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[Blue Ninja]

Finally caved and went for the developer preview, got tired of waiting for the final thing to roll out. So far, I like what they're doing. The action center is great, but why the hell is there not an option to toggle mobile data on/off on there? It's like the dev team needs to find a way to half-ass every great thing they try to add. Let's hope it finds its way into the final release. My 520 also has trouble with the Photos tile: every time I open the start menu the photo disappears for a second or two before popping back in.

The new Xbox Music is horrible, too. Are there any decent music apps out there, or does MS still hold the monopoly?

 

[lastflowers]

Finally caved and went for the developer preview, got tired of waiting for the final thing to roll out. So far, I like what they're doing. The action center is great, but why the hell is there not an option to toggle mobile data on/off on there? It's like the dev team needs to find a way to half-ass every great thing they try to add. Let's hope it finds its way into the final release. My 520 also has trouble with the Photos tile: every time I open the start menu the photo disappears for a second or two before popping back in.

The new Xbox Music is horrible, too. Are there any decent music apps out there, or does MS still hold the monopoly?

It's pretty highly desired at the user-voice site. I'd hope devs/PMs are taking notice.


heh

Don't ask Microsoft, he won't listen to you, the basic function of a simple feedback for a few years only add, make yourself tired. Systems on one hand and 4 years are half the beautification and the interface is ugly as **** and never Landscaping, is slow as a turtle do looks like Microsoft phone system. We discard WP of it all software including Microsoft Windows and Office are abandoned, we are into Apple or Google's embrace of, and only they treat consumers as God, arrogant Microsoft to ****, treat consumers Microsoft undead difficult, Microsoft will soon be the next Kodak!

 

[Nero3000]

hmm the Verge gave the 930 the same score (7.0) as the icon even though it comes with 8.better software and apps.

At least its not lower...

 

[Heretic]

Still waiting on AT&T for my 1020 to be updated...


:'(

 

[Nero3000]

Hmmm these smartwatch API's could also be used to beam notifications/calls/alarms etc. to Windows PC's and Devices.

http://www.wpcentral.com/smartwatch-support-windows-phone-81-found-gdr1

Hopefull in Windows 9 we start to see this.

 

[Kinky John]

UK Cortana sounds is a bit shit.

I guess that explains the shittyness.

 

[Raistlin]

Much faster. They are nearly instant, you just wait for a very fast scrolling animation. They also look better, and receive tiles updates.

niiiiiiiiiice

 

[brotkasten]

I guess that explains the shittyness.

It doesn't, actually. Cortana in the UK is not voiced by Taylor, like she is in the US version.

 

[Raistlin]

Still waiting on AT&T for my 1020 to be updated...


:'(

Weird, my coworker sitting next to me got the update a little while ago.

 

[Kinky John]

It doesn't, actually. Cortana in the UK is not voiced by Taylor, like she is in the US version.

Yeah I know. My initial comment was about the way she sounded, but I scored it out once I started tinkering and realised just how shit she was feature-wise.

 

[Valkyria]

lol same



Is your device registered in Developer Preview program?

anyways to check OS version anytime, just to go to setting>about and click more info

I believe the latest update version is 8.10.14147.180



I have 5 different email accounts, so now it looks better with the folder for all the email tiles.

Thanks, I'm not on the developers preview. I am right now at 8.10.12397.895.

 

[steelcity]

Hey guys/gals. Is there a Yahoo Fantasy Football App on WP?

 

[NeOak]

Hey guys/gals. Is there a Yahoo Fantasy Football App on WP?

Nope.

 

[JaggedSac]

This tweet from Tom Warren made me chuckle.

This is amazing. Cortana in the UK lets you say “where’s the nearest ruby murray?” or “Get Aaron on the dog and bone.” Life is complete now

I have no idea what it means, but British slang is humorous to me.

 

[lastflowers]

'fantasy ferret' used to do Yahoo Fantasy. I haven't used Yahoo in a season or two, but the store indicates it still handles Yahoo Fantasy sports.

it wasn't the greatest of apps, but did the job.

 

[f0lken]

I love folders, whish there was a way to record your screen for showing off in those share your home screen threads

 

[LukasTaves]

niiiiiiiiiice

The worst thing about it is not having an automatic way to convert to system folders, very annoying XD

But totally worth it

 

[Raistlin]

The worst thing about it is not having an automatic way to convert to system folders, very annoying XD

But totally worth it

lol yeah ... just got done manually doing it

 

[derExperte]

Folders are 100% smooth on my 620 (though I haven't tried creating really big ones), I just wish the animation would be a bit shorter, it's almost too fancy.

 

[José Mourinho]

This tweet from Tom Warren made me chuckle.



I have no idea what it means, but British slang is humorous to me.

Ruby Murray is a curry, dog and bone is phone.

 

[Ape]

Still no Yahoo fantasy football app...


I distinctly remember last year thinking to myself "it's ok because next year I should have an app for my league."


