I don't know very much about the development end as far as porting an OS from one device to another but I was wondering if it was possible to port WP7 to the Samsung Epic 4g. I know the new Samsung Focus has it as its OS so I assumed being that they are Samsung products that there might be a possibility of getting WP7 on the Epic but I have no idea. Does anyone know if its possible and if anyone is working on it?
No.
WP7 requires either a Qualcomm QSD8250 (GSM) or QSD8650 (CDMA) - there may also be other hardware requirements
Even if the hardware requirements were there if anyone started working on porting this over they would quickly get a cease and desist order for Microsofts legal team. WP7 is not free and definitely not open source. Never going to happen. If you want a phone with WP7, buy a phone with WP7.
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WP7 requires either a Qualcomm QSD8250 (GSM) or QSD8650 (CDMA) - there may also be other hardware requirements
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Not true...WP7 doesn't require a Qualcomm processor. The requirements for WP7 were but not limited to the Qualcomm 8200 and 8600 series.
If what you say is true, no further advancements in processors could be made to be used with WP7.
I remember reading the requirements for WP7...it was not limited to those 2 types of processors by far. And the Hummingbird processor may even be included in the supported processors list.
EDIT: In this stickied thread in this specific forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=649909
It states and I quote, "ARMv7 based applications processor (compare this to ARMv4 for WinMo 6.x)"
The Hummingbird Processor installed in the Samsung Epic, and all of the Galaxy S Devices, is a ARMv7 based processor
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hey guys
I owner samsung omnia EU version
and Im already dreaming with new devices
Im in love with samsung galaxy S2 but i dont want android anymore
my next device need to look like galaxy s2
1-Super AMOLED Plus 4.3
2-Processor Dual-core
3-Memory 1024 MB RAM
what do you think I see to for android is coming great generation of smartphone
do you dream too??
I have dreams, but not about cell phones..........
My Omnia 7 currently runs eveything on the WP7 platform perfectly smooth. To that end i do not see why increased hardware performance is needed. Only thing i would need at the moment is increased storage.
because when the next version of wp os realized,it would require more higher gauge of your device,dual-core,bigger screen,bigger ram,are the fasion of future
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You don`t need dual-core cpu for text acceleration.
The only OS that needs dual-core to run is Android, and even then, according to reviews of dual-core phones, it still lags.
WP7 is perfectly happy on a single core processor, so why waste the battery running two cores?
i have omnia 7 but 8 GB is too small i need 32 GB
SmartHouse has been told the Company will also launch two Windows tablets and a Windows based Note offering.
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Would this run Windows 8 or WP8, or possibly even a hybrid of the two? The appeal of the Galaxy Note was being a phone tablet hybrid, but as far as I know WP8 in many features essential to a tablet.
Source
http://smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Notebooks_And_Tablets/R6N2T7D6
The galasy s3 cannot run can windows phone because it has a exynos processor and windows phone currently only supports single core. Windows phone apollo will support dual core, and no one has been able to port windows phone to android successfully.
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The galasy s3 cannot run can windows phone because it has a exynos processor and windows phone currently only supports single core. Windows phone apollo will support dual core, and no one has been able to port windows phone to android successfully.
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I believe you misread my post, samsung is reported to be making a windows based galaxy note.
That would be great to have, but unless Samsung provides SRS enhancements I'm sticking with High Tech Computer corporation.
http://wmpoweruser.com/german-busin...te-for-current-handsets-to-settle-for-wp-7-7/
The German Business Week ‘(WiWo), claiming sources from Microsoft and Nokia, has confirmed that Windows Phone 8 will not be coming to the current generation of Windows Phones.
These handsets will recieve a stripped down version of Windows Phone 8 which may be called Windows Phone 7.6 or 7.7.
The publication reports ”An update is not technically possible because Windows Mobile 8 <-- WUT? uses different chip sets.”
Microsoft apparently expects current Windows Phone users to be happy with this solution, with a Microsoft manager quoted as saying: ”If people have the same functions on their smartphones, they do not care what version number the operating system is.”
Microsoft has previously alluded to Apple forcing customers to buy new handsets by releasing updates which slow down their current phones, so this solution appears to have been in the works for some time.
What do our readers think of this (likely) solution? Let us know below.
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Joe Beofiore or Scott Gu hasn't said a word, we will have to wait.
But believable or not? I don't think so, Microsoft used to confirmed that Windows Phone 8 will come to all 2nd Gen Devices.
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Doesn't matter , I'm getting a Apollo device. I heard current devices would be getting WP 7.7 or 7.6 anyways , stripped down Apollo
Bye bye Zune, hello Xbox Music.
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Do you have any info for the XBOX Music and the Application that we are going to control the Music in Windows 8?
The current Music App in Windows 8 is pretty bad, lacks of customization like Zune and got all of my Singer wrong Bio.
anybody Who writes about Windows Phone and calls it "Windows Mobile" is not worth trust! Windows Mobile is the past, and Windows Phone is now!
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Do you have any info for the XBOX Music and the Application that we are going to control the Music in Windows 8?
The current Music App in Windows 8 is pretty bad, lacks of customization like Zune and got all of my Singer wrong Bio.
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Its preview, so its not complete. I haven't updated to latest preview yet, so I have no idea if it has gotten better.
The Music app now is basically the one from the 360. I hope it gets better, and I also hope we won't have to download additional software for syncing the phones.
