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there will be very few WP ports on the windows 8 marketplace because windows 8 metro apps aren't supported by silverlight or xna. Unless that all changes next week.
 
Milchjon said:
Seems like I have a "D'oh"-moment with this phone every day. I was complaining (to myself) about the missing chat in the Facebook-App. Well, today I looked into the "Message"-Hub for the first time...

Anything else that is so different from the iOS on my old iPod Touch that I might have missed it?

Also, I really don't like the tab switching in IE, that was handled much better in Safari on the iPod. And is there really no "forward" button in IE?
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if the guardian reviewer is anything to go by i should mention that when in Zune any thing with a circle with a triangle in means play the contents, and to play a mix of all your music tap the Zune tile then the circle with two musical notes in.
 
Brettison said:
I know the OS itself can do a lot of things, and comes off really smooth. Still when you really look at things the OS is really hamstrung by an older kernel gone by. Hopefully 2012's big update fixes things. It might not be a bullet point feature for the public, but a new modern kernel could be the biggest thing to happen for the OS outside of being initially created.
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I don't know if you would have the answer, but:

Would a kernel change (which would entail a more massive change than the already big changes in Mango) require new hardware, or would the existing phones be upgradable once MS adopts a new kernel, presumably in Apollo?
 
VanMardigan said:
I don't know if you would have the answer, but:

Would a kernel change (which would entail a more massive change than the already big changes in Mango) require new hardware, or would the existing phones be upgradable once MS adopts a new kernel, presumably in Apollo?
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A kernel change alone wouldn't require new hardware, no and I honestly don't see a reason to drop support for the old SoCs, especially when they want Windows Phone in the emerging markets.
 
Have any new phones been announced for Sprint? After my Surround bit the dust I decided to give Android a chance since I could pick up a good phone for free. And yeah...really missing WP at the moment. The Arrive seems like decent little thing, but if something (hopefully from Nokia) is coming on the horizon I can probably wait.
 
Anno said:
Have any new phones been announced for Sprint? After my Surround bit the dust I decided to give Android a chance since I could pick up a good phone for free. And yeah...really missing WP at the moment. The Arrive seems like decent little thing, but if something (hopefully from Nokia) is coming on the horizon I can probably wait.
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Sprint could still get something new, but nothing has been announced and since they're not that interested in WP, you'll have to wait a bit.
 
something I just figured out today while testing two tap reminders....

It always annoys me whe one of my reminders pops up and the screen is locked... why can I not unlock the screen and go to the event directly (like with a toast)?

Well I figured when a reminder pops up and if you have "allow search form lock screen" setting, you can just hold search down and it will unlock and allow you to then select the reminder window above the search. (works with camera and hold home buttons too but not as easily)


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oh and come on Windows 8 tablets...my laptop is pissing me off. :D
 
For anyone that is still interested, my Titan connected to the Ford Sync right away. I just hadn't walked it through the initial process of connecting it before. Thanks all! It didn't look like it supported texting, but I didn't run any actual tests because it's like 10 fucking degrees out.
 
Lanbeast said:
For anyone that is still interested, my Titan connected to the Ford Sync right away. I just hadn't walked it through the initial process of connecting it before. Thanks all! It didn't look like it supported texting, but I didn't run any actual tests because it's like 10 fucking degrees out.
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Don't see why it wouldn't support texting. My mom uses it all the time with her Focus S (Honda Accord though, but that shouldn't make a difference?).
 
The Titan and Focus S both work with Ford Sync for texting, (My original Focus did not)

But as I said earlier if you set your WP speech settings to "play audio confirmations" always or BT, you will get a very good voice activated texting solution from your phone over the BT. Better than Sync texting. Only issue is to initialize a text you need to nlock your phone and hold home to get speeech prompt. otherwise, perfect.

I recommend turning text notifications OFF in Sync though going that way otherwise Sync will interupt your phone during playback if you get back to back texts while replying.


