Samsung Focus S Approved By FCC, Mango a Week Away & Dell Leaving Windows Phone? WPV

Why WP7 Doesn't Support Dual-Core: http://bit.ly/pfNmFq

Watch this week's Windows Phone view as we wrap-up all this week's good and bad inside the world of Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. In today's show we begin by talking about the recent confirmation we received from the Windows Phone blog regarding Mango and it's release date within either next week or the following. We also go through the Samsung Focus S and how it already received FCC approval. We talk about the reasons why Windows Phone 7 doesn't support dual-core processors, and why that's still not an issue any of us should worry about. We breeze through Windows 8 and how it seems to support more than the Metro UI with a phone call feature, and details on when we might get the WhatsApp messenger many of us have been waiting for. We end the Good section by going through some recent awards that Windows Phone 7 has received thanks to its innovative design.

In the bad section we cover the sad news about Dell probably dropping Windows Phone 7 in the future, and why we think the rumors hold water.

All this and more after the break.

Website: http://pocketnow.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/pocketnowtweets
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pocketnow

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• phone
• mobile
• cell
• nokia
• samsung
• wireless
• cell phone
• phones
• touch
• Microsoft
• Windows
• Pocketnow
• Windows Phone
• Windows Phone View
• Smartphones
• Metro
• Review
• Mango
• gps
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 7 Mango
• News
• wp7
• wp7 news
• windows phone news
• microsoft

[goblend]

Jaime RRRRivera :P

[backlashsid]

lighting too bright....this week eh jaime ???

[diazj677]

Awsome and informative

[boonetheg8r]

@chmun77

I understand the battery and processor relationship differently. On a task-by-task measuring a dual-core should take more battery than a single core if both are clocked to the same speed. However, you theoretically could get lower less battery than a single core clocked at the same speed, but you would have to "game the system" by intentionally selecting a much older single core against and much newer dual-core.

[jupapa94]

@chmun77 Now, at no point did I ever make a statement saying that Android(AD) has a crap battery life because of its dual core processor. I have very little experience with ADs, but I do know that it's not as smooth as WP7 even with its dual core processors. I have no problem with WP7 adopting dual core processors. It's just that the software the phones r running wouldn't really be able to take advantage of multiple cores, once its matured however, I'm sure that dual cores will become available.

[chmun77]

@jupapa94 Well yes, I agree that WP7 is indeed running silky smoother on a single core. But Android is bad on battery is because if its OS nature, not because of processors. With current newer dual cores, I say they consume even lower than older single core CPU. So, i'm not sure why you people always have that idea of dual cores = more power??

WP7 may be "efficient" now, but with more and more background agents added to your phone, time will then tell. Why not just welcome more cores?

[jupapa94]

@chmun77 I didn't litterally mean "Dual Core = No Battery." I meant that the single core the Windows Phone has makes it much smoother than most Android powered dual core phones. So, all it would be doing is running to support a phone that can run extremely well on one core, thus, draining the battery faster than on a single core. Also, My Focus runs brilliantly with multimedia apps. Dual cores does not mean a better phone, you need to get that fact right.

[chmun77]

@jupapa94 Dual cores does not mean shorter battery life. Please get the fact right. Is how much the user uses the phone. If dual cores get things done faster, which in turn require lesser power to be spent on activities, why not??! And FYI, even picture editing now on WP7 is not really as smooth as I expected. We sure to need dual cores for more multimedia activities.

[PINTOisCOO00L]

@warex3dis it for the focus

[JorJorArmany]

can't wait for Samsung Focus S