Mobile unveils Windows 10 compatibility with future Snapdragon 830

By all is known the disastrous evolution of the market share of Windows 10 Mobile worldwide, both in its earlier version Windows Phone and from the arrival of the latest Lumia, Microsoft is in a negative spiral that has led them to lose two - thirds of its market share in the last year. It seems that the expansion to more powerful mobile is one of the few options remaining for Microsoft to regain lost ground, and the Snapdragon 830 could be a good lever.

While upgrading to Windows 10 Mobile has arrived later than expected and with a large number of phones that are not compatible with it by the minimum hardware requirements, those of Redmond continue preparing the future of its mobile division, which needs a revolution if you do not want to end up disappearing from the mobile market share.

This recovery is to offer more powerful terminals and can cope with the large manufacturers, and that is where the future Qualcomm processors come. We have seen in the past MWC in Barcelona that HP will launch the new phablet X3 with Windows  Mobile and Snapdragon 820, which will not arrive until the summer, and today we learned that the Microsoft operating system already supports the future Snapdragon830, the new Qualcomm processor that still has not officially disclosed.

It has through some official documents developer program Microsoft as we have known that Windows 10 Mobile is compatible with the MSM8994, MSM8992, MSM8952, MSM8909, MSM8208, MSM8996, MSM8953, and MSM8998, or what is the same processors, Snapdragon 810, 808, 617, 210, 208, 820,625 and 830 of the future Snapdragon still an exact release date is not known. This information would in line with some recent rumors suggest that Microsoft is preparing three new Lumia terminals in early 2017 that could equip this highly anticipated Snapdragon 830, among which could be one of the great covered by the Redmond, as is the Surface Phone.

What is clear is that Microsoft is already working for their future terminals, and those of manufacturers who rely on its platform can use the new Snapdragon 830. Microsoft is facing one of the last opportunities to revive its mobile business, which despite received new Lumia 950 since late last year, has not stopped falling, until bottoming out in the fourth quarter.

Windows Phone sales fall, these are the reasons

The share of sales of Windows Phone has been falling worldwide continuously over recent months, even after the arrival of Windows 10 Mobile. However, if we think that Microsoft has reduced the number of new devices presented with this operating system, we find one of the reasons for this decline.

While half of mobile phones with Windows Phone 8 finally have failed to upgrade to the new version of mobile operating system from Microsoft, those who have done so have found no reason to change their phones for new models since these can continue to function without any problem, and in principle the situation in relation to the decline in sales should not change for the remainder of the year.

As I mentioned earlier in my article regarding Microsoft's plans for its mobile phone division this year, is probably not return to see any new phone until early 2017, except if another manufacturer introduces some, like Blu, Alcatel or HP. Seeing the picture, almost certainly a deadlock will occur.

Users of Windows Phone 8 that have not been updated continue to use their handsets as they have not been rendered useless, although it is possible that several of them decide to switch to Android or iOS watching the abandonment suffered, and another percentage may decide to buy a phone with Windows 10 Mobile factory.

However, the reality is that currently there is little to choose from while part of consumers is stagnant, the other has been upgraded to the latest version without buying a new phone.



How many options with Windows Phone on the market?

The second generation of Windows Phone, that is, those who already had the factory with Windows Phone 8, began in 2012 and throughout that year, a rushed total of 5 handsets Lumia. Then 2013 was the most devices with the mobile operating system Microsoft saw reach the market, a total of 9 terminals Lumia.

Although during 2014 the Redmond also introduced eight different models on the market, with the arrival of 2015 we saw how the company reduced its offer simply presenting four models. This decision was made ​​to leave more space to other manufacturers and not saturate both a market where demand is not so high.