BT treats your texts as phone calls so no matter where you are in the system quiets your music and let's the phone talk to you regarding texts or replying.
 
Sync is very hit and miss. In my 2010 Fusion Hybrid, sync works off and on with texting. Right now it's working fine, at times in the past it didn't work.

This is with an original Focus.
 
dLMN8R said:
Sync is very hit and miss. In my 2010 Fusion Hybrid, sync works off and on with texting. Right now it's working fine, at times in the past it didn't work.

This is with an original Focus.
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My theory is the Bluetooth in WP7. For example, when my wife had an iPhone, if she was playing music as she entered the car, the music would automatically start playing over Sync. With WP7, that is VERY hit/miss. What I've noticed is that sometimes it just won't connect, so if I'm playing a podcast and it doesn't automatically start playing over Sync, when I manually give the command to switch to BT Audio, it won't find the phone, even if its on. I have to toggle BT on and off and manually connect to Sync. VERY annoying.

I'm gonna check to see if Sync's had any firmware upgrades lately, maybe that will help with WP7 integration.
 
Obviously I was joking earlier about the MJ thing but I'm thinking we might see some Superbowl commercials. It's really hard to spend 200 million on advertising in the first quarter of the year*(no college or nfl football, no season premiers or season finales) and I was just reading an article about how Superbowl commercials are going for 3.5-4.0 million per 30 second spot this year and have all sold out.

Showing the phones off in front of 100+million people could go a long way towards giving the Nokia launch a huge push, not going to instantly win any kinds of battles but Superbowl commercials actually get watched and discussed so the timing seems right on this one.

Of course it doesn't matter if they spend 20-40 million on 5 commercials if those commercials suck.

*I get there are retailer/employee incentives involved but they would need to have an insane amount of sales for those to get us anywhere close to 200 million.
 
VanMardigan said:
I'm gonna check to see if Sync's had any firmware upgrades lately, maybe that will help with WP7 integration.
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try deleting all devices from Sync and the phone sometime and start fresh sometmes that helps.

but yea sometimes connnecitng does not happen as seamlessly as it should but I have never had to reset BT to find it
 
bedlamite said:
The Verge reviews the 710

Summary: meh
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Man, are Nokia's screens really that subpar?

lumia-710-review-VRG_6052-rm-verge-555.jpg


I'm really sensitive to these things. Wondering if I should stick with Samsung for my next phone...
 
Ok thanks, wasn't aware of the screen differences between their models. All of the Samsungs have the same screen type right?
 
Korey said:
Ok thanks, wasn't aware of the screen differences between their models. All of the Samsungs have the same screen type right?
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They are all Super-amoled, but I believe the Focus S has Super-amoled plus.

Yeah you really can't compare Samsung screen to other phones. Probably what I missed most switching to HTC Titan.

Also I think the Flash is a great little phone and the best entry level Windows Phone. For $50.00 it is a steal and even better when they have 1 penny promo (not sure if it's still going).
 
I picked up a Trophy to give the Windows phone a test run and it's pretty cool so far.

The only question I have is is it true you can't stop music/podcasts but only pause them? It's incredibly annoying to see random items paused when my phone is locked or playing in the background and me not knowing since I usually have my volume turned off when I'm not using a headset.
 
KageMaru said:
I picked up a Trophy to give the Windows phone a test run and it's pretty cool so far.

The only question I have is is it true you can't stop music/podcasts but only pause them? It's incredibly annoying to see random items paused when my phone is locked or playing in the background and me not knowing since I usually have my volume turned off when I'm not using a headset.
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There is an app for that: Stop the music!
 
KageMaru said:
I picked up a Trophy to give the Windows phone a test run and it's pretty cool so far.

The only question I have is is it true you can't stop music/podcasts but only pause them? It's incredibly annoying to see random items paused when my phone is locked or playing in the background and me not knowing since I usually have my volume turned off when I'm not using a headset.
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Yeah it's true, I've got an app pinned to my start screen that when I click it stops it properly, it's called Stop the Music!

