Microsoft will end support Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8

Microsoft has named the date of the termination of support Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8

Microsoft Corp. today released data on the time to completion of technical support to its current flagship operating system. According to a report in the System Support Microsoft, while the main technical support system Windows Phone 7.8 Mango ends September 9, 2014, while Windows Phone 8 earlier - July 8, 2014.

The corporation states that support such dates were due to the previously stated policy of the major branches of technical support for mobile systems and a half years after their release. The company also said that many Windows Phone users to receive updates for the OS does not directly but through a mobile operator, so for certain customers lifetime OS may end later.

Presented official client Lync 2013 for WP 8

Corporate division of Microsoft officially presented the new mobile version of its universal communication client Lync 2013 for Windows Phone 8 (WP 8). In addition, later versions came Lync for devices iPhone and iPad. Lync 2013 client provides a variety of communication methods for enterprise customers: text correspondence, IP-telephony, conferencing, and presence control in the workplace.

Of a series of mobile clients for enterprise communications platform Lync 2013 became the first version of Lync for WP 8 - it's available in the app store Windows Phone Store on March 11. Since March 12, 2013 Lync client applications became available in App Store iTunes AppStore for iPhone and tablet iPad.

Strictly speaking, a mobile client for Lync platform existed before. Back in 2011, Microsoft has released a mobile version of Lync 2010 client platform for Windows Phone 7.x, iPhone and iPad. However, these earlier versions do not have support for the latest platforms: Lync 2013. By the way, the version of Lync 2013 mobile client for Android to be released within a month, that is, until the end of April.

When working Windows Phone 8 found a number of problems

Members noted the arbitrary reset gadgets and awaiting the release of patches for the new mobile OS.

Smartphone users, operating on the basis of a new product Microsoft Windows Phone 8, began to report the occurrence of various problems.

Thus, in many forums, including Customer Support Microsoft, reports began to appear that Gadgets driven innovation, randomly reboot, "hang", as well as battery consumption is much stronger than anticipated.

Users report that mobile gadgets HTC Windows Phone 8 and Nokia Lumia 920, which are running pre-Windows Phone 8, even if it is dropped to the factory settings, simply "hang" on the startup screen.

According to researchers, the problems stem from the operating system that came with a number of shortcomings. However, they also note that this situation is acceptable exit novelty and fix any problems before the official release of the manufacturer is not able to. Thus, detection of in-service operating system problems will be addressed in the course of the latest product updates.

HTC presented a line of smartphones with Windows Phone 8

HTC has become the third company after Samsung and Nokia, introduced a smartphone operating system Windows Phone 8. Conquer consumers Taiwanese manufacturer intends the two models with concise name - 8X and 8S. Curiously, Microsoft dictates stringent requirements for the hardware component smartphones WP8, and HTC had to try to give both apparatuses uniqueness. However, the untrained layman after meeting with the products HTC long leaves light "flavor" of new smartphones Nokia.

Model 8X is the undisputed flagship. The model is equipped with a 4.3-inch screen with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels. The basis of the smartphone has become a single-chip system Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor with a frequency equal to 1.5 GHz. RAM is 1 GB, 16 GB is available for user data.