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http://m.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/goodbye-zune-hello-xbox-music/5803
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As what was shown at E3 for Xbox Music, the Nokia Lumia 800 is running the same interface as the Xbox and Windows 8. So it is unlikely that it will be a separate app, otherwise it will end up like Spotify or iHeartRadio.
It is likely that Microsoft will update current windows phones to replace its current Zune branding, and maybe make it compatible with windows 8 synchronization. Or there is still hope that Windows Phone 8 will come to current windows phone devices.
We need a Apollo thread. I'm certain apps like these will come over faster with native coding
http://m.networkworld.com/news/2012/060612-microsoft-onx-259898.html?hpg1=bn
Its basically MS version of tasker
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anybody Who writes about Windows Phone and calls it "Windows Mobile" is not worth trust! Windows Mobile is the past, and Windows Phone is now!
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Google translate screwed up, the source says windows phone
Well, I would agree it is the same if WP7 would share the same attribute as WP8, like native API and WP8 apps compatibility.
Otherwise what he said same experience is simply not about right, at least the background run, launch speed and performance are not the same as WP8 with same hardware.
Can't believe that Nokia and MS don't support at least the second gen devices! And there were at least enough rumours for the other way round.
And technically speaking, it should be possible as Windows Phone 8 is pretty likely to support ARM like Windows 8 itself! The "incompatible chipset stuff" is just rubbish in my eyes!
Well, new handsets will feature new hardware and more capabilities but in the end I' pretty sure that they will make also low-end WP8 device with pretty much the same specs as current high-end WP7 device!
read the original article:
http://blog.wiwo.de/look-at-it/2012...-losung-fur-update-problem-bei-windows-phone/
this guy has no proof at all. he says he heard it from 2 sources (which of course are not named, he has no evidence etc.) and he names some unknown "microsoft manager" who told him some stuff.
also "An update is not technically possible because Windows Phone 8 uses different chipsets." is a pretty lame statement. When I can compile my linux kernels to run on different architectures I would think that MS can do this too.
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also "An update is not technically possible because Windows Phone 8 uses different chipsets." is a pretty lame statement. When I can compile my linux kernels to run on different architectures I would think that MS can do this too.
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Lumia 900 is heard to get an Upgrade but Lumia 800 wont (Nokia Online Helpdesk http://wparea.de/2012/06/nokia-care-das-lumia-900-wird-ein-update-auf-wp8-apollo-erhalten/). The only difference between these devices is that the chipset of the 900 supports LTE. So according to the rest of the hardware (Single Core Snapdragon S2, ARMv7) the 800 should support WP8, as all other phones should, too.
Well that's bad news for me; I have a first gen HTC Trophy; I doubt I will get the Apollo update after reading this, Oh well.
Hmm, sounds like crap if you ask me, different chipsets? presumably it still means ARM and we're not all going to go all x86.
I think its safe to say, that WP8 will get released to new hardware, it will have many new swanky features.
Said swankiness will filter down through current win 7 devices IF said feature is available on the device.
I think that's a fair thing to expect. To say we are not getting WP8 is perhaps a bit misleading though, more accurately is that we will get updates that our devices can support.
All in all I am sure we can be confidant that we will get some form of update, without a list of WP8 specs its difficult to say how much of it we can expect to receive.
Should know on the 20th
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Do or die
The Windows Phone 8 release on 20th would be just a proof of concept device, if there is a presentation at all.
However it will spark the rumour mills and as always, Microsoft will leave out enough info to make us all keep wondering. In a way it creates a sense of suspense which will help make the phone more visible on the internet with lots of people speculating stuff. Would be a smart move to do so IMO.
That said, if they don't support WP8 on 900, people will hate them. If they support it, then there is no real reason not to support 800, 710 and the other second gens. Microsoft will not leave the lower end market out (tango), hence first gen has a great chance if 610 has a chance.
After all, Microsoft doesn't want to lose what little they have so soon.
According to a Tweet by MS_Nerd (one of those notoriously unreliable leakers) Microsoft will bring 2 OSs going forward.
The one which the Business Week called WP7.6 oder 7.7 is going to be named WP8, still based on the CE-Kernel and likely to include most of the features that the NT-Version is going to bring along.
The one which Business Week called WP8 is to be named Windows RT phone (as it is based on Windows RT - the Windows 8 version that is running ARM).
So we most likely will get WP8 with most of the features, but Microsoft introduces a new version for High End Phones including Multi Core support. WP8 will live on for the mid- to low-range Market.
At least that is what we can puzzle together if those 2 leaks are to be confirmed. Although it was pretty clear from the beginning that old devices would be missing out on some features when WP8 came along due to missing processing power/memory.
I don't think that MS would want to keep two different WP versions that have different kernel. Too much code to take care of IMHO.
Well I really hope that Windows Phone 8 will be way diffrent than WP now. Hopefully an opption to ad a start screen wallpaper instead of just the lame old lock screen wallpaper. Also I hope they let us have an unlocked file system so that we could browse our files instead of this BS where we have to use Zune currently. In other words hopefully the new WP will save us from the current one like Windows 7 saved us from Vista.
Tiles that can change sizes
Folders
Tiles with real information instead of badges, ie the missed call, and email tile will show real information
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just came to know that temple run is available for wp8. can some one port it for wp 7.8. i am using samsung omnia w.
you cant play or port WP8 games to WP7.8
ohhh. what a shame. thanx anyways.