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Fisher was brutal but that's only because he had high hopes for a return to glory.
I had hopes for Windows 10 Mobile. However, that hope faded when I saw Michael Fisher of PocketNow destroy the 950XL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMNgfEVk8oo
Any validity to this? Apparently a ton of people are agreeing and their are several flaws. If it matters, I really enjoy PocketNow, and Michael Fisher. But dang, they went full out "NOPE" to this device and the OS.
Here is their 950 review as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kEphm7NanU
I had hopes for Windows 10 Mobile. However, that hope faded when I saw Michael Fisher of PocketNow destroy the 950XL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMNgfEVk8oo
Any validity to this? Apparently a ton of people are agreeing and their are several flaws. If it matters, I really enjoy PocketNow, and Michael Fisher. But dang, they went full out "NOPE" to this device and the OS.
Here is their 950 review as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kEphm7NanU
All the points he raises are valid, although I've encountered only some of those bugs on my XL. Huge potential, too many software issues.
Similar situation on Win 10 in general actually, my Surface Book is stunning hardware held back by infuriating glitches.
I heard iris scanner works fine as long as you are looking at the front camera, not the screen.Yup, I can't disagree much with PocketNow.
I bought a 950XL, and it definitely feels like a beta test OS running on an engineering phone.
That said, after installing 10586.36 and doing a factory reset, things are much better.
Edge still likes to misbehave occasionally, the iris scanner is still pretty useless, and there are still some random bugs, but a lot of stuff actually works properly now.
I do expect all this will be fixed in 6 months or so, just in time for the Panos Phone, lol.
All the MS products they released in Oct-Nov, would have been better off if they released it in Q1 2016. But financially it wouldn't have made sense. They wanted to hit the holiday shopping season, and this is what we get.
I had hopes for Windows 10 Mobile. However, that hope faded when I saw Michael Fisher of PocketNow destroy the 950XL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMNgfEVk8oo
Any validity to this? Apparently a ton of people are agreeing and their are several flaws. If it matters, I really enjoy PocketNow, and Michael Fisher. But dang, they went full out "NOPE" to this device and the OS.
Here is their 950 review as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kEphm7NanU
From the title.. To the intro.. To the end.
Savage.
I remember the big news that MS was releasing translation apps to devs so they could get their Android/iOS stuff working easily in Windows Phone 10, has that helped at all? What's the big picture on the apps these days? Still missing a lot of the basic stuff, or has it expanded significantly?
I'm under the impression that Microsoft may have cancelled the Android > W10 stuff.
No, the app would still be in the Windows ecosystem but the app would essentially be the Android app with Windows emulating. So developers would still need to submit to the Windows store or the user sideloads the app to get it to work on Windows.Yes the latest update for windows 10 removed this support Due to performance issues. I believe it was because it takes you out of the windows eco system, and developers would never feel the need to make windows 10 apps, if the android apps worked.
In the review I notices he mentions an issue with launching the outlook app. In that's its slow. I checked mine after the review and I never see the outlook loading windows. It always jumps straight into the email. Maybe its an old bug? Also I have yet to be hit by the notification bug.
On the apps front. I have been tweeting companies about releasing universal apps. The responses so far have been good. With the exception to chase. Who outright said they had no plans at this moment.
I had hopes for Windows 10 Mobile. However, that hope faded when I saw Michael Fisher of PocketNow destroy the 950XL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMNgfEVk8oo
Any validity to this? Apparently a ton of people are agreeing and their are several flaws. If it matters, I really enjoy PocketNow, and Michael Fisher. But dang, they went full out "NOPE" to this device and the OS.
Here is their 950 review as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kEphm7NanU
No, the app would still be in the Windows ecosystem but the app would essentially be the Android app with Windows emulating. So developers would still need to submit to the Windows store or the user sideloads the app to get it to work on Windows.
The emulator software in Windows Mobile though was sucking up battery so it was removed.
There's still an iOS version where developer tools are used to convert code rather than emulate.
No, the app would still be in the Windows ecosystem but the app would essentially be the Android app with Windows emulating. So developers would still need to submit to the Windows store or the user sideloads the app to get it to work on Windows.
The emulator software in Windows Mobile though was sucking up battery so it was removed.
There's still an iOS version where developer tools are used to convert code rather than emulate.
If your mom or pop grabbed a 950 from AT&T and had these issues Windows Mobile is dead to hear and everyone in her circle that hears this.Still waiting for a price drop on the 950XL
I'm under the impression that Microsoft may have cancelled the Android > W10 stuff.
Yes the latest update for windows 10 removed this support Due to performance issues. I believe it was because it takes you out of the windows eco system, and developers would never feel the need to make windows 10 apps, if the android apps worked.
No, the app would still be in the Windows ecosystem but the app would essentially be the Android app with Windows emulating. So developers would still need to submit to the Windows store or the user sideloads the app to get it to work on Windows.
The emulator software in Windows Mobile though was sucking up battery so it was removed.
There's still an iOS version where developer tools are used to convert code rather than emulate.
What they removed was the ability to run APKs directly, which would never have a 100% experience and would eat away battery and RAM by needing a basic Android runtime to be running all the time. The tools to port Android apps are still under work, just like the tools to port iOS apps (which are further ahead).
Thing is, the tools for cross-compiling iOS apps lessen the demand for Android porting tools, since most apps have iOS versions and the iOS APIs map better to the Windows APIs than Android's.
Thanks all of you for clearing this up. Sounds like it wasn't the killer feature I was hoping it would be to begin with. I am happy to read that they're still moving forward with the OS porting tools however, whenever that gets finished.
No word on the XL yet.Used to be a windows phone user... loved it for what it was but eventually went to android. I am so tired of the garbage on Android phones that the 950 xl is looking good to me even if it needs a few things ironed out. I may be coming home....
My question to those that might know.. any chance AT&T will have the XL soon? Looks like they only have the 950 right now.
No word on the XL yet.
I'm in the same boat as you, missing live tiles and other things that make WP great. I'm just waiting on a reason to come home and MS hasn't provided me one yet.
Why not get the 950? Unless you want a phablet, the 950 is a good alternative. Single sim, visual voicemail, same camera and screen resolution as the XL, and the OS seems to run just as well on either chipset.
My plan is to use my 950xl as a kind of absurdly mobile laptop with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard along with my Microsoft branded wifi hdmi adapter- does anyone know if that's a realistic scenario compatibility wise? Just word and outlook, maybe browsing. Possibly even Netflix.
I think it does, but I don't know if netflix runs in continuum. The browser and office apps do though.
Also note that from next year (I think a few months in), office 365 sub will be required to use the office apps in continuum mode. Like you'll still have free access in phone mode, but will require the sub to use it when docked. Its kind of an odd policy decision but whatever.
Does anyone know if these cards would actually work IN a physical Microsoft Store?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/microso...hite/1714134.p?id=1219079828555&skuId=1714134
It's an absolutely stupid decision. You've paid for the phone and because you connect to an external display you can't use some of the in-built apps. It's an utterly moronic decision.
I'm 99.99% certain those will NOT work at a Microsoft store as the card specifically is for the "Windows" online store.
Honest question for you all: as a guy who has and is happy with a 1520, would it be worth upgrading to the 950xl?
No considering the state of Windows 10 as of right now. This will probably all change next year.
Install Windows 10 on your 1520 and see. If you like it, then OK.
I think the whole One Microsoft vision is an ongoing work in progress. Xbox One doesn't run all the apps on PC. Windows Phone 10 is in a buggy mess. Windows 10 has some odd quirks.