A Craigslist shopper supposedly buys a smartphone by way of an ad on the site -- and ends up with the yet-to-be-released GDR3 upgrade to Windows Phone 8. Screenshots reveal new features.
September 7, 2013 11:30 AM PDT
(Credit: Windows Phone Central/xs2K/The Verge)
Looking for the latest unreleased smartphone or smartphone OS? Well, aside from the random watering hole, Craigslist might be your best bet.
Someone by the screen name of xs2K claims, in a post on the Windows Phone Central site, to have purchased a phone off Craigslist that's running an as-yet-unreleased update to the Windows Phone 8 OS called General Distribution Release 3 (GDR3).
That's an update that will let Win Phone 8 look nice and pretty on big-screen devices such as mini tablets and phablet-type gadgets like Nokia's allegedly upcoming big-screen Lumia 1520 phone.
Screenshots posted by xs2K (and picked up by The Verge) show several new features for Win Phone 8, including:
GDR3 is expected to be the last Windows Phone 8 OS update Microsoft releases before it introduces Windows Phone Blue, the Win Phone update designed to bring the Win 8, Win RT and Win Phone 8 app models and developer platforms more into sync. Supposedly the Windows Blue update includes new programming interfaces, kernel updates, and some user interface enhancements.
September 7, 2013 11:30 AM PDT
Looking for the latest unreleased smartphone or smartphone OS? Well, aside from the random watering hole, Craigslist might be your best bet.
Someone by the screen name of xs2K claims, in a post on the Windows Phone Central site, to have purchased a phone off Craigslist that's running an as-yet-unreleased update to the Windows Phone 8 OS called General Distribution Release 3 (GDR3).
That's an update that will let Win Phone 8 look nice and pretty on big-screen devices such as mini tablets and phablet-type gadgets like Nokia's allegedly upcoming big-screen Lumia 1520 phone.
Screenshots posted by xs2K (and picked up by The Verge) show several new features for Win Phone 8, including:
- a Driving Mode feature that allows for automatic muting of calls and texts,
- the ability to close apps in the multitasking view,
- screen rotation,
- support for custom sounds on text, voice mail, e-mail, and reminders, and
- the ability to restore from backup using Wi-Fi during initial setup.
GDR3 is expected to be the last Windows Phone 8 OS update Microsoft releases before it introduces Windows Phone Blue, the Win Phone update designed to bring the Win 8, Win RT and Win Phone 8 app models and developer platforms more into sync. Supposedly the Windows Blue update includes new programming interfaces, kernel updates, and some user interface enhancements.