Microsoft introduced Windows Mobile 10
Vindovs / / December 19, 2019
To be honest, the company Microsoft in the mobile market has made all the mistakes that you can imagine. As a result, he received their well-deserved 3% of global smartphone sales, which, given the capabilities of the company, just looks ridiculous. Nevertheless, Microsoft did not lose hope to win the favor of users with Windows 10 Mobile. Let's see what interesting things we are offered in the new version of the operating system.
New User Interface
The first thing a user faces when you turn on the device - it is the interface of the operating system. In Windows Mobile 10 he retained the main features, familiar to us from previous versions. Here you will still find a home screen with a "live" tiles and a menu with a single list of all installed applications. At the same time, a host of improvements, which have been waiting for users. Here are the most important.
1. background images
Now you can set the wallpaper on your desktop or in the background of the tiles. Application buttons thus become transparent and do not interfere with the display image. It looks very good.
2. notification center
In previous versions of Windows Mobile, too, had pulled over to the shutter button quick settings. Now, however, they became much more, so you do not have to get into the setup is now to turn the economy mode, activate the camera or perform other common actions. It also displays the most recent received the notification, such as a new email, missed calls or events on social networks.
3. settings menu
Making settings smartphone received global update and now looks about the same as in the desktop version of Windows 10. All options sorted by category, there is a search for quick access to any of them.
Integration with Microsoft services
In Microsoft recently paid great attention to its online services. Cloud storage OneDrive, Outlook.com email service, an online Microsoft Office package and other cloud computing companies can compete with Google similar products. If you use these services, Windows Mobile 10 you exactly like it. You can, without any extra utilities to store your photos and documents in the cloud, work with documents and mail, to synchronize the settings between devices, and so on.
Universal app
Lack of choice of applications has always been one of the main Windows Phone platform problems. After years of trying to attract third-party developers, the company decided to try another trick. Now a desktop Windows 10 and Windows Mobile 10 Mobile supports the same program, that because of this are called "universal". The code of the application is the same, no matter where you use it - on your phone, tablet or laptop - and the interface is able to adapt to any device. Such an approach should appeal to both developers and users who are able through the use of your favorite programs on any device running Windows 10 controls.
Continuum
This killer-feature of the new system, on which great hopes pinned. Indeed, the ability to use your smartphone as a full-fledged computer - it's a real breakthrough. You just connect your phone to the monitor, then connect the mouse and keyboard, and get full-time jobs. There is also the ability to simultaneously use the gadget for its intended purpose, that is, without regard to the time you will not stay. In the video Continuum looks amazing, but how it works in practice, you can read in one of our next review.
Built-in data archiving
Through integration with cloud storage OneDrive in Windows 10 Mobile has a built-in backup feature. This saves not only the user files, contacts, system settings, and e-mail, but also all the applications available in their data. The archiving settings, you can manually specify which applications should create backups and manage existing backups.
Windows Hello
We do not have time to Google and Apple to introduce its protection technology using fingerprint, as it turned out, that it can be circumvent with a conventional printer. Microsoft proved to be more cunning and went the other way. Created by the Hello Windows technology enables access to a device running Windows 10 when the iris recognition eye, which is a much more reliable way. While this technology is being used on a limited number of devices, but eventually it will be equipped with all the new gadgets.
MS Office Applications
Over the years, Microsoft Office package is an electronic document standard. If you can not imagine their work without favorite Word, Excel and PowerPoint, in Windows Mobile 10 you will find everything you need. Free Mobile versions of these programs allow you to easily view, edit and save changes to documents. They are well adapted for different devices and can be used even on smartphones with small diagonal. All changes are stored in OneDrive cloud, so you can easily, if necessary, continue to work with a desktop computer.
In this analysis of the new and updated features in Windows Mobile 10 can be completed. No, of course, in the new system, plenty of other improvements, but they are not as important as those described above. I hope that this review you could make up their minds about the mobile version of Windows 10 prospects. Share it with us in the comments?
This article contains illustrations and videos from the site Microsoft.com.