We followed along with the official live feed of Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 launch as the company unveiled its new mobile platform.
The key features demonstrated were Rooms, Kids Corner, Data Sense, and SkyDrive integration.
Rooms is a way of group messaging and location sharing with a specific selection of people.
Kids Corner is perfect for parents whose children want to play with their phone and gives them a safe space to do so without access to your email or social networking.
Data Sense is a software feature that compresses web pages to lessen the impact on your data plan. In addition, it offers you a means to track your monthly data usage to help you avoid those nasty overage charges.
And Microsoft's SkyDrive is its cloud solution, making it a snap to access music, movies, and documents no matter which device you're using.
1:05 PM |
Here we go! Product boss Joe Belfiore is on stage.
1:06 PM |
He's excited that there are "actual lines of people outside our stores waiting to get our stuff."
1:07 PM |
Microsoft's app store has grown to 120,000 apps.
1:10 PM |
Microsoft wants to put "people at the center of the experience."
1:11 PM |
More talk about how Microsoft wants to reinvent the smartphone experience. Video time!
1:12 PM |
Lots of focus on the individual. "It's a phone made for?you."
1:12 PM |
"It's the perfect companion to your Windows PC and Xbox."
1:13 PM |
New social live tiles. Tapping on a person shows you his latest posts and tweets.
1:15 PM |
Windows Phone 8 will feature a new lock screen powered by "Live Apps."
1:16 PM |
It sounds like it'll be live widgets that change based on what you like. New Facebook photos, friends' tweets, and the like.
1:17 PM |
Belfiore mentions that he has over 700 photos on Facebook, and every time he takes out his phone, the Live App shows him a different one.
1:19 PM |
Time for a closer look at Skype. It's been integrated into Windows Phone 8.
1:19 PM |
Skype is always on, ready to receive a call or message all the time.
1:20 PM |
Belfiore predicts that 46 of the top 50 apps on other platforms will also be on Windows Phone.
1:22 PM |
Big buildup to a mystery app...
1:22 PM |
And it's Pandora for Windows Phone 8, available early 2013.
1:22 PM |
It'll include a year of free music without ads.
1:25 PM |
Here comes a feature called Data Sense, a way to keep an eye on your data plan and prevent overages.
1:25 PM |
Data Sense will compress web pages to make them use less data.
1:28 PM |
Data Sense will bring you "45% more web browsing" without going over your data plan.
1:28 PM |
Verizon will be first to offer Data Sense, but it's on its way to the rest of the providers.
1:29 PM |
Belfiore teasing a kid-friendly feature...
1:30 PM |
It's called "Kids Corner." A place for your kids to watch movies, run apps, and do whatever else you want to let them do without affecting the rest of your phone.
1:31 PM |
And here come some children to demonstrate it!
1:32 PM |
Belfiore's daughter just called him "mommy."
1:35 PM |
They're into it and they're quiet while playing Fruit Ninja.
1:36 PM |
Here's another video?this time it's a busy mom talking up the features of Kids Corner.
1:36 PM |
Oh, hello! It's Jessica Alba.
1:37 PM |
"I don't have to worry about my kids getting into my social networks or emailing my partners."
1:41 PM |
Alba now plugging her new company?The Honest Company.
1:42 PM |
"We make household cleaning products, diapers, and wipes."
1:43 PM |
Alba exits and now we're back to talking about the personal features of the phone.
1:44 PM |
Introducing a new feature called Rooms, a way to connect with a specific group of people.
1:45 PM |
Use it to send messages and share locations.
1:46 PM |
Rooms will be cross-platform. Other phone users can get part of the Rooms experience.
1:48 PM |
Now we're talking about the phone, the PC, and the Xbox. The Microsoft ecosystem.
1:48 PM |
Skydrive, Microsoft's cloud solution, is built into Windows 8 and is readily available on Xbox.
1:48 PM |
"Think of your phone, tablet, and PC together as a virtual office."
1:50 PM |
Now we're talking about the camera.
1:50 PM |
Integrated sharing lets you blast out photos via Facebook, Twitter, email, or SkyDrive.
1:50 PM |
SkyDrive lets you instantly backup your photos to your computer.
1:51 PM |
SkyDrive starts you off with 7 GB for free. "The most free space out of anyone."
1:52 PM |
Moving on to music?your music collection will be available across devices.
1:53 PM |
The same is true with playlists?create one on your PC, it appears on your phone ia SkyDrive.
1:54 PM |
"No other phone works this nicely across your PC and home entertainment system."
1:55 PM | Seems like we're wrapping it up with one last video.
1:55 PM |
Ballmer is in the building!
1:57 PM |
Seems to be taking a sharp dig at Apple: "When we set out to reinvent the smartphone, we didn't want to build a phone for all of us. We wanted to build a personal phone for each of us."
2:00 PM |
Ballmer is touting the unified Microsoft ecosystem as well?PC, tablet, phone, and Xbox.
2:00 PM |
Ballmer demoing some Windows Phone 8 phones now.
2:02 PM |
Complimenting the Nokia 920 on its camera and wireless charging abilities.
2:02 PM |
Samsung's ATIV S has a huge screen and a long-lasting battery.
2:02 PM |
He seems pretty partial to HTC's Windows Phone 8 X. "It's remarkable."
2:04 PM |
Exclusive to Verizon will be the Samsung ATIV Oddyssey.
2:05 PM |
The 65 Microsoft Stores around the country will carry every single phone in every color option.
2:07 PM |
Ballmer mentioning that developers, hardware manufacturers, and service providers are "all in."
2:08 PM |
"Windows Phone is the best phone for Windows."
2:09 PM |
Jessica Alba and Joe Belfiore are back out on stage.
2:09 PM |
"You wouldn't mistake one of us for the other, but now you'd never mistake our phones for each other's phones."
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/live-microsofts-windows-phone-8-launch-2012-10
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