14 DAY TRIAL // 2014 appears set to mark a turning point in the evolution of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system, due to the addition of a host of new features to the platform.
One of them will be a File Manager, as reported only recently. The feature is said to have been completed, though no specific info on when it will be implemented in the OS has been provided as of now.
We suspected that it would be included in an upcoming flavor of the OS, and a recent post from Twitter user Nawzil confirms that.
According to him, the File Manager will be included inside Windows Phone 8.1, an operating system version that will land on devices in the second quarter of the next year.
However, it seems that 2014 might also bring along the option to close apps through flicking on the screen, just as users can do now on Windows 8 devices. Undoubtedly, this will prove a great feature to all those interested in being able to clear resources fast.
However, it does not come too much as a surprise that Microsoft chose to add a Windows 8 feature to the smartphone platform, given that it has long said that it planned on bringing the two as close together as possible.
Confirmation on this has emerged on the User Voice website for Windows Phone, where info on improved support for microSD memory cards has also been posted.
It will provide users with the possibility to store apps and files, including mail attachments, downloaded files, and the like, on the microSD card. On top of that, owners of Windows Phone devices will also be able to store apps on external storage, it seems.
As WMPoweruser notes, these changes will certainly improve the user experience of Windows Phone significantly. However, an official announcement from Microsoft on the availability of these features in its mobile OS has yet to be made.