Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh to allow 8 multitasking applications

Posted on Mar 20 2012 - 7:00am by Jonne Eilimö
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Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh fast-app switching

Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh fast-app switching

Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh, earlier Windows Phone Tango, includes some improvements for a heavy phone user, too. The fine guys from XDA Developers have been playing around with a recently leaked ROM of Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh, and they’ve found some things that Microsoft hasn’t announce yet.

RAM efficiency has increased, with build 8773 using 122MB of RAM versus the currently available build 8107 using 153MB of RAM. This has again led to an increased amount of applications kept in memory. The current fast-app switching interface allows 5 applications, while WP7.5 Refresh will allow for up to 8 applications to stay in the memory.

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Jonne is a mobile phone enthusiast who is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences. He has been using the newest phones out there ever since the Nokia 5110 was released. Currently he is using a Nokia Lumia 920.