Windows Phone Weekly Digest: May 9, 2015

There’s a lot going on in the world of Windows Phone. So much, in fact, that it is sometimes tough to catch every important story. Device rumors come and go. New apps join the Windows Phone Store and your favorite app can get a big update with a new look or new features. Therefore, every week we will compile a list of the Windows Phone news that you just shouldn’t miss.

Welcome to the “Windows Phone Weekly Digest.”

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One of the most exciting things to come out of Build 2015 was the announcement of Continuum for Windows 10 Phones. The feature that will allow you to connect your phone to an external display and use full desktop versions of your favorite apps.

Unfortunately, but not unexpectedly, we found out this week that we are going to have to wait for the generation of Windows phones to come out. That’s because Continuum will require new Qualcomm hardware in order to work.

That may be a ways off, but we could be closer to some new Windows 10 for phones features that got leaked this week. It looks like some folks in China got a hold of Build 10072, which apparently has a transparency slider for Start screen tiles. The build also includes the option to download preview versions of the Office 2016 universal apps.

Microsoft’s new Windows 10 for phone help page not only confirmed the transparency slider, but also gave us a heads up that the next build will include Reading mode in its {Edge browser](/Microsoft-edge).

As for hardware, Verizon’s Lumia 735, complete with Microsoft branding, [showed up at the FCC] http://www.windowscentral.com/verizons-lumia-735-microsoft-branding-spotted-fcc).

Windows Central gave you a look at Verizon’s upcoming (and unannounced) LG Lancet Windows phone with Update 2. The Lancet’s specs indicate it will likely be a Lumia 640 competitor.

And Indian import/export company Zauba listed an unannounced 4.7-inch entry-level Windows phone, dubbed the RM-1127, on their website.: This is the Verizon LG Lancet Windows Phone with Update 2

We also showed you the new BLU Win HD LTE (Yellow up close and took a quick video tour of Lumia Camera 5.0 and the Lumia 640 XL.

Other notable items:

Source : androidcentral

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