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Why can't Microsoft flip the switch to allow us to trade songs and videos via Windows Media Player rather than Zune? the more I use the Zune program the more I hate it. I miss the simplicity of WinAmp.
 
The Abominable Snowman said:
Why can't Microsoft flip the switch to allow us to trade songs and videos via Windows Media Player rather than Zune? the more I use the Zune program the more I hate it. I miss the simplicity of WinAmp.
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I miss the old Winamp.
 
The Abominable Snowman said:
Why can't Microsoft flip the switch to allow us to trade songs and videos via Windows Media Player rather than Zune? the more I use the Zune program the more I hate it. I miss the simplicity of WinAmp.
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e: And I don't want to get banned for this stupid comment.
 
The Abominable Snowman said:
Why can't Microsoft flip the switch to allow us to trade songs and videos via Windows Media Player rather than Zune? the more I use the Zune program the more I hate it. I miss the simplicity of WinAmp.
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And update the phone too. Zune still hasn't worked for me since a few weeks before the mango update. Windows is up to date, have uninstalled and cleaned Zune out of the registry, temp files, the whole works many times over now. Apparently .Net is the culprit(this particular error also affects other first and thirdparty software on Windows) and Microsoft has no idea how to fix this particular issue. The only option left is a clean install but then I have to sit for three days and rebuild a music production workstation and that might not fix the problem itself. So I have had to settle with a phone that I cannot use features provided like music/pictures etc. and can't have updates.

Fucking sucks.
 
The Shift said:
And update the phone too. Zune still hasn't worked for me since a few weeks before the mango update. Windows is up to date, have uninstalled and cleaned Zune out of the registry, temp files, the whole works many times over now. Apparently .Net is the culprit(this particular error also affects other first and thirdparty software on Windows) and Microsoft has no idea how to fix this particular issue. The only option left is a clean install but then I have to sit for three days and rebuild a music production workstation and that might not fix the problem itself. So I have had to settle with a phone that I cannot use features provided like music/pictures etc. and can't have updates.

Fucking sucks.
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Mind telling me what the error is?
 
hwalker84 said:
Mind telling me what the error is?
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Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: zune.exe
Problem Signature 02: 4.8.2345.0
Problem Signature 03: 4e3c42d1
Problem Signature 04: System.Configuration
Problem Signature 05: 2.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 4ca2ba8c
Problem Signature 07: 277
Problem Signature 08: 14
Problem Signature 09: IOIBMURHYNRXKW0ZXKYRVFN0BOYYUFOW

Quite a few people have this error in relation to Zune and other software. Any help would be hugely appreciated :)
 
The Shift said:
And update the phone too. Zune still hasn't worked for me since a few weeks before the mango update. Windows is up to date, have uninstalled and cleaned Zune out of the registry, temp files, the whole works many times over now. Apparently .Net is the culprit(this particular error also affects other first and thirdparty software on Windows) and Microsoft has no idea how to fix this particular issue. The only option left is a clean install but then I have to sit for three days and rebuild a music production workstation and that might not fix the problem itself. So I have had to settle with a phone that I cannot use features provided like music/pictures etc. and can't have updates.

Fucking sucks.
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I hope they make an equivalent of Windows Mobile Device Center for stuff like updates, backups, maintenance, and whatnot. Just a small program not bogged down with music and vids, but could be used for fast sync.

I just reformatted my computer with Win 8 Developer preview and installed Zune, and so far Zune is acting fine, but before on Win 7 x64 Ultimate, there would be a 45+ second system hang when I connected my windows phone, or it would kick back an error, and this was after many reinstalls. There would also be plenty of weird things such as when it 'lost' my backups.

For general use, though, Zune is just a bit messy unless you are listening to something album-by-album. It uses quite a bit more memory and CPU playing a movie than WMP12, and sometimes can make multitasking a bit slower, especially with HD movies, where it would be fine with WMP or VLC.

It would be a lot better if it had a window or frame dedicated to a Now Playing list, an option to change what double-clicking in the collection does, and easily accessible controls and info that don't get hidden every time Zune has a message to show me. If anyone has a skin or something to give me those things, then I could begin to come around. Until then, I'll keep my opinion that Zune is a 3rd rate desktop media player/ mobile device manager.

brotkasten said:
e: And I don't want to get banned for this stupid comment.
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Thanks. I know people with Cancer.
 
There wasn't a definite release date put into place for the Titan on AT&T was there? Everyone is just assuming it will come out the same day as the Focus S (Sunday)?

