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[The Faceless Master]

Who needs Nokia's Lumia and their Cinemagraph, when you can get an Android phone from Sony?


Sony brings images to life with motiongraph!

Yet another magical innovation from Sony Mobile. Just after they came up with Floating touch™ that lets you use your smartphone with gloves!


http://developer.sonymobile.com/201...ou-use-xperia-sola-with-your-gloves-on-video/

Motiongraph isn't a Sony exclusive, and it also isn't the only app like that on Android, there's also Fotodanz. Also, there's Cinemagram on iOS.

 

[brotkasten]

Motiongraph isn't a Sony exclusive, and it also isn't the only app like that on Android, there's also Fotodanz. Also, there's Cinemagram on iOS.

Neither is it worth 99 cents. Also, Fotodanz is pretty bad.

 

[VanMardigan]

Anyone know if the 7.8 update takes away Zune and replaces it with Xbox Music? I'm thinking about loading up the leaked firmware on my wife's phone but I will not update her phone if it takes away the ability to sync with Zune.

 

[kharma45]

Anyone know if the 7.8 update takes away Zune and replaces it with Xbox Music? I'm thinking about loading up the leaked firmware on my wife's phone but I will not update her phone if it takes away the ability to sync with Zune.

It was still Zune when I looked at my brother's 800.

 

[EazyWeazy3]

Anyone else not a fan of WP8 version of Whatsapp??

I'm pretty disappointed with it.

 

[Satchel]

How are you getting the photos off of the phone?

Well I downloaded a couple off Skydrive. I thought I set them to upload full res.

 

[kharma45]

Anyone else not a fan of WP8 version of Whatsapp??

I'm pretty disappointed with it.

I didn't expect much from it, at least it's faster but that's probably due to the new hardware.

 

[MCD]

Anyone else not a fan of WP8 version of Whatsapp??

I'm pretty disappointed with it.

I am pretty disappointed with every version of WhatsApp but the whole friends and family are there so I have to deal with it.

 

[NeOak]

Well I downloaded a couple off Skydrive. I thought I set them to upload full res.

You can, but only on Wi-Fi.

 

[Satchel]

You can, but only on Wi-Fi.

oh ok.

 

[Ragus]

We're halfway through december aready, and still no info about patch? Not good.

 

[ana]

Hopefully Nokia releases the update this month..

 

[antiquegamer]

We're halfway through december aready, and still no info about patch? Not good.

I though the December patch is for 8X and not 920.

 

[Troll]

Does Android have anything like SmartShoot?

 

[MCD]

And this is just browsing GAF.

Piece of shit battery.

 

[zedge]

That's not normal. I get random days that the battery is bad, but most days its its 40% or more after 14+ hrs with normal usage.

*edit

Mine today.

 

[MCD]

Don't tell me to replace it because fuck if there is any stock left.

Worst launch ever.

 

[zedge]

Don't tell me to replace it because fuck if there is any stock left.

Worst launch ever.

Is it always like this or random?

 

[MCD]

Is it always like this or random?

Whenever I turn 3g at work.

3g + bad reception = dead Nokia.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

Whenever I turn 3g at work.

3g + bad reception = dead Nokia.

It really just cannot deal with bad reception. And having to go in and turn off data is a ridiculous thing to have to do. My third (!) 920 is maybe slightly better than the other two, but still not great.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Today I'm at 13 hours with 49% percent left. Light to normal usage.

 

[MCD]

It really just cannot deal with bad reception. And having to go in and turn off data is a ridiculous thing to have to do. My third (!) 920 is maybe slightly better than the other two, but still not great.

I had the same issue with Lumia 800 but I bought it used and battery in 800 wasn't all great to begin with so I dealt with it.

But with 920? Fuck this noise.

 

[dLMN8R]

The Lumia battery is definitely a curious puzzle. For my first week I was getting pretty terrible battery life no matter what apps I disables in the background. Disabling features or apps, nothing helped. It would always be dead before the end of the day.

Now I can keep everything enabled - LTE, tap+send, Bluetooth, all background apps (a LOT of them) - and even after browsing the web quite a bit, I still have 50-60% left at the end of the day. Today, having not used my phone much at all, it's still at 80%. I have Facebook installed, Skype installed, a Weather app is updating my lock screen, and more.

Only thing that uses up battery quickly is tethering my laptop to it, which understandably uses around 15-20% per hour (or more)


Those who are still having issues - have you updated all the Nokia settings pages through the store? I'm wondering if some of those fixed issues, because that's the only thing I can think that's changed....

 

[MCD]

I received the updates yesterday but nothing changed so far.

We will see.

What pisses me off is Nokia's silence regarding the issue.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

I received the updates yesterday but nothing changed so far.

We will see.

What pisses me off is Nokia's silence regarding the issue.

Yeah, they have been super quiet. Hope within the next month we see an extensive patch for freezing , battery life, camera improvements and Portico.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Does Android have anything like SmartShoot?

