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gcubed said:
F me. Are these using the same Qualcomm chipsets that do LTE now, or the new integrated ones?
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No idea honestly. I do remember Microsoft say they wanted to do LTE "better" whatever the hell that means. They could have been waiting, or Nokia could have forced their hand to make due with what's available. Guess we'll see on January 9th.
 
here's the new lte htc rehash ...i mean radiant.
HTC-Vivid.jpg
 
wow, happy birthday vammardigan's wife, you get a new Nokia LTE phone for your upgrade in April. I'll be super jealous, but there is no way I was hanging on to this upgrade for almost a year.
 
If I use the hotspot (internet sharing feature) on my omnia 7, do I get charged separately or does it just come out of my allowance (500MB tmobile UK)?
 
besiktas1 said:
If I use the hotspot (internet sharing feature) on my omnia 7, do I get charged separately or does it just come out of my allowance (500MB tmobile UK)?
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I'm on T-Mobile UK and they told me that because it's a phone feature you won't be charged extra. I've used it quite a bit since it became available and nothing has ever shown up on my bill.

also, I'm pretty sure T-Mobile give you unlimited internet access. The 500mb allowance is for streaming video.

edit: here's my post from the start of November about it
 
PG2G said:
Exclusive: Microsoft's LTE Plans For Windows Phone



There doesn't seem to be any suggestion of rumor in these new stories, seems pretty damn concrete to me. Unfortunate that there is no LTE device on Verizon (WTF?) but it does sound like the Lumia 710 (also WTF?) will be coming in April.

Also, from The Verge
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Lumina 710 is coming on Jan 11 to T-Mobile, along with a big T-Mobile Windows phone marketing push

edit- lol, site wouldn't load for me and now I see that it mentions that in the article.
 
SeanR1221 said:
Guys over at WPCentral say the "source" on this is bogus.
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I thought this rumor came from Paul Thurrot, and he is usually pretty good. I wouldn't be surprise if Verizons just doesn't want anything to do with Microsoft after the Kin. They are busy pushing Android along with iPhone, why would they really need Windows Phone.
 
Anyone in America see an advert for WP7 on TV yet?

I've yet to see one on the sports channels.

No one is talking about the Lumia 710.
 
antiquegamer said:
I thought this rumor came from Paul Thurrot, and he is usually pretty good. I wouldn't be surprise if Verizons just doesn't want anything to do with Microsoft after the Kin. They are busy pushing Android along with iPhone, why would they really need Windows Phone.
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Not that rumor. The LTE stuff came from Paul.
 
claviertekky said:
Anyone in America see an advert for WP7 on TV yet?

I've yet to see one on the sports channels.

No one is talking about the Lumia 710.
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Adds on the sports channels all day long but they are the overall brand ads.

I don't expect T-mobiles marketing to start until the phone launches. Not really a product you want to market before it's actually released.

edit- considering the release date is two days after the keynote, wouldn't be surprised if the lumina marketing start the day after their keynote.
 
antiquegamer said:
I thought this rumor came from Paul Thurrot, and he is usually pretty good. I wouldn't be surprise if Verizons just doesn't want anything to do with Microsoft after the Kin. They are busy pushing Android along with iPhone, why would they really need Windows Phone.
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Thurrot is usually reliable, but we all have our shit sources from time to time and we can't be right all the time. Not saying he isn't right and WPCentral have a better source (crazier things have happened), but CES is in less than two weeks and rumors tend to get a bit out of control. I'm just happy the "Xbox next at CES" rumor is dead.
 
Really not a good idea going forward for verizon to be snubbing wp7 (if this rumor is true). Just look at the iphone for proof about severely limiting your potential by not having a strong presence on all carriers.

Hopefully by apollo they have good stuff on all carriers.
 
jagowar said:
Really not a good idea going forward for verizon to be snubbing wp7 (if this rumor is true). Just look at the iphone for proof about severely limiting your potential by not having a strong presence on all carriers.

Hopefully by apollo they have good stuff on all carriers.
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"Windows Phone |OT2| Waiting for Apollo"
 
BTW, I don't know if anyone caught it but..

Microsoft Reviewing The Windows Phone App Platform Developer Requests

Microsoft went through a bunch of the WP Dev recommendations and updated their statuses, changing a number of them to "Under Review" and put "very high" on the consideration list for future releases.

  • SMS Access API
  • Bluetooth Data Transfer APIs
  • Native SDK to support C++ Development
  • Skydrive API to backup user’s IsolatedStorage app data
  • Allow applications with push notifications to display them on lock screen
  • Allow creating screenshot from device
  • In-App Purchase/Payments for Marketplace apps
  • VPN Support
  • Write access to calendar/contacts

There was a bunch more stuff attached to the Native SDK one so you can hit the source link for details.

I'm kind of thinking most of these are shoe-ins for Apollo, but we'll see.

Kind of laughable that people are on there asking for stuff like Qt and OpenGL support though, lol.
 
gcubed said:
does Apollo support higher resolutions? I know i've been here for 6-8 months now putting a list of things that i want in it, and the list never stops growing.
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Well stop adding shit to the list then.

We'll get dual core when you'll want quad core, 720p when you get 1080p phones, and LTE when Android finally has phones that last more than 3 hours on it. We'll be at 150k apps when Android hits a million, and with Matias simultaneously dissing iOS/WP7 and stealing ideas from them, we'll never reach feature parity.

I can't wait to see more hubs on Android and live tiles on iOS. The only question is, where will MS take the industry next. They now have the most influential niche OS since WebOS.
 
PG2G said:
BTW, I don't know if anyone caught it but..

Microsoft Reviewing The Windows Phone App Platform Developer Requests

Microsoft went through a bunch of the WP Dev recommendations and updated their statuses, changing a number of them to "Under Review" and put "very high" on the consideration list for future releases.

  • SMS Access API
  • Bluetooth Data Transfer APIs
  • Native SDK to support C++ Development
  • Skydrive API to backup user’s IsolatedStorage app data
  • Allow applications with push notifications to display them on lock screen
  • Allow creating screenshot from device
  • In-App Purchase/Payments for Marketplace apps
  • VPN Support
  • Write access to calendar/contacts

There was a bunch more stuff attached to the Native SDK one so you can hit the source link for details.

I'm kind of thinking most of these are shoe-ins for Apollo, but we'll see.

Kind of laughable that people are on there asking for stuff like Qt and OpenGL support though, lol.
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The response to "Native SDK w/cpp support" is just as laughable.

"We'll give you cpp support, but you'll have to write it in the same managed code environment as c#. Have fun."
 
brotkasten said:
The response to "Native SDK w/cpp support" is just as laughable.

"We'll give you cpp support, but you'll have to write it in the same managed code environment as c#. Have fun."
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Well, I think it makes sense to a degree. Just because you give someone access to native code doesn't mean you want them poking around in lower level places that they shouldn't be. That is how it works on iOS right?
 
PG2G said:
Well, I think it makes sense to a degree. Just because you give someone access to native code doesn't mean you want them poking around in lower level places that they shouldn't be. That is how it works on iOS right?
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I'm not sure, but doesn't WinRT allow native cpp code?
 
It's a shame that Nokia is leading their US WP7 campaign with the 710, it's a perfectly respectable device, but judging by its aesthetics it just looks like a cheap plasticky handset. That's an entirely unfair judgement, and in some ways the 710 is actually better than the 800 (FFC, SLCD vs pentile), but as flawed as the 800's hardware might be, nobody can deny it's an attention grabbing design.
 
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