Windows Phone 8.0 devices won't be able to be unlocked for development purposes anymore

If you are a Windows Phone app developer and want to continue testing your apps on Windows Phone 8.0, you might want to take heed of an email Microsoft is sending to app developers today. After 7 p.m. Pacific time today, Windows Phone 8.0 devices won't be able to be unlocked for development purposes anymore.

Here's the text of what Microsoft is sending to app developers:

The Windows Phone 8.0 certificate that validates developer unlocks will expire today May 13, 7pm, Pacific Daylight time. We recommend that you re-unlock your Windows Phone 8.0 test devices prior to today 7pm, to continue testing for another 24 months.

After today, no Windows Phone 8.0 device will be able to be developer unlocked, and you will have three options to continue testing Windows Phone 8.0 packages: – Update the phone to Windows Phone 8.1 and unlock it for developer testing – Submit apps as beta through the Windows Dev Center and test with Windows Phone 8.0 devices – Test Windows Phone 8.0 apps via the Windows Phone emulator

Any Windows Phone 8.0 device currently unlocked will continue to be unlocked and work as a test device until its certificate expires. To maximize the time available to test with this device, please lock then unlock the device before May 13, 2015 7pm PDT.

Note that this change has no impact on apps available in the Windows Phone Store, has no impact on Windows Phone 8.1 devices, nor will it impact customers with Windows Phone 8.x devices.

This shows that Microsoft is making developers distance themselves from making apps that support the older Windows Phone 8.0 in favor of the current Windows Phone 8.1 OS. Microsoft has already announced that all Windows 10 devices will have access to a "developer unlock" mode in its settings.

Source : windowscentral 

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Microsoft reveals series of phones which are receiving Windows 10

According to a post, by Gabe Aul, Microsoft is in the midst of testing Windows 10 on a variety of different Lumia handsets. While there isn't an exact date for release, there is still more than likely a week of testing that needs to be performed in order to ensure a successful build can be pushed to the expanded list. Although this is not final, Aul and the team intend to push out the Windows 10 build to the devices listed below.

• Lumia 1020
• Lumia 1320
• Lumia 1520
• Lumia 520
• Lumia 525
• Lumia 526
• Lumia 530
• Lumia 530 Dual Sim
• Lumia 535
• Lumia 620
• Lumia 625
• Lumia 630
• Lumia 630 Dual Sim
• Lumia 635
• Lumia 636
• Lumia 638
• Lumia 720
• Lumia 730
• Lumia 730 Dual SIM
• Lumia 735
• Lumia 810
• Lumia 820
• Lumia 822
• Lumia 830
• Lumia 920
• Lumia 925
• Lumia 928
• Lumia ICON
• Microsoft Lumia 430
• Microsoft Lumia 435
• Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM
• Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM DTV
• Microsoft Lumia 532
• Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM
• Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM
• Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM

After releasing the above list Microsoft also added that  " if they find a device specific bug during their testing session, then it MAY be pulled from the list, and, If a phone isn’t listed here it is likely because we have found such a bug, but it MAY get fixed before the next flight."

Source : Microsoft  via NeoWin

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Hack promises to let you install Windows 10 Mobile Technical Preview on any WP8 handset with a microSD card slot

Windows 10 Mobile Technical Preview does not have all the features which are demonstrated earlier, and this Technical preview is released only for few handsets.

WindowsMania.pl have managed to get the Windows 10 Mobile TP to install on their Nokia Lumia 625, a device not included in the approved handset list.  They say the hack will work on any Windows Phone with a microSD card slot, and it is of note that before the restricted device list was displayed the much more liberal list above was seen by some readers, which said any Lumia except dual-SIM ones would be eligible, suggesting the risk is not that great.

WindowsMania does not releases the hack yet, promising it for tomorrow, but keep an eye on this site for the latest info regarding this and everything else Windows 10 Mobile.

Source : WmPU 

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Leaked screenshots shows everything about the Windows phone 10

As we have already discussed in our previous post that Microsoft dosen't revels the releasing date of Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones, so no one knows the exact date when the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones will be hitting Windows Insiders.But today we have found few leaks today that lead us believe that the release should be coming very soon. And now it looks like we have the best leak yet and although the language is not English, you can see nearly every new panel of Windows 10 for phones.

Windows Mobile 10 got a  huge improvement from Windows Phone 8.1. Microsoft has redesigned everything in Windows Mobile 10 including File Manager to Cortana – most of the things has been re-designed. For those of you who haven’t bothered to read the whole article, here is everything we know about WM10 on a list:

• New name: Windows 10 Mobile (Technical Preview)
• Re-designed Start Screen – translucent tiles, full-screen background, double-height tiles
• New, cleaner Settings page
• Improved Keyboard – includes a virtual joystick, ability to make the keyboard smaller, voice typing
• Re-designed Photos, Sound Recorder, Calculator, Maps. Alarm and Xbox Video – they’re all universal now
• New Mail, Messages, People and File manager
• Improvements on Cortana’s UI and Action Center
• Improved Shutdown and initial installation page

Gallery of leaked screenshots of the Windows 10 for mobiles :

Source : IThome via WMPU

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First screen shots of Windows 10 technical Preview for Phones

Microsoft dosen't revels the releasing date of Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones, so no one knows the exact date when the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones will be hitting Windows Insiders, but just now wmpoweruser tweeted a small collection of screen shots of Phones running Windows phone 10 technical preview .

Hopefully this is an indication that we will not have long to wait.

See more screen shots below.

Source: WMPU | Images Via WMPU

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