Release Windows Phone 8 will be the first device in November

Microsoft has held in San Francisco the launch of the new mobile operating system Windows Phone 8. She reported that the first devices based on this platform will be available in Europe this weekend, and in other regions of the world - in November. Recall the most famous such new items - a HTC Windows Phone 8X and 8S, and Nokia Lumia 820 and Lumia 920.

In addition, the event was announced the number of applications already in the directory Windows Phone Store. According to Microsoft, there are now 120,000 programs available (for comparison, the App Store has more than 700,000 apps, and Google Play - about 675 000). In this case, the operating system Windows Phone 8 is already available in 50 languages, announced its developers.