
It looks like pocketnow.com is lucky again by watching some kind of unknown secret video with Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore where he was sharing different things about Nokia and Windows Phone 8 Apollo. We are not sure if it?s true or not but it is still interesting to know what exactly was mentioned in the video. So, here?re some Apollo related parts of the conversation and it looks like most of them will be true after Apollo?s release.
- Four new screen resolutions (exact dimensions not revealed);
- Multi-core processors;
- NFC support for a new "Wallet experience" e.g. wireless payments and tap-to-share;
- Removable microSD storage;
- Based on Windows 8 kernel, not WinCE: Reuse of Windows 8 Desktop code for Windows Phone apps i.e. kernel, networking stacks, security, and multimedia support;
- Zune Desktop is going away in exchange for a more native, sync relationship application i.e. the return of ActiveSync;
- Richer Skydrive support for things like sharing music between devices (Xbox, desktop, phone);
- "The New Familiar" may be a tagline for Windows 8/Windows Phone 8;
- More than 100,000 apps to be expected at Windows Phone 8 launch;
- Local Scout Wi-Fi "hotspot" integration to aggressively find free data connections; personal recommendations included;
- Data usage glance-and-go support via Live Tile;
- Server side data compression for Internet Explore 10 to reduce data traffic and speed up browsing;
- 128-bit native BitLocker data encryption for Enterprise.