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This software development kit was able to accommodate some acumen into Microsoft's abutting adaptable operating system, and alike added actualization accept been baldheaded by The Verge. The new Start awning was arresting in the SDK, and the adeptness to change admeasurement of titles could account those who are attractive to adapt their phone's appearance. At its acme in June, Microsoft arise that there will be greater blush customizations for its Windows Phone 8 release, and it seems that a cardinal of affair colors will be offered via the settings menu. As of now 20 colors are available, according to The Verge.

However, there are two new actualization that Microsoft hasn't abundant yet that alike in the SDK. The aboriginal is Abstracts Sense, which is a congenital app that lets users adviser their abstracts acceptance on Windows Phone 8. Back initially launched, a alert will arise allurement the user to configure single-use, account or absolute abstracts allowance and the date is resets. This advice lets Abstracts Sense accurately adviser how abundant abstracts allowance is used. This can be tracked through a asphalt on the Start screen, and the app will acquaint a user back he or she is abutting to the limit.

The added anew apparent affection for Windows Phone 8 is backup. The Verge letters that Microsoft has congenital in abundant greater advancement options for its accessible Windows Phone 8 device, alms users the advantage to abundance SMS abstracts in the billow forth with app lists and settings. The automated upload to Skydrive affection will additionally still be present on Windows Phone 8, but the new adaptation will accord users greater ascendancy over video and photo backups.

The tech account antecedent added that best hubs accept been adapted with functionality on the "Apollo" device, such as the congenital Maps app which is now powered by Nokia. Users can download these maps for offline use as well, and the Internet Explorer now includes added ambience that let Windows Phone 8 users adapt the functionality of the abode bar button. Users can change this button from beginning to favorites and tabs.

Another noteworthy accession is that users can now accept admission to the Xbox Music abundance through Windows Phone 8. The Xbox and Music and Video hubs accept all been active with a redesigned user interface as well. Camera functionality gets a reboot, with the added adeptness to baddest assorted images for administration or deletion. There's additionally alteration options to crop, rotate, or fix pictures. In agreement of the absolute camera itself, Microsoft is abacus a Lenses affection to Windows Phone 8 that puts all the apps that use the camera into one compatible UI. The Verge has activated the Bing Vision feature, but there's a articulation to accommodate added Lenses which indicates that this could be expanded.

Windows Phone 8 is accounted for a November 2012 absolution date, as Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet wrote aftermost week. A antecedent had aggregate Microsoft bear targets with Foley, which adumbrated that Windows Phone 8 will appear at the end of 2012.