If this hodgepodge of sorta, kinda official confirmation is to be believed, Windows Phone users can look forward to deeper integration of voice command functionality built-in to the Apollo update. Nokia US' CEO,
Chris Weber, first spilled the speech recognition beans in an interview with
VentureBeat back in early August, referring to the tech as a killer WP feature. Now, a report over on
ZDNet backs up that leaked info with resume tidbits from former MS Windows Phone / Mobile Communications team members that had a hand in creating the so-called "Voice-Compose" and "Read-Aloud" features for native email clients-- even tipping us off to a possible
Windows 8 and WP 8 convergence. There's also mention (gleaned from a company job listing) of
MS' lower-end mobile OS splitting into two separate versions -- Tango1 and Tango2. We know what you're thinking. It's hard to get excited about far-off OS updates when we're still waiting on
Mango's release. Still, it's good to know Ballmer and co. aren't just resting on their Windows laurels.
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