Nokia employee teases coming notification centre

Posted February 5th, 2013, 10:02:00 . 0 Comments . Tags: apollo, notification centre, rumour, windows phone 8 Via: WMPoweruser

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Nokia employee XXXXX has posted the above image to deviant art with the caption:

“Quite a trip at Redmond. There is something I am not allowed to talk but allowed to tease. It is not confirmed in case you make a guess (either right or wrong , I won’t answer ). That is what tease meant to be”

XXXXX works for Nokia in Software Quality Assurance for Windows Phone 8, and the picture hints at notifications being centralized into a notification centre.

We already know that Microsoft has said that they intended to implement a notification centre, but ran out of time. We are also expecting a future update named Apollo + to add features such as VPN.

Would our readers be happy with a Start-screen based notification centre (ie one you have to return to the Start screen and then needed to swipe to) or is a draw down one like on iOS and Android or Gesture based one like on Blackberry 10 essential? Let us know below.

Via WPC

Rumour: Apollo+ Windows Phone 8 update coming Q1 2013

Posted November 26th, 2012, 09:11:00 . 0 Comments . Tags: apollo, rumour, windows phone 8 Via: WMPoweruser

Footfall, who last leaked pictures of the HTC Accord, has tweeted this interesting but in fact predictable little rumour.

He is claiming at Microsoft will release a Windows Phone 8 update in Q1 2013 which will be called Apollo +. He did not reveal more, but the update will presumably address the bugs noticed by some recently.

An Spring update after a Fall release has in fact been the usual pattern for the Windows Phone division, although the Apollo + moniker suggests we may also see some new features – maybe that delayed Notification Centre?

The Verge reports the update may bring always-on WIFI and finally the VPN support some business and Chinese users have been craving.

See the tweet here.