Windows 10: Windows Phone 9 Developer Preview coming in Jan 2015

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Windows phone 9

i received WP Blog that windows phone 9 is coming soon. We don't have full updates of Cortona yet of wp 8.1 till now. is it that MS is just trying to capture its customers from current iPhone 6 and +???

nyway, i'm excited, when its developer preview will appear?

 

Lumia 920 not updating

According to Windows Phone support agent, there is no bug with Developers preview users on 920 or any other Lumia. You just need to uncheck **** on your phone.

So, it may be matter of waiting (days/weeks/months??)..frustrating process!

Snippet from the Chat!

Ricardo D.: at 9:42:26

Basically to get the Cyan update once you have the Developers Preview, you need to not use it so you can get the notification. Please open the Dev. preview App, and unselect the option

Ricardo D.: at 9:42:41

This doesn't mean that you will receive the update straight after ok?

****: at 9:44:11

I did that already

Ricardo D.: at 9:45:41

ok

Ricardo D.: at 9:45:48

so it is just a matter of time ****

****: at 9:45:14

are you sure Ricardo?

Ricardo D.: at 9:46:29

Yes, you are not the first costumer asking

 

I hope my 1520's hardware will be able to handle it.

 

Yes, very cool!

The way they've been slimming things down our 1520s should handle them. *Wink

Thanks for posting that, Shawn. *Smile

 

Split-screen multitasking? ('o')

Gosh, it's so strange to watch Windows Phone grow from a baby to a full fledged split-screen multitasking mobile platform. Wow.

I find that Windows Phone 9 will the first actual release that does get attention. If they continue to push forward on the low end of things, that's what will happen. No more of this nonsense of pushing from the top down especially in the US where that space is very limited. It's best to attack the vast majority of what's not running Windows Phone: low end to midrange android handsets.

 

From what I was reading earlier, all phones that will run WP8 will be able to run 9, the only issue is some of them wont get all the features due to hardware limitations

not sure if this is correct, but would be nice if all current phones will run it

 

All the Windows Phone 8.X crop are based off the Windows NT kernel unlike 7.XX's CE kernel, which meant they weren't capable of running NT like typical Windows has for decades. They'll be able to run 9 just fine. *Smile

Let me just say this, it's quite impressive how Microsoft is able to develop a mobile platform and push out all of these updates to reach at least now a couple dozen different target handsets from HTC or formerly Nokia or Alcatel and so forth and everything works just right. Granted, a few users slip through, but the vast majority running Windows Phone on a Nokia Lumia 520 have the same experience as an HTC One M8 that was originally built for android and everything works just fine.

Look at apple, they only have at most five very similar but slightly different versions of the iphone they are able to get ios 8 to run on. A four year old phone even still by today's standards is quite decent runs like a dying dog with it. Meanwhile that Lumia 520 user can run Windows Phone 8, 8.1 and soon to be 9 just the same as anyone else with a higher end handset.

Power of good software right there!