NeOak
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I've been elegible since 3 and a half years ago. Kept buying unlocked phones with hardware keyboard; that is why I have a Dell Venue Pro.
I hope Dell releases 7.8 for this one.
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I've been elegible since 3 and a half years ago. Kept buying unlocked phones with hardware keyboard; that is why I have a Dell Venue Pro.
I hope Dell releases 7.8 for this one.
Cute Dragon Here
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Out of curiousity, can you elaborate on the brightness issue? I have no idea about it, perhaps because I don't seem to have encountered it yet. Automatic brightness + medium brightness works well enough for me.
If you have it set on low brightness you get a purplish hue, which is primarly noticable with the keyboard. I have my brightness set on medium so I don't notice it.
Cute Dragon Here
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Funny thing is, I don't notice the hue even at low and in a pitch black room. Guess I got lucky with my screen... or the models we get are all fixed models.
This CNET UK video would seem to suggest there are more changes than just the new UI coming in 7.8 all being well
http://youtu.be/Vxpjday2XSo?hd=1&t=2m17s
http://youtu.be/Vxpjday2XSo?hd=1&t=2m17s
They should really enhance app management on the PC and stuff like different volume settings. There is no reason why features like that can't be brought to 7.8
brotkasten
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7.8 is still far away. It will be released after Apollo.
http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/6/28/3122706/skulls-of-shogun-to-be-first-game-to-have-asynchronous-xbla-play-and
Skulls of the Shogun is going to have cross-platform play so you can play on your 360 and continue on your tablet/WP or vice versa. That is really awesome and I hope we see more of that in the futures.
Edit: Giant Bomb quick look as well http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-ex-skulls-of-the-shogun-on-windows-8-tablet/17-6273/
Skulls of the Shogun is going to have cross-platform play so you can play on your 360 and continue on your tablet/WP or vice versa. That is really awesome and I hope we see more of that in the futures.
Edit: Giant Bomb quick look as well http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-ex-skulls-of-the-shogun-on-windows-8-tablet/17-6273/
I chatted with the devs at PAX Prime, back then they were excited to make a WP7 version. But as that game takes longer to come out it makes the likelihood of it being WP8 W8 360 exclusive really high!
I'm still rocking my launch Focus (eligible for upgrade in October 2012), bring on the WP8 phones, I'm ready to receive!
I would think since WP7 would get it as well since it is already running on the device. I hope so anyways.
That is cool, the roadblock to this is potentially having to purchase the same game for 3 different devices (Phone, Xbox, Windows 8). I don't really expect to buy once at the normal price and play everywhere, but it'd be awesome if you could do so for a little extra.
Though, not sure if I want WP XBLA games to transition to the ~$10 prices we see on Xbox 360
Though, not sure if I want WP XBLA games to transition to the ~$10 prices we see on Xbox 360
That is cool, the roadblock to this is potentially having to purchase the same game for 3 different devices (Phone, Xbox, Windows 8). I don't really expect to buy once at the normal price and play everywhere, but it'd be awesome if you could do so for a little extra.
Though, not sure if I want WP XBLA games to transition to the ~$10 prices we see on Xbox 360
Yeah, I'm really curious to see how they price it. If there is some sort if bundle that would be cool. I also like that you will get notifications on your 360 when it is your turn. That is pretty sweet.
Unlikely. The aren't showing off most of the UI changes and features for WP8 at this time either. They only want to show it close to launch.
ETHER'D
CaptainABAB
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As a Windows Phone fan, I would be really happy with a strong 3rd place showing.
The plan so far...
X WebOS (destroyed due to Palm/HP mis-management)
X Symbian/Meego/ (money hat Nokia)
X BlackBerry (RIMM self destruct)
So who is left? Samsung's Bada? Does it even have any type of ecosystem?
Now, if we can just get some sales with WP8...
The plan so far...
X WebOS (destroyed due to Palm/HP mis-management)
X Symbian/Meego/ (money hat Nokia)
X BlackBerry (RIMM self destruct)
So who is left? Samsung's Bada? Does it even have any type of ecosystem?
Now, if we can just get some sales with WP8...
VanMardigan
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3rd place by default cause everybody else imploded....I'll take it. *evil grin*
Now, it's no given that the market can/will sustain three players, but I don't think double digit market share is out of the question.
Now, it's no given that the market can/will sustain three players, but I don't think double digit market share is out of the question.
Good one. 2013 MS owns Nokia, RIM, or both?
Fjolle
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Rockstar bidco (Apple/MS patent troll) will own all of their patents.
Purple hue was fixed weeks ago. My original Lumia didn't have this problem but my replacement did.
http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-lumia-900-update-fixes-purple-screen-hue-06232624/
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Reuters saying that RIM is considering going 2nd party like Nokia with Windows Phone 8. They make good hardware, would be nice to have them onboard.
Kamakazie!
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It would certainly be a popular enterprise solution!
With what OS though? I hope not android.
Windows Phone 8 with BlackBerry email push services and BBM along on a Bold 9900 like device would be awesome for business.
VanMardigan
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They can even use the same chassis they have for the bb10 devices. Put in wp8, use the default s4 chipset, and ship it out this fall. Too late for that now, but if Thornsten had acted more quickly, it certainly could've happened. As it stands, they won't have any new hardware this year. That's just fatal.
it would be interesting if they went with android so we could compare this strategy against nokia's one
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Sony Ericsson is serving that purpose, as is LG (who has not committed to wp8).
brotkasten
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It's not the same, because none of those two were close to shutting down.
i dont agree especially for LG
neither of these companies had their own OS and and a big legion of fans like rim and nokia
Fjolle
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No. None of them has Mobile phones as their main business.
Also none of them are making profit at the moment.
We don't have any real information on any Windows Phone 8 devices. There have been rumors of 3 HTC's, none of which had a hardware keyboard. I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see any hardware keyboards at launch. I can't even think of any recent-ish Android phones with hardware keyboards.
brotkasten
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HTC abandoned hardware keyboards.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I thought it was just a matter of finding oem's that were specific to a platform and seeing how they performed in the market, didn't know it got more specific in terms of financial condition etc.
How about Motorola Mobility? Wasn't their situation pretty dire when Google took over?
How about Motorola Mobility? Wasn't their situation pretty dire when Google took over?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Windows Phone 8 market info: http://bit.ly/OFhcrN
Still not as good as Carbon?
Probably not, although I haven't tried Carbon since it came out and I found it kinda sluggish.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I hate when people post links and don't comment on what they posted or why people should click on the link, and this is worse because the link is dead. On a PC, you can see the URL and try to get a clue whether you should click on it, not so easy on a phone.
Sorry man I was in the middle if some stuff at work and could only post the link.
Basically it said developers have seen in their logs WP8 running on multiple gen 1 devices.
Kamakazie!
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Is that a surprise? As I've said before, it's a near certainty that Nokias low end phones will be less powerful than the 710/800/900.
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