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Having the NeoGAF logo pinned on the start screen is pretty awesome. 
It's the web app.
It's the web app.
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brotkasten said:Having the NeoGAF logo pinned on the start screen is pretty awesome.
It's the web app.
That's exactly how I got mine to look. High five!
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Seeing a white background just feels odd to me! :lol
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Brettison said:
Need some white phones!
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thirty said:
I'll be honest. I'm semi pissed at MS for this shit. I get that your trying to entice more people to hop on the bandwagon, but I feel like people who were early adopters in the 1st week or so get the shaft. You mean you actually want to buy or device early, and help evangelize to the rest of the world? Well that's nice, but we'll make sure everyone buying one after you gets a free game, a b1g1 deal, or a cheap WP7 device.
It seriously grates on me.
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Gotta say as an iPhone user Ive never seen anything about android that interests me. Th UI is ugly and it seems like a bad iOS.
WP7 though looks slick and new. It's UI is really unique I wanna check one of these out in action, going to have to stop by the ATT store.
WP7 though looks slick and new. It's UI is really unique I wanna check one of these out in action, going to have to stop by the ATT store.
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Brettison said:
Trust me, it's not just you. It's bullshit.
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It makes me pissed off at MS despite liking the phone which means I'd be less likely to hype their product despite my likes of the phone. Just generates bad vibes which means bad public perception from many early adopters.
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I know what you mean. I'm using the Zune HD for such a long time and now it's kinda strange, but I always prefered metro in white, so I'm glad I can use the white theme without instantly killing the batteryBrettison said:
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Do you have any pictures?thirty said:
sorry for the double post, but I don't have copy/paste
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salva said:
Seriously. Extremely underwhelming.
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brotkasten said:
LOL you don't know how many times I've posted something on here and got pwnt by that fact. :lol
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thirty said:
Holy shit. You may be onto something. We should come up with some cool "themes".
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I don't think you can change the default browser.Zerokku said:
I like the full screen browsing with metro, but the scrolling and overall performance isn't as good as the IE.
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It looks like WP7 already passed WebOS. At least when it comes to apps.
Windows Phone 7210,000 monthly Facebook users, 4,300 apps, leaving webOS behind
Maybe they'll fix the problems with a Patch. I'd love to play Puzzle Quest 2 on the go, but I just can't justify spending the money for a game that has such problems.besiktas1 said:
I haven't even checked out any non-XBL games, yet. When I had an iPhone I just bought way too many games that I never even played. I don't want to make the same mistake again. I just saw that we have an official Thread for Gaming on WP7, but it doesn't seem like it's getting updated frequently. Maybe we could create a new one. More like a Thread where you'll find all the information in the OP instead of just 200+ pages of "play this game, try that game".
Question: There's no way to take screenshots on the phone, right? Kind of a bummer. :/
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So I just tried out "Project Sunburst" aka the Crackdown game for WP7. IDK I feel like I'm gonna get hated on here but...
Really that was pretty gosh damn boring. For all they hype (enough for it to get a known code name) it seemed underwhelming even for a tower defense game.
Really that was pretty gosh damn boring. For all they hype (enough for it to get a known code name) it seemed underwhelming even for a tower defense game.
Same here, didn't like it one bit. I don't know, but I've played so many tower defense games in the last couple of years that a new one just has to offer a bit more than just satellite photos instead of a regular map. Maybe it's because I have only tried the Trial Version, maybe it's because I've played to many of them, I don't know.Brettison said:
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I'm leaning towards the game just sucking ass.snap0212 said:
I'm having fun with it, it's a nice diversion, I'm more managing bases then actively playing the game, the fact that you get supplies to build upgrades by moving around the real world (i.e. turn on the game in different locations) is a pretty nifty feature that encourages me to pull out the game whenever I get a chance.Brettison said:
Also the game is only hectic at night, during the day it's pretty boring, really only certain missions provide a challenge. At 3 dollars the connectivity to the location data and the leveling aspects will certainly mean I'm getting my money's worth out of this one.
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snap0212 said:
It failed to install for me couple of times, after I got it to work, play for a bit then promply removed it because of the crappy frame and performace.
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I think engadget review it and said it was "ok" phone. I hope that's not the only phone Verizon is getting.
I saw that the Dell one might come to AT&T but after all the mess not sure if anyone going to want to buy that. Last I saw they still haven't ship the phone to all the people that pre-order them.
The Xbox game deal also rub me the wrong way and they really should extend the offer to the early adoptor but better deal I think would be free WP7 games rather than xbox game.
I can't seem to get Flixster! to do live tile ... not sure what seems to be the problem. AP app works and so does the Weather tile.
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FLixster wouldn't do a live tile for me either when I finally installed it earlier in the week. Then I woke up this morning and boom Tron was on my Flixster. I guess it just takes a while to propagate.
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I can't wait for the BringCast app. It's a podcast app with nice features like subscriptions and resume play. It would be nice if you could download the podcasts to your phone, but I guess Microsoft won't allow that.
Here's a little preview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmG3U9DFp8k#t=0m16s
http://www.bringcast.com/blog/
And I think I found one of the worst looking WP7 apps in the marketplace.
It's the (official?) TechCrunch app.
This app is a mess. The guy who did this app should be slapped with one of the Metro UI guideline books. It completely ignores the user selected theme, which means you'll have a white notification and app bar, while the background remains black. If you hit the info or settings button, you'll get some sort of popup with a grey background and white font. It's definitely the worst WP7 app I've ever seen.
Here's a little preview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmG3U9DFp8k#t=0m16s
http://www.bringcast.com/blog/
And I think I found one of the worst looking WP7 apps in the marketplace.
It's the (official?) TechCrunch app.
This app is a mess. The guy who did this app should be slapped with one of the Metro UI guideline books. It completely ignores the user selected theme, which means you'll have a white notification and app bar, while the background remains black. If you hit the info or settings button, you'll get some sort of popup with a grey background and white font. It's definitely the worst WP7 app I've ever seen.
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I don't get why they don't let Zune handle podcasts on the phone without the need of the PC client.
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Friend just ordered a Windows Phone 7 device and has now discovered it's apparently incompatible with hidden wi-fi networks. This means he won't be able to connect to the wi-fi at work, so he's a bit pissed obviously. Are there any workarounds to this yet, or do we know if the situation will change in the future?
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brotkasten said:Having the NeoGAF logo pinned on the start screen is pretty awesome.
It's the web app.
How did you do that? When I try it's just a thumbnail of the home page.
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They added it on the Zune HD. I don't get why it's not in WP7 by default.PG2G said:
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I've always been of this theory as well.
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It was never possible on a Zune and I still don't know why. It works on iOS devices, right?Brettison said:
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Yes, even over 3g if they are audio podcasts and not too huge.
Edit: If Dell fixed up the issues with the Venue Pro and its headed to AT&T, I don't see how that's not the phone to get. AMOLED screens are very nice, and it's bigger than the Focus', plus it looks much better and that keyboard will likely be useful when they fix word with copy/paste and we get Dropbox.
Not too huge? Every podcast I listen to was over the 20MB limit -.- I had to jailbreak just to download podcasts. Otherwise it would stream and most of the time the stream would die due to some reason or another and I'd have to find the point I was at again.VanMardigan said:
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