Thanks.
It's a very bland looking phone. Strangely, I'm also over cyan. I prefer their green and orange and yellow now.
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Thanks.
It's a very bland looking phone. Strangely, I'm also over cyan. I prefer their green and orange and yellow now.
Yes?
$10 month includes streaming from the cloud of the entire xbox music library via wifi or 3/4G.
You can download local copies to play offline at will on up to 3 PCs and one Phone (unsure on exact number)
You can stream from any web browser by going to xbox.music.com
And of course you have a roaming music collection and playlists.
My mother has got the 735 in green - i personally think its very nice in person, and in hand. To me its the true successor to the 800.
I think it looks nice from the front, but the back is very bland imo.
Have you seen/held it? It's real nice and a shame they took so much away from it (buttons of all kinds etc.)
Just like Belfiore, right? lol
More importantly:
https://twitter.com/shubhan3009/status/527018733563150336
Just like Belfiore, right? lol
More importantly:
https://twitter.com/shubhan3009/status/527018733563150336
heh
Interesting.
NeOak
Member
The "Outlook 2013" kills it.
juliushandle
Member
Why is Engadget's site always crashing on my phone now? Do they really want me to go to verge?
Maybe they lost track of time.
Is that threshold?
8.1 and Cyan are coming to T-Mo 925 apparently: http://www.windowscentral.com/t-mobile-accidentally-teases-lumia-925-windows-phone-81-update
Hopefully the 521 isn't too far behind.
Hopefully the 521 isn't too far behind.
It might be.
lastflowers
Banned
We heard you guys like the desktop, so we are bringing the desktop to windows phone
NeOak
Member
Paging WMPoweruser
lastflowers
Banned
And a control panel, powershell and cmd prompt too!
Microsoft were just too ahead of the times.
Actually, Powershell would be nice, if I could remote execute cmdlets from my phone, I think my boss' head would explode
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Might as well bring back Windows Mobile while they're at it.
juliushandle
Member
played with the new LG G3 Vigor (mini G3), Galaxy Alpha (mini Note 4), and the Note 4. really attractive hardware all around. Samsung really stepped their game up with the aluminum frame. The Vigor is just a shrunken G3 which I consider the beat looking phone of 2014.
Would be nice to get Windows versions of these.
Would be nice to get Windows versions of these.
It would be nice to get anything.
Is it Here Maps?
That one isn't official and really really old.
It is official.
But the question is why do you want an arseblog app? Isnt it just the same as going to the website?
Also app studio is good for this. An RSS feed.
I've had goes at it as a beginner thing, but always sort of gave up at getting the content in, in a useable way. Getting the content directly the same way as the iOS and Android apps is the start and that would involve striking up an agreement.
Tech Republic asking for Microsoft to move to Android
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsofts-android-moment-has-arrived/
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsofts-android-moment-has-arrived/
brotkasten
Member
I'm really not sure what the point of articles like this is anymore. Do they really expect Joe and Terry to read that article and be like "damn, I think he's right. Guys! Stop doing what we had planned for the next five years! From now on, we're going to use Android!". Even if they drop Windows for Android in let's say three years, do the authors really think they were in any way responsible for the change? "Remember that article I wrote year ago? Seems like they listened to me!"
Sorry for the dumb rant, but I hate this blogger stuff.
Apple should move to windows for their Mac's, i mean their share is a bit shite globally....
Lone_Prodigy
Member
So apparently there's a Music Deals app, and it has Taylor Swift's new album for $0.99:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/28/...1989-album-99-cents-microsoft-music-deals-app
http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/28/...1989-album-99-cents-microsoft-music-deals-app
Speaking of Xbox music:
Now that the app is almost functional for playback, when are they finally going to sort out the store side of it? It is a bloody mess. Search is less than useless. I have to go to the Windows app, or even the browser app, to search for music, find the exact titles, so I can then go back to the phone app and download my stuff.
Of course you should be able to add stuff to your collection from the windows app, or browser app, but since this seems to sync to the windows phone app once in a blue moon, that's not an option either.
The situation is bloody ridiculous, really. They have a perfectly good service with a huge collection of stuff but it's nearly unusable because they can't be arsed to do the basics right. Before they separated things out things were perfectly acceptable. Growing pains are fine when you release a new app, but it's been a year now. Fucks sake MS.
Now that the app is almost functional for playback, when are they finally going to sort out the store side of it? It is a bloody mess. Search is less than useless. I have to go to the Windows app, or even the browser app, to search for music, find the exact titles, so I can then go back to the phone app and download my stuff.
Of course you should be able to add stuff to your collection from the windows app, or browser app, but since this seems to sync to the windows phone app once in a blue moon, that's not an option either.
The situation is bloody ridiculous, really. They have a perfectly good service with a huge collection of stuff but it's nearly unusable because they can't be arsed to do the basics right. Before they separated things out things were perfectly acceptable. Growing pains are fine when you release a new app, but it's been a year now. Fucks sake MS.
NeOak
Member
Complaints have to be written in French. Oui.
Elles*
n64coder
Member
Agreed. Personally, I would rather not see those "Windows Phone is gloom & doom" articles/posts at all. I'm here to get the most out of my phone and learn about new things coming out. The "WP is over" meme is old and tiresome. I would rather see more positive messages among like-minded people.
antiquegamer
Member
I disagree. I think it's nice to hear the other side. I think Microsoft could use a little more nudge. I love Windows Phone and currently switching back to using 1020 from my OnePlus but man if the apps on Windows Phone are just so far behind both Androids and iOS.
Xbox One happen because they don't want to hear the doom & gloom comments from fans and critics because well we are Microsoft and we know better than you and what is good for you. Same thing with Windows 8 and so from the past few years. I understand working in close group with all like mind people tends to make you think what you are doing is the best.
Anton Sugar
Member
Brot complaining about WP negativity?
He's a complicated man.
Bah another Xbox music question. Since I have Xbox Music subscription and Office 365 subscription I was wondering if I could use my 1TB of storage for my music collection. Or do I need a physical copy of all my music stored on one computer. Xbox Music not exactly upfront with letting you see directly what albums are in the cloud..
juliushandle
Member
HTC M8 with Windows is now coming to T-Mobile on November 9. Nice option, too bad it isn't the M8 with the updated Desire Eye cameras.
NeOak
Member
Just 6snap a long ago.