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In a letter posted on the Major Nelson blog, Xbox Live bigwig Marc Whitten has outlined the new services hitting Microsoft's shiny black games box, including a section dubbed 'Xbox on Windows 8 and Windows Phone'. Three services are detailed, including Xbox Video, which Microsoft says "provides you access to the video marketplace, making it easy to browse and search for TV episodes and movies". Microsoft rattles on, "You can see your videos in your personal collection and even cue the TV show or movie up on your Xbox 360."While that sounds rather concrete, I wouldn't take this as solid confirmation that Xbox Video will arrive on Windows Phone, as Microsoft's missive could mean that the video service in particular is headed to Windows 8 only. The particular shows and movies available are certain to be restricted by region too. I've been in touch with Microsoft, and I'll let you know if I hear anything more substantial.
Bringing movies and telly to Windows Phone would make loads of sense though, Weirdly, right now you can't buy or rent video from your Microsoft mobile, putting the platform at a disadvantage compared with the likes of the iPad and iPhone, which offer loads of downloadable video via the iTunes app, As the Xbox has become one of the most compelling gadgets out there for TV, music and movies, it would make sense for Microsoft to squeeze as much of that goodness onto its other iphone case kohls platforms as possible..
Microsoft's making an effort to spread the Xbox over as many gadgets as possible, just check out its recently unveiled SmartGlass app, which lets you control your console via your phone or tablet. Stay tuned. In the meantime, if you're desperate to watch video from your Windows Phone, you'd do well to check out the Netflix app. What do you think Microsoft should be doing to fight the likes of Apple and Google? Let me know in the comments or on our Facebook wall. Microsoft looks set to flood phones with Xbox video, making it possible to buy or rent movies and TV on your Windows Phone.
Generally, dual-core devices perform better than those with only one processor core -- as Microsoft and Intel know well in the Windows laptop world -- so it would be logical for Redmond to finally offer support for more processors in the Windows Phone 8 OS, At a Computex Qualcomm briefing that CNET Asia attended, Rob Chandhok, Qualcomm's SVP and president of iphone case kohls Qualcomm Internet services, confirmed that its dual-core Snapdragon S4 chip has been certified for Windows Phone 8, Oddly, he added that even if a phone supplier plops an S4 into a phone, that doesn't necessarily mean "both cores would be used"..
Well, let's just hope Qualcomm is being coy. No matter how much Microsoft tries to justify the power-efficiency attributes and good-enough performance of single-core phones, dual-core will eventually be the baseline standard on Android as it already is for Apple. And carriers these days are quick to highlight this in advertising. Windows phones not dual-core yet? Yep, but that will probably happen with Windows Phone 8. Windows phones will finally be able to support more than one processor when the next version of Microsoft's mobile operating system hits, Qualcomm suggested Wednesday at Computex.
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