Windows Phone in 2012: Lumia 620, Lumia 820, Lumia 820, Lumia 822 and Lumia 920
Windows Phone in 2013: Lumia 520, Lumia 525, Lumia 625, Lumia 720, Lumia 925, Lumia 928, Lumia 1020, Lumia 1320 and Lumia 1520
Windows Phone in 2014: Lumia 530, Lumia 535, Lumia 630, Lumia 635, Lumia 730, Lumia 735, Lumia 830 and Lumia 930
Windows Phone in 2015: Lumia 532, Lumia 540, Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL
Windows 10 Mobile in 2016 (to December 2015): Lumia 550, Lumia 650, Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL
Thus, we find a set of 26 phone Lumia offered for sale between 2012 and 2015, a figure that drops to 23 Lumia available in most of the world if we eliminate the exclusive models of US carriers, like Lumia 810, Lumia 822 and 928 Lumia.

If these data in hand we think about how many phones Microsoft currently sold and could be of interest to users, removing those who can not upgrade to Windows 10 Mobile , the situation worsens. Logically, most consumers are not terminal Redmond would buy it knowing that there will in future updates.

How to enable or disable the hibernation feature in Windows 10

Hibernation is a state that can put your computer instead of turning it off or put it to sleep. When the computer hibernates, take a snapshot of your system files and drivers and keep that catch on the hard drive before it is turned off. This allows your computer to start faster, because you do not need to re-establish those files or settings.

Hibernation is a feature enabled by default and does not harm your computer, so it is not necessary to disable it, even if you do not use. However, when hibernation is enabled, this feature of the system reserve some space for that file - hiberfil.sys file - which is assigned 75 percent of the RAM on your computer. If you have 8GB of RAM, your hiberfil.sys file will 6GB of storage space on your hard drive; if you have 16GB of RAM, 12GB take your hiberfil.sys file.

Therefore, the main reason why you would disable hibernation on your computer is if you really need those gigabytes of space on your hard drive. If you disable hibernate , you can not hibernate (obviously), nor will be able to take advantage of the Quick Start feature of Windows 10, which combines startup times from hibernation and quick start.

Here's how to disable and re-enable hibernation in Windows 10:

1. Dale right click the Start button and select Command Prompt (Admin) from the popup menu. If you are asked by User Account Control, asking if you want to allow this program to make changes to your computer, select yes.

2. In the Command Prompt window, type powercfg.exe / hibernate off and press Enter on your keyboard.

3. To enable hibernation Windows 10, open the Command Prompt and type powercfg.exe / hibernateon and press Enter on your keyboard.

Windows 10's first making a major free update for this summer

At the annual conference of Microsoft, Build 2016 The Redmond returned length on Windows 10 in particular announcing a free update for this summer.

Yesterday was the opening conference of Build 2016, the event organized by Microsoft for developers, during which the company presents its new and already outputs come. The US giant announced the first major update to Windows 10 that will be deployed this summer.

Windows 10 an update "Windows Update Anniversary 'this summer

So far known by the code name "Redstone", the first major update of Windows 10 has been renamed Windows Anniversary Update (WAU) and will be available this summer, Microsoft announced on the occasion of the Build 2016. update rich new features to the latest OS from the Redmond company.

Among the announcements include Windows Ink. This new feature is for tactile materials and is designed for use with a stylus. It will be possible to take notes, draw pictures, highlight text, etc, with a stylus. The handwriting recognition is at the heart of this space Windows Ink work. It will allow Cortana to recognize text written in hand, for example. Other tools will draw a perfectly straight line or align objects on a line, for example. These tools should be used with third party software, such as those from Adobe and others.

The virtual assistant Cortana ever more powerful

Microsoft also announced an improvement in depth virtual assistant Cortana. The wizard will now be available from the Lock Screen of Windows 10 and the user may call on him from third party applications. Cortana recognize your appointment dates and may add them directly to your calendar, having first consulted you before.

Another highly anticipated new feature is the ability to use a fingerprint sensor to identify themselves to a website through Hello, the biometric authentication tool, and Edge browser. A feature that will be reserved for owners of a device equipped with a fingerprint sensor, it should not be available for the PC.

Terry Myerson, vice president of operating systems at Microsoft, took the opportunity to announce that Windows 10 now had 270 million users.