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Cute Dragon Here
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Actually, when you see the actual amount of storage that all the stuff that you can't take away on your phone, you should have a better idea on how much storage you actually need on your next phone. Starting storage on phones can get expensive.
That's exactly how I feel. If they wanted people to who were holding off buying an iPhone to wait for the new Lumias then why not release details on price and carriers or allow them to at least sign up for pre-orders? The more info they give the more they'll give customers reasons to hold off on buying an iPhone so making an announcement that had no meat to it is why people are upset.
When Apple does their presentation you can bet they'll give price, release date and pre-orders plans. Even at the Motorla conference they gave out details on price, availability and pre-order information which is at the end of the day what consumers want to hear. Microsoft and Nokia are doing it wrong.
Yea obviously the software isn't ready and they're going to work on it until the last minute. I if can imagine the frustrations from devs that want to develop apps for it but are left in the dark which is unusual since Microsoft has always made it easy for them to do development for their platforms but not this one.
Don't know how SkyDrive works for streaming, but I believe that the file size limit should be 2GB by now (at least for files uploaded with SkyDrive for Windows).
Not sure you are using the cloud for storage or just for access to the videos, but Plex is an open source media server and it has an app for WP. Pretty great.
If you are buying the largest storage option for your iPhone so that you can store your photos and videos, then I think it might be better (and a lot cheaper) to stick with the mid (or low) tier storage and sync your photos with your PC.
Sounds like a habit born out of the fact that the iPhone isn't any good at aggregating media from different locations. I can't imagine any reason to keep photos locally (especially 3 year old ones) when photos in the cloud are just as easy as access to those stored on the device. Especially with WP8 adding the ability to sync full res images automatically
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I've come to this conclusion for all of my media. Now I'm not saying the barebones 8 gigs is enough that phones like the 820 or Atrix HD ship with is enough, but 16 guys for the average user is fine for the average user, and 32 for the heavy.
Not saying more storage isn't nice, but with cloud options I just don't feel the need. Plus it means everything is backed up too.
Anton Sugar
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Yeah, I would have to work very hard to fill up 32gb on my phone. It will be more than enough for me.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
16 gbs isn't enough for me. I hate having to manage my storage. 32gb might be enough, I'm not sure, but I had a 32gb sd card lying around that I have been waiting to use on my next phone, and then Nokia shits all over that.
Cute Dragon Here
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You might want to wait until someone more "reputable" writes about it.
Yeah the pricing seems off. But considering the Austrian Nokia site does not even show the new Lumias (Swiss, German does), I can see the later availability happen.
brotkasten
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They know their priorities. Also, 600 euro MSRP unlocked seems to be normal for smartphones, no?
If you mean the priority of not wanting to sell the phones to as many customers as possible, I agree.
May be looking into getting a win phone for shits and giggles. I currently use the following apps on a regular basis:
HBO go
Netflix
Google reader
Pocket casts
Google plus
Instagram
Tumblr
YouTube
Google music (cloud streaming)
What would I lose or gain by moving to a win phone?
HBO go
Netflix
Google reader
Pocket casts
Google plus
Tumblr
YouTube
Google music (cloud streaming)
What would I lose or gain by moving to a win phone?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
For now mainly the Google stuff is what you'd lose out on as well as Instagram. Podcasts is built into the device and there are apps for Netflix and HBO. Youtube works fine. You'd need to switch to a different 3rd party reader, but no biggie there.
Your just SOL on Google+ as their isn't really an app for that, and WP doesn't have an instagram app yet either. There isn't an official GMusic app, but there are 3rd party ones so you'd be okay there.
All of this is subject to change once WP8 hits though and we see if more devs get on board or not.
Instagram and Google Plus
There are some pretty incredible 3rd party YouTube apps
Goroovster for Google Music
They took the news from which I took it and posted above, but it seems more like speculation than any hard facts.
Ah, I'm dumb not to check their source before I post. Sorry.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
That bodes well for a possible $449 off contract price point in the US.
frontieruk
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Ah the if I get it right or close I look like I have sources, if it's wrong I'll cry like a bitch that my sources screwed me ploy.
.... wat?
wow, that's a much better situation than I could have hoped for. I'll keep an eye on things when the Windows Phone 8 stuff is released.
frontieruk
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Thurrott's a whiny bitch who thinks everyone's out for him, if what he says is right he will bask in the glory if not he'll bitch that he was fed misleading info to promote the devices.
Let's hope for another $100 credit, too.
.... wat?
Fjolle
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Hopefully before.
It would be cool with more than 3 wp8 apps at launch
But with microsoft you never know :s
I would love if they showed all the new features sometime between the iPhone unveiling and whenever the iPhone is released. That way they can't complain that Apple steals their ideas, and it might get some people to wait a month and buy a WP8 phone instead.
If that happens, I will definitely grab one for the fiancee, and possible one for myself. The sales of the Titan and 900 should get me $100 or $150 total right?
frontieruk
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VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Selling those two phones in the fall should net you about $250.
antiquegamer
Member
I don't mind him occasionally their "We just don't comment" does get tiresome but I like how he doesn't mind slamming Microsoft when they need to be. I wouldn't be surprise he got shut out after his vocal complain about the carrier update debacle.
I fully agree with him on many issues with Microsoft. I love Microsoft product but the company seems to lack effective leader and "visionary". What few they have, had all left.
Oh, wow. That would be great.
jossueinacoma
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new branding cards rolling out?
new branding cards rolling out?
Is that the usual price of those things? Also, why are they listing music with the gold membership? Are they going to combine them? That would be good in my opinion.
24.99 is the standard price for 3-month gold.
new branding cards rolling out?
Saw those at Gamestop the other day. There are different MS point amounts available.
antiquegamer
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If they smart they would but they are not. Looking at Amazon roll-out, with Prime Membership I get free 2-days shipping on physical product, Amazon movies / movie, music all in the cloud for streaming and download anywhere. I can play my Amazon "stuffs" on most of the devices. Looking at new Kindle, beside the awful U.I., the eco system and value are way better than Microsoft eco.
Amazon announce Fire and it's now up for pre-order and Fire HD ship in 2 weeks. Surface and now Nokia phone have no price / availability / or even what carriers/store will get the devices. Hype already deflating. I already pre-order new Kindle because it's available now for pre-order.
Some stuff from wmpoweruser:
Nokia did not want to defile the Nokia Lumia 920 with a microSD card slot (lolwut)
Video of the low light challenge
Nokia's (highly technical) explanation of Puremotion
And another video of the OIS in action (for video)
I believe in Nokia.
Nokia did not want to defile the Nokia Lumia 920 with a microSD card slot (lolwut)
Video of the low light challenge
Nokia's (highly technical) explanation of Puremotion
And another video of the OIS in action (for video)
I believe in Nokia.
I like them as an aggregator. They'll "report" the most meaningless bullshit, so for stuff like app updates, they're kinda nice.
i assume the google + mobile website works unless google is a bitch and haven't enabled it.
on the iphone i use the browser for a lot of things, if windows phone has similar support for mobile websites then my switch would be extremely easy.
They can be dicks when it comes to this. Google Docs works pretty great on my 3 year old iPod Touch as far as I remember, but it's unusable on WP7.
Google+ works ok, but it's not that great as a web app.
Suppose I can give them that lol
Yeah the mobile site seems to work fine on WP, just tried it there now.
wmpoweruser says both the 820 and 920 have OIS. they are wrong right? only the 920 has OIS.
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