COME ON I WANT A RELEEEEZE
 
Everything I've seen said they were both coming Sunday, but that could just be speculation.

Leaning toward the Titan right now, unless it ends up just being too big. Might just get a Focus S if it's not available though, need a new phone. I'm using a WM6.5 Samsung Jack my sister-in-law gave me right now...
 
Abooie said:
It's a truly terrible blinkered review but reading his article history it seems he has an affinity for the iPhone.
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The review is an embarrassment, read the views of one of the editors in the comments after people trashed the review.

Probably one of the worst if not the worst tech review I've read from a major publication.
 
chaosblade said:
Everything I've seen said they were both coming Sunday, but that could just be speculation.

Leaning toward the Titan right now, unless it ends up just being too big. Might just get a Focus S if it's not available though, need a new phone. I'm using a WM6.5 Samsung Jack my sister-in-law gave me right now...
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it's honestly not much bigger than a hd7, put on top of each other screen to screen its ~2mm bigger all round
 
Cj70 said:
The review is an embarrassment, read the views of one of the editors in the comments after people trashed the review.

Probably one of the worst if not the worst tech review I've read from a major publication.
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Yeah, the comments section has brought me some entertainment.
 
Windows Phone unlocker ChevronWP7 Labs is now live

  • You'll need a Windows Live ID (it can be different from your Windows Phone Live ID)
  • Purchase an "unlock token". Cost is $9.00 via PayPal and is good for infinite unlocks per single phone.
  • Download and install an unlocking too, which is similar to the official AppHub registration one
  • Your phone will be placed in a queue to be unlocked and that's it!
 
JaggedSac said:
Windows Phone unlocker ChevronWP7 Labs is now live

  • You'll need a Windows Live ID (it can be different from your Windows Phone Live ID)
  • Purchase an "unlock token". Cost is $9.00 via PayPal and is good for infinite unlocks per single phone.
  • Download and install an unlocking too, which is similar to the official AppHub registration one
  • Your phone will be placed in a queue to be unlocked and that's it!
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So is this something I want as a customer? I cannot program stuff (besides some random delphi-pascal I learned in school ages ago) but I'd like to play around with inofficial releases. Is this what I need?
 
Damon Bennet said:
So is this something I want as a customer? I cannot program stuff (besides some random delphi-pascal I learned in school ages ago) but I'd like to play around with inofficial releases. Is this what I need?
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You don't need it but if you like to tinker with your phone beyond what Microsoft allow on Marketplace app. I just want to get it so I can run Accent Changer and Samsung Registry editor. May be somewhere down the line line I might think about doing some app for my personal used.

edit: I got the token but apparently the unlock tool is off-line currently while they fix some bugs.
 
antiquegamer said:
You don't need it but if you like to tinker with your phone beyond what Microsoft allow on Marketplace app. I just want to get it so I can run Accent Changer and Samsung Registry editor. May be somewhere down the line line I might think about doing some app for my personal used.

edit: I got the token but apparently the unlock tool is off-line currently while they fix some bugs.
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woah, yeah accent changer alone would be worth the 10 dollars
 
JaggedSac said:
Windows Phone unlocker ChevronWP7 Labs is now live

  • You'll need a Windows Live ID (it can be different from your Windows Phone Live ID)
  • Purchase an "unlock token". Cost is $9.00 via PayPal and is good for infinite unlocks per single phone.
  • Download and install an unlocking too, which is similar to the official AppHub registration one
  • Your phone will be placed in a queue to be unlocked and that's it!
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So if I bought this for my current phone I can't use the same Live ID to transfer it to a new phone once I upgrade?
 
PSGames said:
So if I bought this for my current phone I can't use the same Live ID to transfer it to a new phone once I upgrade?
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Yeah, I am sure it's lock to your device that you unlock. So if you are planning to upgrade your phone soon, I would hold off. But then again... it's $9.00
 
antiquegamer said:
Yeah, I am sure it's lock to your device that you unlock. So if you are planning to upgrade your phone soon, I would hold off. But then again... it's $9.00
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I'm the type that upgrades phones all the time so this could get quite expensive. :-/

And from what I'm reading int he comments of the article this doesn't even allow for Accent Changer or any Registry hacks like Tethering so what's the point of this tool?
 
There was a grooveshark application called music shark in the marketplace once, but i cannot find it anymore, i guess it has been taken down.
Is there a way to get grooveshark running on my phone? html5.grooveshark.com did not seem to work.
 
