Auto backup coming to Windows Phone Apollo in 2012

A job posting put up by Microsoft indicates that the company has plans to up its competitive advantage by offering features like automatic update for users in the coming months.

Though there has been no formal statement from Microsoft about its future value added services, its official job post gives a detailed description of the kind of employee it is looking for and what upgrades it is working on.

The job post by Microsoft that The Next Web came across states that the company is looking for a software engineer to join the Windows Phone Backup, Migrate and Restore Team. It reads (at great length):

“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.”

From the looks of it, Microsoft will most likely introduce the backup feature in the next Windows Phone update.

According to The Next Web, it should appear later in the year with the Windows Phone 8 Apollo.

Microsoft, with its business partner Nokia, is just about ready to compete with the big boys, Apple and Google.