| Windows Phone 8 SDK leaks show quiet upgrades to backup, media and the kitchen sink Jul 27th 2012, 15:30  The Windows Phone 8 SDK has escaped to the wild, and some sifting through the device emulator has dug up elements that Microsoft either skipped or only touched on lightly during the big unveiling in June. The most important addition may be the one customers see the least: backup. A WP7.hu search has the new OS replicating apps, settings and SMS messages in the cloud to prevent disaster, and that new SD card support will let WP8 owners shuffle photos from internal storage to the removable kind for safekeeping. There's also more work on Internet Explorer than we saw before, with MobileTechWorld noticing that DataSense provides an option for Opera-like remote compression to save that precious cellular bandwidth. Media fans might have the most to gain. If we go by The Verge, both the Music/Video and Xbox hubs are getting fresh coats of paint -- both to integrate new ventures like Xbox Music as well as to jive more closely with the SmartGlass visual theme. Shutterbugs will like the long-awaited options to crop and rotate their work, pick multiple photos, and unify third-party camera apps under a Lenses concept. There's even more clever features in store, such as a Maps update that finds nearby WiFi hotspots, so head on over to the sources to get a full sense of where Microsoft will be going. Filed under: Cellphones Windows Phone 8 SDK leaks show quiet upgrades to backup, media and the kitchen sink originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  WMPowerUser (1), (2) |  MobileTechWorld, WP7.hu (translated), The Verge, Reddit | Email this | Comments | | Growing up Geek: Philip Berne Jul 27th 2012, 15:00 Welcome to Growing Up Geek, an ongoing feature where we take a look back at our youth and tell stories of growing up to be the nerds that we are. Today we have Philip Berne, who is currently Samsung's Marketing Manager for Technical Media and a regular contributor for Slashgear.  When I was in high school, I wanted to be a writer. My fallback plan was to get a degree in Psychology and become a therapist. If you were to time travel back to my high school days (which were not even 20 years ago) and tell me what I'd be doing today, I'd probably say something like: "Are you crazy? That's not even a real job. And what the heck is a smartphone, anyway?" I was a phone and gadget reviewer until I recently took a job with Samsung. Now I'm still reviewing phones -- I just review them a few months before anyone else. If you love phones and mobile tech as I do, it is certainly a dream job. I know how lucky I am. I wouldn't be here unless I had grown up geek. But in fact it wasn't luck that got me here (unless I mean luck of birth). Growing up geek, in my case, meant growing up spoiled. I'm afraid to admit it, but I certainly had a spoiled childhood, especially when it came to toys and electronics. Let's go through my bona fides. Continue reading Growing up Geek: Philip Berne Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Growing up Geek: Philip Berne originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Engadget Podcast 303 - 07.27.2012 Jul 27th 2012, 13:45 With Tim Stevens staycationing at an undisclosed corporate location, Brian Heater and Dana Wollman do a Gadgets Gone Wild edition of the Engadget Podcast, which turns out to be mostly analysis of quarterly earnings calls and the new iteration of OS X. Financial and upgrade news, wilder than you thought it was, only on The Engadget Podcast. Hosts: Brian Heater, Dana Wollman
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Orbital - Never 01:47 - Apple OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 review
06:51 - Mountain Lion hits the Mac App Store, is one $20 credit card deduction away
25:50 - Apple announces Q3 2012 earnings: $35 billion revenue, $8.8 billion in net profits
26:50 - Amazon Q2 2012 earnings: net income down 96 percent to $7MM, net sales up 29 percent to $12.83 billion
30:30 - Amazon plans for 'five or six' new tablets, will include 10-inch model, says Staples president
38:37 - Google Fiber gets formal launch, adds Google Fiber TV (update: event video)
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