List of New Features @ in Windows Phone 8 OS – codename Apollo

Microsoft is busy with the finishing touches for Windows 8 OS and platform. The current mobile operating system Windows Mango 7.5 is also slated for an upgrade to Windows Phone 8 OS – codename Apollo. Apparently, a video describing the new features of Windows 8 Apollo meant for Microsoft’s smartphone partners has some landed up in the hands of mobile news website pocketnow.com! Pocketnow has duly published a blog post detailing the features that can be expected in Windows Phone 8 Apollo
Hardware Improvements
Support for multi-core processors.
Support for higher screen resolutions [a total of 4 new resolutions are allowed now. The details of the new resolutions aren’t available]
Support for removable SD Card storage.
Support for NFC [Near field communications]

Windows 8 Integration
Windows Phone 8 Apollo will share many common components and software stacks. This allows developers to port applications easily from pc version to mobile version
Windows 8 will also feature metro-style tiles interface.
NFC will allow tap-to-share capabilities between all windows 8 devices.
Skydrive [cloud storage] will have seemless connectivity across all windows 8 devices.

Application ecosystem
Windows app market place to reach 100,000 mobile apps.
Native code support
App-to-App communication
Better camera and skype.

Data Management
Datasmart – reduces data usage and simplifies the data usage tracking
Wi-Fi precedence – Wi-Fi connections will take over whenever a valid wi-fi connections are available.
Local Scout – allows real-time location of wifi hotspots.
Microsoft might bring in proxy server to feed pages to internet explorer 10 in a faster fashion. Will employ server-side compression!

Business Support
BitLocker encryption – support for 128 bit encryption