TheVerge said:Though you can get basic walking and driving directions by hitting the "directions" button in the Maps toolbar, choosing the directions menu item on a point of interest gives you a "you need an app for that" pop-up thats not unlike the one iOS 6 now gives users when they try to get transit information. The list of available apps to handle direction-giving will presumably be populated with options like Nokia Drive soon, but in our early testing, none were in the Store. I don't understand why you can get a list of directions from the toolbar, but not from a POI.
:-/What about all of those new Bing options under the search menu? They didn't even bring that up...
I'm buying my phone outright so I was looking at either the 8S or the 820. I might get the 920 if it's worth it but phones are so expensive. Do we know who's getting those yet?I think nit was announced a while ago that rogers had exclusivity on the lumia 920. I think everyone or at least bell and telus are definitely getting the htc 8x.
Because Bohn and Ziegler are the mobile guys.I never understood why they don't let Microsoft guy review Microsoft products ... it's like reading that review for Borderlands 2 that it's nothing like Call of Duty.
beats meeeeeeeI'm buying my phone outright so I was looking at either the 8S or the 820. I might get the 920 if it's worth it but phones are so expensive. Do we know who's getting those yet?
I don't see 7.9 as that bad. iOS 6 was rated 8.5. And they take off for eco system, which they should.
Pandora was a huge gap. So was some of the really popular games (Words with Friends, Temple Run, Angry Birds in Space, Jetpack, Wheres my Water, etc.) so they're making strides.
Surprised an instagram announcement wasn't snuck in.
I'm still waiting on to see what happens. I'll keep my options open for my upgrade in mid January.
This pretty much sums up MS conferences
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Such a cool phone and exciting OS, yet MS just seems to make things boring =\
Microsoft: 120,000 apps. 46 of the top 50 apps are on Windows Phone 8. Windoes RT Kernel, Unity Engine, app development easier than ever. Free SDKs released to everyone tomorrow.
Verge: 5/10 Ecosystem
Microsoft: 120,000 apps. 46 of the top 50 apps are on Windows Phone 8. Windoes RT Kernel, Unity Engine, app development easier than ever. Free SDKs released to everyone tomorrow.
Verge: 5/10 Ecosystem
No Instagram removes 2 points obviously.
edit: the pocketnow videos are fantastic!
In Windows Phone 8, the keyboard incorporates something from its Research division that it calls "Word Flow," which operates much like the phrase prediction technology in SwiftKey and the keyboard found in Android 4.1
Oh, Jesus Christ. Ignore the people on here. The Verge is even-handed judging by the fact that Apple fanboys (Gruber, Arment), Android fanboys, and Windows fanboys hate on them constantly.
That Lumia 900 review was perfectly fine. The Surface review pretty much read the same as the iPad 1 review by the same guy.
Microsoft: 120,000 apps. 46 of the top 50 apps are on Windows Phone 8. Windoes RT Kernel, Unity Engine, app development easier than ever. Free SDKs released to everyone tomorrow.
Verge: 5/10 Ecosystem
Microsoft: 120,000 apps. 46 of the top 50 apps are on Windows Phone 8. Windoes RT Kernel, Unity Engine, app development easier than ever. Free SDKs released to everyone tomorrow.
Verge: 5/10 Ecosystem
I remember when the iphone 5 launched. They did a full podcast on it and then on the regular podcast they spend 75% of the time talking about the iphone 5 again and spend 10 minutes talking about the htc windows phones that were announced the day before.
The verge and engadget are pretty bias against windows products . Have you read the surface review ? It felt heavier and so he took points off dispite it being lighter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw3nPYwS0MI&t=5m20sWTF?? Why would they change driving directions to external app?????
It has pretty bad Google integration, they are all about their G-clients. I know that really hurt the score.
e: As usual, Pocketnow has the best video coverage on the net of the OS. The dude is super creepy but he does a great job.
So you think they should review based on promises or what's in front of them?
Microsoft also baked in some nice additional pieces, including the ability to customize the button on the toolbar and find text on a page. Finding text in a page, especially, is really great on IE10 it jumps and zooms to each instance quickly and painlessly.
I'm going to assume this is a typo, even though it really and truly upsets me whenever it happens.I remember when the iphone 5 launched. They did a full podcast on it and then on the regular podcast they spend 75% of the time talking about the iphone 5 again and spend 10 minutes talking about the htc windows phones that were announced the day before.
