Monday 4 March 2013
Microsoft Targeting Next Release Of Windows Phone During The Holiday Season
Microsoft is planning to release a new
version of Windows Phone for the holiday season, according to a job
listing posted by the company.
In the listing, Microsoft is looking for a software development engineer which would work on Windows Phone software.
According to the listing :
This is a great time to join as we’re
completing our current release are getting ready for our next release
targeting the holiday of this year and we’re chartered with keeping the
momentum for Windows Phone by bringing new killer devices and delightful
user experiences. There are enormous growth opportunities in this role
and organization.
Windows Phone is considered key to
Microsoft’s mobile strategy, as well as Bing’s mobile market share.
However, Windows Phone has been slow to catch on with consumers, a
majority of whom continue to snap up iPhones and Android devices.
“Next release” does not give us much in
terms of features or any other details, but we’d expect the update to be
a major one, since Windows Phone 8 was launched in October 2012, and
the previous major update, Windows Phone 7.5, was released in September
2011.
According to earlier reports, the next
WP release, codenamed “Windows Phone Blue,” should bring both kernel
updates and user-interface improvements.
Microsoft recently released “Portico,”
the first significant WP8 update, and the software maker is planning
other improvements under a broad effort known as “Apollo Plus.”
