Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Windows Phone Comeback? Web Apps

Microsoft is not giving up...
New large Lumia 640 XL is 1/3 price of comparable phones,
and with Windows 10 universal apps, may become a viable choice,
in particular if it provides enterprise level security options.

Microsoft’s Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL are budget phones with free Office 365 | The Verge

Lumia 640 XL: 5.7-inch, 1280 x 720, 13-mpx Carl Zeiss, + 5-mpx, quad core 1.2 MHz, 1 GB + 8 GB (up to 128 GB), $211 (3G) $245 (LTE).

Find Smartphones, Tablets and Smart Devices with Snapdragon Processors | Qualcomm
There a many mobile devices, including Smart Watches,
using the same mid-range Snapdragon 400 processor...

"Normally, browser-based apps are constrained by the browser sandbox. They have no access to operating system APIs, and they're given constrained access to, for example, persistent storage, cameras, and microphones. When a Web app is published for Windows 10, however, these constraints will be relaxed. The Web apps will be able to check if they're running as a special blessed app, and if so, they'll be able to do some of the things that normal apps can do (for example, generate Windows notifications or show full-screen video without prompting) that regular Web apps normally can't."




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