The verge and engadget are pretty bias against windows products . Have you read the surface review ? It felt heavier and so he took points off dispite it being lighter
A shitty Gmail experience affects about 99% of us nerds that post on GAF. Hell, the Gmail experience on iOS is mediocre at best.The Verge tools are almost 100% google and the verge staff always complain about how gmail and google intergration sucks on windows phone. Part of that is Googles fault, as they force windows phone's browser to default to a WAP only page when navigating to gmail, and there is no official gmail app. This will always be the haze over their reviews.
Is there no notification trey on windows phone? I saw that mentioned in the verge review. How do you know if you get a new notification outside of seeing the number on the tile? Is there an LED at least on these phones?
A shitty Gmail experience affects about 99% of us nerds that post on GAF. Hell, the Gmail experience on iOS is mediocre at best.
Well, it is strangely redundant, although I think most of us would argue that it's not overly dissimilar from the badge/notification experience on Android and iOS.There are notifications at the top of your screen, but they disappear after a few seconds and don't get collected in one place.
That MS made the conscious decision to not include a notification center because they follow the philosophy of live tiles is my single biggest gripe with WP.
Who the hell doesn't use Labels in Gmail?Not in the same way they use Gmail. Do you have extreme amount of labels and scripts running in gmail? Or do you.. you know.. just get email and put it in folders? I have 3 email accounts on windows phone 7.5, two are gmail and they run just fine.
that's the dumbest thing ever. Even apple has one for gads sake. And they take 10 years to add everything.There are notifications at the top of your screen, but they disappear after a few seconds and don't get collected in one place.
That MS made the conscious decision to not include a notification center because they follow the philosophy of live tiles is my single biggest gripe with WP.
Microsoft has made a few tweaks to email, including the option to have a black background on your inbox view, automatically adding Office document attachements to the Office hub, and voice-to-text transcription when composing emails
No Instagram removes 2 points obviously.
edit: the pocketnow videos are fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw3nPYwS0MI&t=5m20s
This part of the video demonstrates what happens. I'm sure they'll be a way to set a default one when the apps are released on the store so it'll be pretty much the same as before. And because this way you can choose other map options if you'd like.
Well, it is strangely redundant, although I think most of us would argue that it's not overly dissimilar from the badge/notification experience on Android and iOS.
that's the dumbest thing ever. Even apple has one for gads sake. And they take 10 years to add everything.
As usual, whenever Microsoft releases a new mobile operating system, something useful that you might rely on gets removed.
FM Radio support
Native turn-by-turn touch to announce driving directions (replaced by third party apps)
WiFi sync with the desktop (now only cloud sync or USB transfer is available)
Auto-playlists sync (playlists need to be created manually now)
Quick share to Facebook. Now you have to press the Share button, scroll, & tap Facebook
Sharing posts and pictures to the Windows Live Social is gone
The option to remove location info from pictures when uploading to social networks is gone (but you can still
disallow saving location information with photos)
The New Note start screen tile shortcut is no longer available
The removal of WiFi sync with the desktop is especially annoying now that wireless charging is becoming more prevalent. It would have been so great to just set the phone down and know that in addition to recharging, it would sync my photos, videos, & music playlists with the desktop.
The HTC 8X's full name is HTC Windows Phone 8X. That is Microsoft default's phone this year.All these reviews on the 8x and not the 920...
Yes and No.So you think they should review based on promises or what's in front of them?
What about all of those new Bing options under the search menu? They didn't even bring that up...
Weve only had about 24 hours to use this latest iteration of Microsofts smartphone operating system
WP notifications are:Is there no notification trey on windows phone? I saw that mentioned in the verge review. How do you know if you get a new notification outside of seeing the number on the tile? Is there an LED at least on these phones?
RoomsMicrosoft's group-chat and planning featureis another thing I'd love to tell you about. But I can't, because even though I sent out invitations to several of my friends, no one would join my Room. If they had, they would have been able to share the calendar events and notes, but couldn't have used group chat, since that goes through MSN chat protocols, and is exclusive to Windows Phone. On one hand, you can argue that it's just a better version of iMessage. And that's true to a point, but message systems are only as strong as the number of users they have. In all likelihood, Rooms will mostly serve to remind you how few of your family and friends actually use these things.
Don't assume that all outlets got equal access.This nugget from the PocketNow review explains why the Verge review is rather superficial. at least:
Why the f*uck would they remove Wifi sync? .
Why the f*uck would they remove Wifi sync? What is wrong with Microsoft Windows Phone team. It's the best feature knowing I don't have to plug my phone in for my picture to get backup to my computer.
Lists of feature being removed (from Pocket Now review)
Quick share to Facebook. Now you have to press the Share button, scroll, & tap Facebook
*sigh* as if today couldn't get any worst.