We first heard about the Windows Phone Apollo, in December. At that time there was no information or details regarding the upcoming operating software, except for the fact that it may possibly be announced during the last quarter of this year. In a post by Paul Thurrott, it was revealed that he could now discuss what the upcoming OS will feature. He states,“Windows Phone 8, codenamed Apollo, will be based on the Windows 8 kernel and not on Windows CE as are current versions. This will not impact app compatibility: Microsoft expects to have over 100,000 Windows Phone 7.5-compatible apps available by the time WP8 launches, and they will all work fine on this new OS.”
The report says that the Windows Phone 8 will have integrations with the desktop version - Windows 8 - and both will be launched around the same time. Both the desktop OS as well as the smartphone OS will have an integrated ecosystem, due to the shared underlying code, components as well as the user experiences.