Fuck.

 

[brotkasten]

Still no Yahoo fantasy football app...


I distinctly remember last year thinking to myself "it's ok because next year I should have an app for my league."


Fuck.

Why not follow a good or interesting sport instead?

 

[Anton Sugar]

I do wish the folder live tiles would adapt to the amount of apps that are in the folder. For instance, if I have only 2-3 apps in the folder, there shouldn't be more than a few "empty" tiles if I'm using the large tile size. Use that space!

Otherwise, I love them. There are a lot of apps that I wouldn't mind using a large or medium size tile with to get the extra info, but I didn't want to use the screen space. Folders kinda solves that, albeit with the addition of one extra "tap" required.

Xbox Music still sucks. Am I supposed to see that the app was updated, or were the "improvements" are part of Update 1 itself?

 

[Bullza2o]

Folders are going to have me rethink my entire home screen.

It's a dilemma of either having my Start screen have more tiles for the cool parallax effect while scrolling or less tiles for the just as cool folder animations.

 

[Ape]

Why not follow a good or interesting sport instead?

Like what? Socc.. er... Fùtbol? I follow that. Hockey? Check. Basketball... yup.

But I guess you're right. I should really start to look into those Indian Cricket leagues. I'm probably missing out.

 

[Lucius86]

Don't like the UK voice of Cortana. Back to the real Cortana....

 

[megarockexe]

Oh, there are broken tags on NeoGAF mobile here. Are 8.1 browsers okay? Tags spill into the rest of the page and there is a 0 at the bottom.

 

[José Mourinho]

I've gone folder mad.

 

[Seanbob11]

I'm on the latest update. Is Cortana actually in it? Search is just like before...

 

[killer rin]

Well my 520 managed to successfully update. My 920 on the other hand keeps giving me this error which is preventing install

 

[brotkasten]

I'm on the latest update. Is Cortana actually in it? Search is just like before...

In Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1, Cortana is available in the following countries as a fully working beta:

United States
United Kingdom
China

and as alpha in:

Canada
Australia
India

 

[NeOak]

lulz

 

[Funky Papa]

ooooh man

 

[Milchmann]

Error 0x80188308 during the update. Thanks, Nadella!

 

[brotkasten]

Hey, you were the guys who wanted a webkit browser.

 

[MCD]

is it too much to ask for opera or firefox on wp?

 

[brotkasten]

is it too much to ask for opera or firefox on wp?

Tell MS to allow other browser engines.

 

[Bob Dobalina]

Never in a million years would I expect Microsoft to travel back in time for features and add Bluetooth PAN internet sharing.

Unsure if I will get kicked off at some point in the future, but it seems I can tether my nexus 7 without hitting the tmobile tethering plan upsell page!

 

[Nero3000]

Was thinking about supposed smartband and mocked something up. Its rough around the edges.

First the design is like a band, uniform all the way round, with all the sensors. It is like the popular iWatch concept but to be worn on the inside of the wrist like shown below.

Hardware:

To be worn like:

Glance screen:

Heart rate monitor (can easily imagine a step counter/GPS etc.):

Cortana:

Incoming Calls:

(scrollable) messages:

Voice reply:

 

[KageMaru]

Pages seem to be rendering slower or not loading at all after the GDR1 update. This happening to anyone else?

 

[Herr K]

Today I went to the Twitter mobile site and a banner told me to better download the Android Twitter Client.

 

[Steelyuhas]

Pages seem to be rendering slower or not loading at all after the GDR1 update. This happening to anyone else?

Everything in IE is actually much faster now. Pretty big improvement.

Today I went to the Twitter mobile site and a banner told me to better download the Android Twitter Client.

Yeah I have Android app ads all the place now.

 

[brotkasten]

Was thinking about supposed smartband and mocked something up. Its rough around the edges.

You did good. I like that.

lulz

Today I went to the Twitter mobile site and a banner told me to better download the Android Twitter Client.

Oh man, this is so funny.

 

[kharma45]

Everything in IE is actually much faster now. Pretty big improvement.

Jumping to the top and bottom of a page on GAF now is extremely fast.

 

[JaggedSac]

LOL. Damned if they do, damned if they don't. They should just dump Trident and go with the "standard".

 

[brotkasten]

LOL. Damned if they do, damned if they don't. They should just dump Trident and go with the "standard".

It's funny how the IE team is all about following open standards and complaining about browser engines that bog down the internet with their device specific implementations.

 

[JaggedSac]

It's funny how the IE team is all about following open standards and complaining about browser engines that bog down the internet with their device specific implementations.

As you sow, so shall you reap.

 

[Heretic]

Weird, my coworker sitting next to me got the update a little while ago.

Gonna check...


YOU BEST NOT BE LYING!!!



Edit:
You lied to me...

 

[brotkasten]

Google Play Store ads everywhere.

 

[Funky Papa]

Google Play Store ads everywhere.

They really thought this through, did they?