PSGames said:
I'm the type that upgrades phones all the time so this could get quite expensive. :-/

And from what I'm reading int he comments of the article this doesn't even allow for Accent Changer or any Registry hacks like Tethering so what's the point of this tool?
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Even if you bought a phone outright for cheap (say, $300), the $9 is 0.03% of the total price you're paying. Not really that much to be honest :P
 
PSGames said:
I'm the type that upgrades phones all the time so this could get quite expensive. :-/

And from what I'm reading int he comments of the article this doesn't even allow for Accent Changer or any Registry hacks like Tethering so what's the point of this tool?
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The point is to sideload homebrew applications that wouldn't get through the marketplace certification process and this will probably allow some deeper tinkering.
 
Nokia Lumia 800 tops the sales charts in France
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Saw this online a few mins ago:

http://www.wpcentral.com/nokia-lumia-800-tops-sales-charts-france

Even before their marketing team has had a chance to start working in the country, the Nokia Lumia 800 is already topping sales charts in Phonehouse.Fr in France. As you can see from the image above, the brand new Nokia WP7 device is trouncing on Android and iOS devices alike, making it the first WP7 device to do so well in the country since... ever.

It's a great sign to the potential future of the relationship between WP7 and Nokia, and shows how a good name, great design and good timing can go a long way towards the success of a device. Now we wait to see how well it performs once that marketing push starts to happen in the country; from the looks of things in the early stages of the race, the Lumia 800 should do quite splendidly.
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..So we got liftoff? I was pretty freaking skeptical that Nokia would make that much of a difference for Windows Phone, but damn.
 
Cipherr said:
Saw this online a few mins ago:



obamahmmw.png



..So we got liftoff? I was pretty freaking skeptical that Nokia would make that much of a difference for Windows Phone, but damn.
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yeah yeah!
But this is only france. lets hope this will be the case in whole europe!
 
Damon Bennet said:
yeah yeah!
But this is only france. lets hope this will be the case in whole europe!
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It may only be France. But damnnnnn. I didn't expect it to out sell droid anywhere. Good new for both ms and nokia. And if ms is listening : common guys. This is proof that wp7 good. But it's time to make it better. And get a marketing department.
 
Cipherr said:
Saw this online a few mins ago:



obamahmmw.png



..So we got liftoff? I was pretty freaking skeptical that Nokia would make that much of a difference for Windows Phone, but damn.
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Well, it's number one from one web site in France.

Can anybody give an indication on how big phonehouse.fr is?

(fake edit) 345 stores plus online presence - so not a minor player.

(real edit)

Actually without numbers even that site's kinda pointless as they're split up too much:

Here is the top 20, showing the 2 Lumia 800 SKUs vs the various iPhone SKUs

1 - Lumia 800
2
3
4
5 - iPhone
6 -
7 - iPhone
8 - iPhone
9 - Lumia 800
10
11 - iPhone
12
13 - iPhone
14
15 - iPhone
16 - iPhone
17
18
19 - iPhone
20
 
FloppyDelux said:
just got a Radar and its ok so far...downside is that its 8gb with 6.74gb free =/ oh well.
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*bro hoof*

Also Welcome. 8 gb? You shouldve got another phone. 8 gb is not enough if you like music and vids etc.. Unless your planing to get the zune pass
 
So most of the Focus Flash reviews are complaining about the low storage space and lack of microSD support for expandable memory. Seems to be a pattern across the devices.
 
NotTarts said:
So most of the Focus Flash reviews are complaining about the low storage space and lack of microSD support for expandable memory. Seems to be a pattern across the devices.
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I don't like this pattern at all. Why would they do this ?!?
 
Complex Shadow said:
I don't like this pattern at all. Why would they do this ?!?
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It's entry level device. iPhone 4 has 8gb model. It's industry standard!

On serious note probably combination of cost saving, carrier want you to use streaming instead of having your phone as iPod. I complain since the first Windows Phone Focus that 8gb is just way too small especially if are one of those that like to download a lot of apps and a pack rat. 16gb should be at least the minimum but I know they want you to utilized cloud service etc.

We also learn from Focus debacle that SD card is bad idea for WP7 due to the way OS handle memory. One of the reason I am contemplating not going to Focus S .... I like having 24gb of storage. (I am contemplating putting in the old 32gb card I have to see if it work better now with Mango).
 
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