Considering how everything is supposed to be the same now with the release of RS1 and how similar the hardware is for smartphones + ARM hardware, Microsoft isn't there yet. No surface phone. No stable builds.
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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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hankster
Member
And another neglected app is taken out back and Old Yeller'd...
http://www.windowscentral.com/myfitnesspal-no-longer-supporting-windows-phone
http://www.windowscentral.com/myfitnesspal-no-longer-supporting-windows-phone
brotkasten
Member
Isn't that a pretty big one?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I use it almost every day. Sigh.
juliushandle
Member
Best buy still has the band 2 for $99 I believe. Time to use Microsoft health.
well, it appears this is as good a time as any to bring up feature parity (again). Was just out for a run, and since Windows Mobile still doesn't support GATT Server, I can't really use my Blaze with it, for starting GPS assisted runs or controlling music. So I ran with my iPhone instead. So, anyway, get back from the run, as I'm taking my earphones off, I figure I want to continue listening to the song I had on, thinking, shit now I have to find the playlist on the computer and all that. I open the Spotify app on the computer, and low and behold, it had the song I was listening to already ready to roll, and exactly as far in as I was on the iPhone.
First I was like "Awesome!", then I got sad cause it's another feature not available on Windows Phone version.
First I was like "Awesome!", then I got sad cause it's another feature not available on Windows Phone version.
NeOak
Member
Is it a one day deal again?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I use the calorie counter feature. Health doesn't have that.
Fitbit app has calorie counter.
megarockexe
Member
I know I said back in June I'd be switching, but yet it's August and I'm still here. Though with the impending cut off of Skype support, I may have a definite jump-off date. The day Skype stops working on my 920 is the day I buy another phone, at the latest.
hankster
Member
Bigger than this one which also is getting dropped:
http://www.windowscentral.com/amtrak-discontinuing-their-app-windows-phone
Astral/H3X
Member
Hey guys, what's the best way to get a 950 on Cricket? Any deals? I'd go 950XL if there's also a deal on that that makes it about the same price.
NeOak
Member
See if you can get the ATT 950, it's 300 and it should work on Cricket.
You'll need someone with a postpaid account to buy it at a AT&T company store.
Astral/H3X
Member
What about just ordering from MS? No issues there?
Thank you btw
NeOak
Member
That one is unlocked, so yeah, it will work too.
Astral/H3X
Member
Sweet I'll go ahead and order it now. Thank you!
NeOak
Member
Going with the 950 XL from the Microsoft Store?
Astral/H3X
Member
Nah, just going to be the 950.
Quick question, does the 950 have the ability to connect to more than one Bluetooth device at a time? Mainly wondering for future reference, all I've got currently is the Ms band.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Yes.
Astral/H3X
Member
Sweet! Yeah something that mildly annoyed me about my Icon. Maybe now I'll pick up some Bluetooth speakers haha.
Essentially what's going on is that my Icon's battery is taking a nosedive, and without there having been any updates to blame it's most likely just the battery itself at 2 1/2 years old. I was thinking about either jumping to Google Fi, but apparently they only run on T Mobile and Sprint, which is shit where I live, so instead I'm gonna jump to Cricket and get the 950.
Sadly, I'm out in the woods on military duty (which makes the battery thing that much worse), so I'm actually having difficulty ordering the damn thing atm. Oh well, I can live with it for a bit longer.
7echnicolor
Member
Got an email from Amazon w/ "your Amazon Windows Phone app" as the title saying they're discontinuing the Amazon app for Windows Phone.
I'm really looking forward to the new Google phones coming out this year, gonna switch to Android though I will really miss the WP10 OS.
I'm really looking forward to the new Google phones coming out this year, gonna switch to Android though I will really miss the WP10 OS.
juliushandle
Member
Yeah but a Universal app is likely. Yet the amazon app for Windows RT is still going strong.
Guess I'll use the mobile edge version. Funny, I remember using the amazon app on android and thinking it looked so similar to the mobile web app that it was practically a web wrapper.
Edit: Well amazon.com is one of those sites that pin to start very nicely. You'd never think it was a link to the browser and not an app.
Guess I'll use the mobile edge version. Funny, I remember using the amazon app on android and thinking it looked so similar to the mobile web app that it was practically a web wrapper.
Edit: Well amazon.com is one of those sites that pin to start very nicely. You'd never think it was a link to the browser and not an app.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Maybe they will do a universal app. The audible universal app is really good and I'm sure less people use that. As discussed many times though, I wish developers would announce the uwp app, even that its in development, when they cancel their WP app.
bonchooski
Member
anyone know of a way to listen to sirius/xm on wp10?
juliushandle
Member
Browser?
bonchooski
Member
Messenger app is a laggy messI tried both versions, beta and regular. Using it on 950XL. Uninstalled multiple times.
Is it my phone or the app is just dog shit? This is something I use everyday fuck man fuckkk
the app is just shit. I needed to reinstall it yesterday in order to send a message. It crashed constantly. Not to mention there is still no lockscreen notification icon! argh!
brotkasten
Member
Messenger on Android is pretty great. You guys should check it out. It basically has zero problems if you don't use it.
LostMyNarbles
Member
B&H Has the 950XL for $380 if anybody is interested. No tax for everywhere except NY, although it is the international dual-sim model so I am not sure how warranty support/coverage would work.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/dealZone.jsp
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/dealZone.jsp
juliushandle
Member
After the 950s/650s are sold off via these sales, there literally will not be any Windows Phones on the shelves until the Surface Phone?
I don't see the Surface Phone happening when you look at it like that.
I don't see the Surface Phone happening when you look at it like that.
LostMyNarbles
Member
I know things aren't developed overnight and it takes months of work before a phone goes from production to finished product. That being said, I feel like if the HP Elite x3 does not end up selling well Microsoft would either scrap Surface Phone or just decide not to bother following through with development (Assuming they are working on it now). If business and enterprise does not bother adopting the Elite x3 I am not sure what would make the Surface Phone any more of a compelling product.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Is that HD calling in the US? If so, the at&t version has it too.
No, that's something else I think. HD is over the normal network, WiFi uses the WiFi to make phone calls. Needs to be enabled in the SIM settings and the provider needs to support it.
NeOak
Member
That is VoLTE.
You can use a Lumia 640 with the T-Mobile ROM, then upgrade it to W10 I believe.
Maybe because of 10.14905.100 ? Downloading that now
That one is for the fast ring, .82 is for release preview ring.