The official skydrive app can stream.
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The official skydrive app can stream.
Sqrt_minus_one
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I am an Android user and will remain an Android user however this doom and gloom over windows phone is unnecessary the platform will not die and neither will Nokia.
The idea behind the system is solid IMO have a specific platform around which all app developers can reliably code to. A standardisation of hardware a la the console space. This is good in many ways and so long as MS can sell it to consumers they will come.
Nokia will struggle - might even have to be bought by MS - but they customers will come eventually, MS will pay whatever it takes to make sure of it. Don't know how the platforms will be placed in the long term that IMO is still up in the air but I am sure WP will be among them.
Hmm, I just tried that, and it didn't work in the background/continuously. Am I doing anything wrong there?
So to take advantage of the new WP8 SDK features, will a company like Spotify have to release a new app or can they update the existing app? If so will it stop working on WP7 device? Would that also mean that hypothetically of everyone updates to feature WP8 functionality there would literally be 0 compatible apps on your Tango phone?
Your right. You can lock the screen and that's it.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
You did, and I answered you.
Oh, I see. Gooroovster sounds interesting. I didn't even know Google had their own cloud service. Is Gooroovster better than the app Sky Music in your opinion?
I was also thinking of getting a Zune pass but apparently it won't take my Paypal. Does it even stream anyway? :/
Zune Pass is awesome and it does stream properly.
This is a good question. Hopefully, it just forks in the marketplace but would be transparent to users. So W8 users would get an update and W7 users would never get future updates but could still download the app.
woahitsreeo
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I guess someone already suggested it, but add another vote for Gooroovster. Not too fond of the way GooglePlay itself sorted my music library, but aside from that using Gooroovster to connect to GooglePlay makes for a pretty decent streaming experience.
BTW streaming from Zune works great. For a quick preview of how it works for streaming just check out the marketplace and preview a song. Its basically the same thing, except it plays the full song instead of a 30-sec clip.
Good post on Windows Phone success/failure by Charlie Kindel
@ckindel: "Windows Phones Canary in the Coal Mine" my GeekWire guest post just went live http://buff.ly/Qj8lKu
@ckindel: "Windows Phones Canary in the Coal Mine" my GeekWire guest post just went live http://buff.ly/Qj8lKu
I like that HTC does their speaker grills differently than everyone else - particularly that the HD7 with the symmetry on the top and bottom.
The feel and sturdiness of One X is what stands out from their cheaper-feeling early phones.
Never used Flipboard, but check out Fuse or Weave.
Fuse is fantastic.
I'm not sure we should automatically assume it was a QC problem at Samsung. Since a firmware update rectified the problem, I'd wager it's just as likely (if not more so given Nokia's other growing pains on the platform) that Nokia was actually undervolting the panel than the panel not performing within expected tolerances.
Pursuant to the original point regarding burn-in ... that isn't a Samsung QC issue either. It's a known limitation of most self-illuminating tech. However each generation of OLED (more specifically, the chemicals, etc. Samsung purchases from UDC) improve upon the last. Given the relatively short lifetimes of phones, I suspect burn-in will be pretty much a non-issue in the near future.
While Fuse looks cooler, I much prefer the layout of Weave.
Once the next iteration hits which finally includes gReader support among other goodies ... I imagine it will be my go to reader.
Anton Sugar
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I had to de-auth devices directly through Zune software.
HollovVpo1nt
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Man tomorrow is gonna be awesome! Nokia event and the Motoroogle event. I'm really eager to see what the next moto phone looks like.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I thought we already knew what the phone will look like. And seriously, who gets excited over a motoblur phone?
Edit: and "meh" at the Zeal phone. I'm sure it'll look pretty but I'm not a mid range phone kind of guy. Flagship or bust.
Stop trolling.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Wait for Rambo.
the 41mp sensor is reserved for the 7" WP8 phablet (with wacom pen) to be unveiled tomorrow.
peppermints
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Tomorrow's the day folks!
Don't really care about super mega cameras, just excited to see things for reals.
Don't really care about super mega cameras, just excited to see things for reals.
If they are announcing a 41mp WP8 they would have teased it with rival marketing 2.0 shit. The 808 was teased with a few twits.
Having an ace in your hands but not show it is bad business practice. People who want the 41mp WP8 would rather wait.
Because nobody would buy it. Kind of like if they released a WP8 phone with physical keyboard
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Deleted member 81567
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I don't get this mentality.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
BTW new people to the platform. MS paid Last.FM so we get the full app free unlike iOS and Android. Highly recommend it for music streaming for artist radio. Commercial free too!
NeOak
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I don't know if you are serious or just trolling
People love "moar gigipixels" and a hardware keyboard is something you can't really abandon after getting used to it.
My point is that they are both products that serve niche markets. The Windows Phone market isn't big enough to support those kinds of products yet, IMO. It is kind of like cars... sometimes they just don't make the engine, color, and transmission combination that you want because the numbers just don't make sense.
And yes, I know we all talk about how we want 41 megapixels and don't care that it makes the phone 2 inches thick. Just wait til you hold it
You know if Nokia make a 41mp WP8 phone, they would have sold more than Nikon D4.
Yeah I am just go ahead and call you an idiot.
Yes, because it takes as much time, money, and effort to bring a camera to market as it does a smartphone. I'm sure the profit margins are equivalent too
Nokia's focus (for the short term) needs to be on creating mass market products. I'm sure they will cater to the niches in 2013 when they have their bases covered and it makes more sense to do so.
Seriously?
Sure. Even Fujifilm X100 sold like gangbusters because it offer image quality edge over the competitions, even thought it costs about $300-500 more than the cameras in its class.
Photographers takes superior camera equiptments very seriously.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I don't disagree that they take their equipment seriously, but I'm not totally sold that mentally trickles down to the smartphone realm beyond a certain point.
The camera is the only technological edge Nokia has over the other OEM (keep in mind its not a part you can order from Sony), why wouldn't Nokia want to put it in every Nokia phone? Even a smaller 20mp camera would have done the job.
What do Nokia have in the 820/920 that other OEM don't have? ZTE could have easily make a 820 clone with the same spec.
Elop's definitely hyping it up. He is a very good speaker. Will no doubt be better than Samsung at IFA.
Fjolle
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Woo! Feature unveiling!
HollovVpo1nt
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You know, I'll look like an idiot for saying this, but I think Microsoft should introduce Windows Mobile 7. A stable Windows Mobile with modern UI, free for OEM's. Why? To replace Android. Windows Mobile comes close to Android in terms of openness and customisation. If MS releases WM7 for free, OEM's might pick that up cause it will basically be Android without the lawsuits. Minus the apps oufcorse..
Fjolle
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Yea. You're silly. WM doesn't support any new hardware. That's why they did the whole switch-a-roo with kernels from WP7 to WP8.
Cute Dragon Here
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Pretty sure the "Windows Mobile" name carries more of a negative connotation than "Windows" or "Windows Phone" these days...
Cute Dragon Here
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Depends. If I do web browsing and photo taking on my phone not continuously, but rather a lot, I've noticed that, given 90% of battery, I manage to whittle it down to 1% in around 7 hours. Not bad, huh?
On another note: with background tasks on full blast, and instant push email on Outlook.com and GMail, 8 hours of idle drain costs around 20% of the battery charge.
lastflowers
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Yep. It won't sell. Windows Mobile typically contained a large amount of engineering effort for each phone that was released. It was not feasible in the long run.
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