Since early this year, Microsoft promises Windows users to release the new Windows 10 that is largely similar to the WindowsPhone interface. Just today, Microsoft provides first glimpse to the latest Window build to members of the Windows Insider Program, Fast Ring.
Although not all of the features of the updated Windows 10 are provided, significant changes such as the new Mail and Calendars applications are already visible. According to one source, Mail and Calendar features now include the capabilities to assign SwipeGestures for these apps to perform functions such as automated deleting and flagging of messages simply with gestures. More interestingly, one can also set up an infinite number of desktops with the new OS.
Just last April 14, WinBeta posted shots of the new images of a tablet running at Windows 10 and that provide first peek of what the Windows 10 looks like. The source further comments that the apps are designed to scale up to almost all screen sizes as what Microsoft initially guarantees.
Aside from the Mail and Calendar apps upgrade, there is also a significant refurbish with the Continuum and the Cortana features. When a user removes the device's keyboard, the Start Button, Cortana and Task View enlarge making them easier to tap.
As a brief background, Cortana is the Windows 10 virtual assistant that is able to learn and bring together what the user does overtime and eventually suggests tasks through the Calendar, Taskbar or from the Spartan browser.
Furthermore, one thrilling feature for computers with HoloLens is the advantage Continuum and Windows Holographic offer. The features are well integrated in the together that they allow the creation of a 3D environment displayed to the user via the HoloLens, a virtual reality headset. The potentialities with the new Windows 10 technology are incessant raging from immersive gaming experience to a possibility of Martian landscape exploration with the lens.
Windows 10 is free for the first year who upgraded within the first year of lunch for all computers running at Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. As a caveat, many suggest studying the software first and the bugs it has along the way before switching.
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