Microsoft schedules Windows Phone developer summit for June
Summary: Microsoft is inviting Windows Phone developers to a developer conference in late June. Could both the Tango and Apollo operating systems be on the agenda?
Microsoft has begun sending "Save the Date" invitations for an upcoming developer summit to select Windows Phone programmers.
The two-day summit is slated for June 20 and 21 in San Francisco. I've asked Microsoft officials if and when they plan to open registration to interested developers who don't receive the "Save the Date" invitations. No word back so far.
A Microsoft spokesperson said: "You should expect a formal registration process as with most events. Will have more details in the coming weeks."
The invitation doesn't specify the topics Microsoft plans to cover at the summit, but many devs expect Microsoft will begin formally disclosing more information about the Windows Phone OS 8, codenamed Apollo, at the event. (Maybe we'll hear more about Tango, too, which Microsoft hasn't said much about it since late February 2012, when Microsoft officials disclosed the Tango bits would be coming to lower-power phones, as well as to existing Windows Phone users some time in the coming months.)
Microsoft officials have shared a few early tidbits about the company's developer story for Windows Phone 8. They have said that existing Windows Phone apps will run on Windows Phone 8 devices, and that Microsoft will continue to allow developers to use XNA to write apps for Windows Phone 8. They've been vaguer about plans for Silverlight support for the new platform.
Company officials have continued to refuse to comment as to whether existing Windows Phone devices will be upgraded to the Windows Phone 8 operating system. I have heard from my contacts that no current Windows Phones, even more recently introduced models like the Nokia Lumia 900, will be getting Apollo.
Here's a list of features that are expected to be part of Apollo, based on various leaked information.
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Windows Phone 8 vs Windows Phone RT
After the upgrade of existing Windows Phone users, Microsoft may launch the "Windows Phone RT '. This could be Apollo version, in which the CE kernel is replaces with the NT kernel, and application compatibility with Windows 8/RT is made possible.
This solution, I think, will make most existing users of Windows Phone satisfied, and not stranded on a phone with a discontinued OS. They will be upgraded to version 8. :-)
Dream much?
Changing kernels is a non-trivial task that many are overlooking. It would be more attainable if Microsoft had created API's that would smooth the transition, but those API's have yet to materialize. We'll see what happens in June.
Moon landing
But remember that all applications under Windows Phone is running within a managed environment. (Except a few special applications.)
I think Microsoft has planned such a change for a long time. We won't get an answer about what they will do before late June, I'm afraid.
Sandwiched between the big boys
already had a reply from Mary that the event public status will be published as soon as it's known, I will come to this event, really looking forward to it
At which Starbucks will it be held? Nt
Expect WP8 news
That should really boost sales of...
You mean like
As much as it discounts your anti-MS rant ... the VAST majority of consumers buy for current need/abilities ... not for future upgrades. If the opposite was the case neither Android nor Apple would sell much ....
regardless of what your agenda is...
RE: That should really boost sales of...
However, there is a big if attached to your point, and that is [i]if[/i] MS is not planning on upgrading current phones to 8. Since WP8 will undoubtedly have lower minimum requirements than WP7 did (7.5 sp1, aka Tango already does, and I bet the goal is to drive specs even lower), there should be no technical reason why current owners can't get it. Thus, us gen-1 owners may, in fact, be pleasantly surprised in June, and would-be adopters made even more ready to hop on board.
So they are stranded?
x I'm tc
Michael Alan Goff
Microosoft is refusing to say that these "Hero devices" (including the Lumia 900) will be upgradeable. If they were, you'd figure Microsoft would say they will, as not to stagnate sales. But to date Microsoft has not said that these phones will be OS upgradable.
I would hope so
Actually, if I were Microsoft? I'd do what they're doing. Windows 8 likely isn't complete, neither is WP8. If they promise it now, and then realize something later on that stops 1st gen phones from upgrading, that's worse than them not saying now.
Though I would hold off until June if I were people, their conference may shed some light.
June is going to be a busy month for mobile developers.
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=== I believe I know what MS is going to do, Give out 2500 developer Phones
How do I know this? Because I work for a company that makes stickers, and we have an order from Microsoft for 2500 stickers....The stickers say "" Developer Prototype Hardware intended to be used for testing purposes only""
No Ship !!
Windows Phone Developer Conference
no but..