While there isn't yet a Modern File Explorer app,
the included SkyDrive app can now browse your PC's local storage.
Not exact matches
Office has been completely revamped and Office 365
includes several changes
including integration with Microsoft's Cloud based storage,
Skydrive.
The new updated app also enables users to import ebook titles located on other devices
including those held in
Skydrive or other cloud based servers.
The smartphone runs on Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system, and comes with a Snapdragon S4 1.5 GHz dual - core processor, 1 GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage with 7 GB free
SkyDrive storage, a 4.5 - inch Nokia PureMotion HD + WXGA IPS LCD display, a 960p front - facing camera and a 8.7 - megapixel rear camera with Nokia PureView advanced optical imaging stabilization and Carl Zeiss optics, moreover, other specs also
include Bluetooth 3.1, WiFi, WiFi Hotspot, microSD card slot, micro USB, and A-GPS.
Both
include two years access to 200 GB storage on
SkyDrive as well as a years free international Skype calls and Skype Wi - Fi hotspot access.
That price
includes 200 GB
SkyDrive storage for two years and free international Skype calls and Wi - Fi hotspot access for a year.
The starting pins
include Skype,
SkyDrive and TV, but we quickly pinned Xbox Music, Hulu Plus, Netflix, Machinima and NFL.
You can connect it directly to a fairly long list of servers,
including mail servers, Dropbox, Box,
SkyDrive, Google Drive, and mot popular file - sharing protocols.
Like Goodreader, it reads most documents types and you can easily import documents from many sources,
including email attachments, your computer's hard drive, Dropbox,
SkyDrive, and GoogleDocs.
Common settings like Windows Update, File History, Region and Language, and even integrated
SkyDrive support are now
included in the PC Settings app.
There's a new «
SkyDrive» category in PC Settings, which
includes the old Windows Sync options.
Windows 8.1
includes other useful features for everyone, such as deep
SkyDrive integration that allows you to store your files in the cloud without installing any additional sync programs.
If you want to use
SkyDrive on the desktop, you'll need to download and install the
SkyDrive desktop app — it isn't
included with Windows 8.
You should also close any other data - hungry applications you use,
including Dropbox, Google Drive,
SkyDrive, Steam, iTunes, or anything else using data — even an application that just downloads automatic updates for itself.
Both Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2
include some pretty awesome offers from Skype and
SkyDrive: When you purchase either device, you'll receive free Skype calling to landlines in more than 60 countries for one year, unlimited Skype Wi - Fi on your Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2 at more than two million hot spots worldwide for one year, and 200 GB of free
SkyDrive storage for two years.
Windows 8
includes deep
SkyDrive integration, so you can now use your
SkyDrive cloud storage without installing additional software.
Windows Live Photo Gallery lets people sync their photos from all their devices
including their Windows Phone 7 phones, and share them easily whether it's on
SkyDrive or in an email message via Hotmail or Facebook.
The Photos app in Windows 8 brought together photos stored in different places,
including Facebook, Flickr and
SkyDrive.
Toss in the aforementioned desktop personalization options, screensaver and lock - screen choices (
including the ability to set app notifications), the ability to swap out your profile picture, and heck, maybe even the Personalization syncing options found in the new
SkyDrive submenu in the modern PC Settings.
Other new features in Windows 8.1
include enhanced search, more bundled Windows Store apps, the ability to display and use up to four apps side by side, deeper
SkyDrive integration and a redesigned Windows Store.
Preview versions of these apps come installed with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and
include Mail, Calendar, People, Photos, Messaging, and
SkyDrive.
Possibly fearing the worst, its main competitors smelled an impending launch and upgraded their own services
including Dropbox which added sharing files with non-members, and Microsoft's
SkyDrive which upgraded existing members to 25 GB while also launching three new paid services.
Some of the key features of Perfect Scan
include: Scans multi page documents, Makes industry standard PDF files Upload scans to email,
Skydrive, Dropbox and...
Other cool features
included are 7 GB
skydrive storage space, NFC and 4G.