Windows Phone 7.8 and the Nokia Lumia 510 demonstrated

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/26/2012 09:00 AM | source: | 13 comment(s)

Now a new video, presumably from Winp.cn, shows the current build of Windows Phone 7.8 (8858) in action. Actually, it's less action and more of a nice, soothing stroll on some of the more superficial changes coming in the OS update. The new tiles are shown off and we even see the Bing lockscreen wallpaper working (we're hoping that third-party apps can take advantage of it too like in Windows Phone 8). Overall, it's nothing groundbreaking but it does backup what we revealed yesterday. Here the OS is in Chinese, so it may be hard to discern some of the items in Settings but the features should be obvious. Speaking of, we're guessing that the CPU on board is only a 1GHz or so judging by the OS performance, though some of the exact and final specifications need to be confirmed yet for this device. The Nokia Lumia 510 is expected to be for Asian markets, specifically China. It's a low-cost handset with a 480x800 4” LCD display, 5MP camera (no front facing) and just 256MB of RAM with a 1300mAh battery. Release date is expected before the end of the year.

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nick0323
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#4463612 Posted on: 11/26/2012 03:33 PM

Hopefully not too long to wait. The 7.5 tiles look huge on my HTC Titan.

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#4463655 Posted on: 11/26/2012 04:11 PM

Looking forward to it too, Lumia 710 here

nick0323
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#4463937 Posted on: 11/26/2012 10:35 PM

Looking forward to it too, Lumia 710 here

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#4463949 Posted on: 11/26/2012 10:47 PM

Any other features are also welcome too but the new start screen would complete my Titan.

A backup and restore tool could be useful too for those looking to upgrade their phones from WP7.5/7.8 to WP8.

I think Zune is about the best bet for backing up before upgrading phones

There is an app called App Reinstaller that will reinstall all the apps you had installed before a wipe / upgrade etc
http://www.wpcentral.com/windows-phone-app-review-reinstaller

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#4464381 Posted on: 11/27/2012 11:45 AM

Using Nokia Lumia 800 here...... Any news on when the update will be available.

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