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Windows Phone 8 to Share Core with Windows 8

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Jun 20, 2012, 11:20 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Jun 20, 2012, 11:33 AM

Microsoft today revealed the underpinning details about a major upgrade to its smartphone platform called Windows Phone 8. The most significant piece of news is that Windows Phone 8 will share its core Windows NT kernel with Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 platform. Microsoft believes that this will make it easier for developers to target Microsoft's entire platform range, from desktops to laptops, tablets, and smartphones. These changes, along with new C and C++ tools being offered to developers lead Microsoft to believe that the Windows Phone 8 operating system will be an outstanding gaming platform once launched.

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