Sunday 28 October 2012
Microsoft releases Windows Phone 8 Companion app
Posted on 22:54 by Maria Scott
With Windows Phone 8 being under 24 hours away from being officially
announced, Microsoft has released the long promised Companion app, which
would allow the new devices to sync with any Windows 8 device (PC or RT
Tablet). The app is supposed to allow syncing of music, photos other
media seamlessly from the Windows 8 device onto the phone, much the same
way it worked on the Zune desktop client.
Microsoft had long discontinued their Zune Music Player,
but the desktop software for the same became the iTunes counterpart for
syncing to Windows Phone 7 devices. However, for the newer Windows Phones 8 coming out, the desktop software has been made redundant.
The Companion app should be able to do
everything the Zune Desktop does, but without being a separate software
as such. Unfortunately, just like the existing Windows Phone 7 devices
won’t be upgraded to the Windows Phone 8 OS, the Companion app too is
only compatible with the new phones and won’t work with Windows Phone 7
(or 7.5 or 7.8).
Microsoft has been garnering a lot of attention lately, with their new OS Windows 8 and Surface RT
being officially launched. The next wave of products from the Redmond
Company is the Windows Phone 8, which would complete the Windows 8
family of products.
Phone makers like Nokia, HTC and Samsung
have already announced their Windows Phone 8. While HTC and Samsung’s
stake in the Windows Phone 8 devices isn’t that crucial, Nokia’s future
entirely banks of the success of the new phones are an instant hit with
the people.
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