday, February 27^th, 13:30 to 13:55 at the Windows Embedded booth:

“Developing a line-of-business application for Windows Phone 8 & Windows Embedded 8”

Thursday, February 28^th, 12:30 to 12:55 at the Windows Embedded booth:

“Developing a line-of-business application for Windows Phone 8 & Windows Embedded 8”

Thursday, February 28^th, 16:30 to 16:55 at the Windows Embedded booth:

“Windows Embedded Compact and SMP”

I am looking forward to see you!

Be sure to visit Adeneo Embedded at these locations:

Congatec booth: 1/1-350

Freescale booth: 4A/4A-206

Microsoft booth: 5/5-340

Texas Instruments booth: 4/4-342

If you don’t have a ticket for the Embedded World Exhibition & Conference 2013: get it for FREE here!

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Windows Phone 7.8 available

Hi folks,

the Windows Phone 7.8 update for Windows Phone 7.5 devices is now available. The OEMs as well as the providers are responsible for the deployment of the update, thus not all devices are supported as of now.

The update includes Windows Phone 8 Live Tile functionality, 20 possible colors for the Live Tiles, a picture of the day that can be used as screensaver as well as “many quality improvements” a.k.a. bugfixes.

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Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8 update for Nokia phones

Hi Folks,

Nokia started the delivery of Windows Phone updates. An updated for Windows Phone 8 for Lumia 820 as well as 920 will be available for all customers within the next weeks, according to Nokia. Furthermore, there will be an update available to Windows Phone 7.8 for all Windows Phone 7 based  Lumia models within the next days.

The Windows Phone 8 update will be distributed “Over The Air” (OTA) only. The smartphone will notify you when the update is available. Due to the size of the update it is advised to use a WIFI connection to download the update.

The Windows Phone 8 update will improve messaging: messages can then be edited before forwarding. Also, it will also be possible to address a message to multiple recipients at once. Internet Explorer improvements include the possibility to partially delete the browsing history. Bluetooth and WIFI connections are supposed to be more stable. Further improvements include boot-up time, camera as well as power consumption.

 The Windows Phone 7.8 update has to be downloaded while connected to a PC or MAC (Zune or Windows Phone Connector). This update will include Windows Phone 8 Live Tile functionality as well as file sharing via Bluetooth.

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Start developing your apps for Windows Phone 7.8

Hi Folks,

Download the newly released Windows Phone 7.8 SDK and start developing your apps for Windows Phone 7.8!

This SDK is a patch, either the Windows Phone 7.1 SDK or the Windows Phone 8.0 SDK is a prerequisite.

With the Windows Phone 7.8 SDK you can design your app with Windows Phone 8 Live Tile functionality. Furthermore the new SDK comes with emulators for devices with 256 MB RAM or devices with 512 MB or more RAM.

Updated Windows Phone 7.8 devices will be available soon, according to Microsoft.

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Are you the “Windows Phone Next App Star”?

Hi folks,

are you a Windows Phone App developer? Do you want to have your app featured in a Microsoft TV ad? Then join the Windows Phone Next App Star challenge!

To participate, your App needs to be in the Windows Phone App Store by March 5^th 2013.

A jury of Microsoft employees will select the 64 Apps with the best quality. These 64 Apps will enter a head-to-head competition with public voting – the winner will be announced on April 8^th 2013.

There will be thousands of dollars in prizes for the developers of the 64 selected Apps!

Good luck and have fun!