You have to explain what that is first.

 

[Commodore]

You have to explain what that is first.

It's this.

 

[bigtroyjon]

It's this.

There's a tv commercial currently running that is all about this feature on the galaxy, so that phone definitely has it.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

There's a tv commercial currently running that is all about this feature on the galaxy, so that phone definitely has it.

Does the Galaxy version switch swap faces and remove objects?

 

[Liberty4all]

If your battery life is obviously shit after a week of using the phone, return and replace it.

That's what I did with no regrets ....

 

[Troll]

920 is getting the update this month according to Nokia's twitter.

 

[123rl]

Motiongraph isn't a Sony exclusive, and it also isn't the only app like that on Android, there's also Fotodanz. Also, there's Cinemagram on iOS.

I had never heard of cinemagram. Thanks. I just tried it and it is really cool

 

[killer rin]

Any idea what the updates for?

 

[Troll]

Any idea what the updates for?

The one with keep WiFi alive and reject call with text. Hopefully a camera fix, too.

 

[killer rin]

The one with keep WiFi alive and reject call with text. Hopefully a camera fix, too.

Nice.. although I have a question. As it currently is, If I'm streaming say radio over wifi and the screen shuts off, am I now streaming over 4G?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

It's this.

Oh okay. It's the same as Best Face/Best Shot on the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II then. Same idea, the camera takes a bunch of burst shots and lines them up for you and you circle the face or whatever you want and the app inserts them into a composite image.

 

[Ragus]

920 is getting the update this month according to Nokia's twitter.

Can you please link me to this tweet? I can't find it.

 

[Sinistral]

Got my 920 on Friday. After a day or so with it.. It's amazing. I switched from an iPhone4, which was my first smart phone that lasted 2 years.

The UI is really refreshing, it leaves iOS with an antiquated feeling now.

What are some apps people recommend? One specifically I am looking for is a Remote Desktop app. I was using logmein Ignition for iOS. Looking for one for Podcasts. Any others recommendations would be great.


Also, anyone in Canada, able to find the Nokia Wireless Charging Plate? I can't. Even a place to order online that ships to Canada would be nice.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Got my 920 on Friday. After a day or so with it.. It's amazing. I switched from an iPhone4, which was my first smart phone that lasted 2 years.

The UI is really refreshing, it leaves iOS with an antiquated feeling now.

What are some apps people recommend? One specifically I am looking for is a Remote Desktop app. I was using logmein Ignition for iOS. Looking for one for Podcasts. Any others recommendations would be great.


Also, anyone in Canada, able to find the Nokia Wireless Charging Plate? I can't. Even a place to order online that ships to Canada would be nice.

I haven't been able to find one anywhere. WPCentral sells a charging pad, but it always sold out.

One of my favorite apps is TV Show for keeping track of what I watch. It has a great wide tile as well. Also try WeatherFlow or Amazing Weather.


edit: try Bringcast for podcasts. You can also change your region to the US and download Nokia Music, which is pretty sweet.

 

[Raistlin]

Nice.. although I have a question. As it currently is, If I'm streaming say radio over wifi and the screen shuts off, am I now streaming over 4G?

No, it'll stay connected to WiFi in that case.

 

[antiquegamer]

No, it'll stay connected to WiFi in that case.

That how some of the apps get around WiFi shut off I believe, by fake streaming.

 

[Troll]

Can you please link me to this tweet? I can't find it.

Yessir.

 

[Ragus]

Yessir.

Thank you very much. I hope that Nokia will deliver .

 

[Satchel]

The battery life on my replacement 920 has been fine mostly.

Has its random moments where it decides its going to just lose a chunk of battery life for no apparent reason, but aside from that, I rarely get less than a day with moderate or normal use, which is fine.

I have 11% right now and it's been 1 day and 1 hour since last charge.

 

[syko de4d]

i want the 620, looks really great for the price. Really don´t need a super high end Smartphone but WP8 + Nokia would be nice and the upcoming lumia 620 sounds perfect for me.
I hope it will come in early January :/

I hope this Thread is not only for the Lumia 920

 

[MCD]

Honestly, it's better to go with low end phones because there is always a new bad ass phone right around the corner.

 

[Easy_D]

Honestly, it's better to go with low end phones because there is always a new bad ass phone right around the corner.

You can justify getting the high-end by saying you're getting a low-end phone in advance -

 

[MCD]

My phone got all buggy while I was rocking Ys music in my car so I decided to restart it

And then I got stuck at the slide to shutdown thing for 10min till it played nice and rebooted.

Even Vista wasn't this buggy.

It didn't help that Bing daily picture was all buggy.

 

[MCD]

Unbelievable...

2 min browsing gaf = 1% of battery level

All background apps turned off

I hate this phone

 

[lastflowers]

That battery level percentage is an estimate, those things are not absolutely accurate by anymeans....