Updates ‘coming soon’ to Windows Phone

We have been looking forward to the announcement of copy and paste arriving, and it has now been officially confirmed.

In keeping with the simplicity of the Metro UI, copy and paste sounds like an intuitive process, highlighting text then tapping a copy icon, then tapping and hitting place when you want to paste. This sounds very similar to the process of editing within a text message or email, when to tap, hold and drag allows you to move the cursor to edit misspellings etc.

Speed updates are also expected, with rumours reporting a noticeable difference, especially when gaming. The main improvement is said to be when starting or resuming apps, where the time lag has been minimised.

There are also recent changes to Marketplace – with the search function now allowing you to specify if you want music, apps or other media. Marketplace is now boasting 6000 apps, not bad for the first 3 months!

So, do you need to be constantly plugging into Zune, or checking your emails to make sure you get this update? No. Your phone will be alerted with a pop up once the update is ready. You will then be able to plug in to your computer and download it through Zune.

For full information from the Microsoft site, click here.

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