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-GB/apps/0899997d-c25a-4075-9b28-685308e1568b
 
brotkasten said:
Anandtech ususally does quality articles and those take time, which means they aren't "first". For sites like Engadget or The Verge that's out of question.
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Their 710 review is on time with the other big sites reviews. So why do they have a better review than Engadget and theverge? Its because they do a better job and they are consistent on what they write. And not because they have more time. They don't deduct points from a budget phone because its made from plastic and don't do the same for a high end phone like the gs2 for example
 
from WMpoweruser

MobileTechReview have posted their as usual very thorough review of the Nokia Lumia 710.



There’s a lot to like in Nokia’s first US Windows Phone. The bargain price belies a solid set of features; quick performance and an elegant though not thin design. Call quality is excellent, the camera takes good photos and the phone is fast. Gaming is fluid and fun, the Zune music experience is as ever enjoyable and streaming video plays well over T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network. If you’re looking for an easy to pocket smartphone that’s wallet-friendly, the Nokia Lumia 710 is worth a look. It beats the HTC Radar 4G Windows Phone on T-Mobile for both price and specs, and it’s a lovely introduction to Windows Phone. We do wish the front buttons weren’t so maddeningly difficult to press and that the Lumia 710 had the mobile hotspot feature, but those are our only two complaints.
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Read their full review here.
 
MobileSyrup has apparently confirmed that the 710 will be the launching in Canada soon followed by the 900. Pretty sure we already knew this but it is still nice to hear. I hope one of the phones comes to Fido so I can try to convince my wife to get one. She has been talking of getting an iPhone lately (currently has a BB) :(
 
The 710 says a lot about the Windows Phone experience as how a low spec device can run WP7 very well without a monster price tag.

Microsoft's aiming for the market of low-powered Android devices, which is a market that hurts Android's image.
 
claviertekky said:
The 710 says a lot about the Windows Phone experience as how a low spec device can run WP7 very well without a monster price tag.

Microsoft's aiming for the market of low-powered Android devices, which is a market that hurts Android's image.
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The 710 has the same specs as the best spec'd devices we can buy :P
 
SCHUEY F1 said:
MobileSyrup has apparently confirmed that the 710 will be the launching in Canada soon followed by the 900. Pretty sure we already knew this but it is still nice to hear. I hope one of the phones comes to Fido so I can try to convince my wife to get one. She has been talking of getting an iPhone lately (currently has a BB) :(
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Finally. If the 900 comes to Rogers, then I will probably pick it up as an upgrade to my Focus.
 
claviertekky said:
The 710 says a lot about the Windows Phone experience as how a low spec device can run WP7 very well without a monster price tag.

Microsoft's aiming for the market of low-powered Android devices, which is a market that hurts Android's image.
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The 710 is not only the same specs as the best hardware out there right now, but it's significantly faster than the original devices released at launch (like the Samsung Focus) which still run the identical software perfectly smoothly.
 
I just found out that my 6GB Data plan on Rogers might be LTE-enabled when I put in an LTE SIM card into an LTE smartphone :o Lumia 900's LTE all of a sudden feels relevant to me again!
 
dLMN8R said:
The 710 is not only the same specs as the best hardware out there right now, but it's significantly faster than the original devices released at launch (like the Samsung Focus) which still run the identical software perfectly smoothly.
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Isn't the phone advertised as an entry-level Windows Phone?
 
MCD said:
Just got an update for plants vs zombies and as usual, no fast fucking resume.

Why do I even bother.
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Microsoft pays for the port, but not for the support over a longer period and unless the devs themselves care (they don't), you'll have to wait for some intern to recompile and resubmit it.
 
Klocker said:
Only issue is to initialize a text you need to nlock your phone and hold home to get speeech prompt. otherwise, perfect.
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Settings / Speech / Use Speech when phone is locked allows you to access Tell me with the screen locked

unless you meant to power it on...
 
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