Windows Phone 8: Difference between revisions

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**Windows Phone 8**

Windows Phone 8
Codename Preliminary name	Apollo
Kernel version	NT 8.0
CPU architecture	ARM
Release date	October 29, 2012
Support end	January 12, 2016
Preceded by	Windows Phone 7
Succeeded by	Windows Phone 8.1

Windows Phone 8 was the first version of Windows Phone to be built on the NT kernel, merging Windows 8 and Phone ecosystems into one. It was released on October 29 2012. Since the release of Windows Phone 8, there have been 3 updates:

Builds

No information available
Existence doubtful
Information or pictures available
Leaked or released

Developer Preview

Updates

Apps

Some of these top named apps are available for Windows Phone 8:

Facebook
Twitter
WhatsApp
Flickr
Vine
Kik Messanger
Tumblr
Skype
Google
Office
Instagram (currently in beta)

Unofficial:

Snapchat (Unofficial)
Wikipedia
6tag (Instagram Client)
YouTube (blocked by Google)

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 *'''''[[General Distribution Release 3|8.00.10???.??.WP8_CXE_GDR3(wpbldlab).201?????-????]]'''''
-General Distribution Release 3 was not supposed to be something that Microsoft had planned , but it was released because of the delay on releasing Windows Phone 8.1 at that time.
-Windows Phone 8.1 , which was announced in Microsoft's Build Conference in San Francisco on April 2 2014 and was released to developers on April 15 2014 , adds a slew of new features, including tighter integration with the cloud , Action Center as well as the Microsoft Account system and other updates. On August 4 2014, the first update to Windows Phone 8.1 has been distributed to developers participating in the Windows Phone Preview for Developers program.
 ==Apps==
 Some of these top named apps are available for Windows Phone 8: