Microsoft has recently put a posting on their careers website which would suggest that the folk over at Redmond are planning on introducing a new backup feature on the next version of Windows Phone.
The job itself is advertising for a software development engineer to join Microsoft’s Windows Phone Backup, Migrate and Restore team and reads:
Come join the Windows Phone Backup, Migrate, and Restore team. Our goal is to ensure that no matter if someone loses their phone, drops their phone in a lake, buys a new windows phone, or just has their toddler wipe their phone by entering the wrong PIN over and over, a user can quickly and seamlessly get their phone back to a good state. The features we are producing will be new for the next version of Windows Phone and will help ensure Microsoft stays ahead of the competition when it comes to disaster recovery. Come be a part of defining this area.
No doubt users of Windows Phone will welcome this new feature with open arms, as currently there is no way to backup – unless you take a homebrew method. Personally though, we feel that it is certainly a feature that should be integrated into the OS as personal data is increasingly becoming more and more valuable, and let’s face it, accidents to happen, so better be safe than sorry.
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