People always say this, but it works almost perfectly for me. It's maybe the only app where notifications aren't 15 minutes behind.
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People always say this, but it works almost perfectly for me. It's maybe the only app where notifications aren't 15 minutes behind.
Factually incorrect.
brotkasten
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I say terrible skin, you say Launcher7. But many here will agree that there's no difference between the two.
Oh, I thought you were talking about the teribble skin on the winmo kernel, my mistake.
brotkasten
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That doesn't even make sense.
brotkasten
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You're talking like it's Android.
You're sometimes quite amusing, and at least you're an equal opportunity troll, but often you still annoy the shit out of me.
brotkasten
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You mean diverse. Because that's what Android is know for, right? Diversity.
You're sometimes quite amusing, and at least you're an equal opportunity troll, but often you still annoy the shit out of me.
What Ca..
Diversity is a side effect of actually shipping.
Cute Dragon Here
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Do I have iron hands or something? I've noticed that I can take night mode shots with much blur without looking for something to hold it steady. Even with the supposedly poor camera that the 900 has.
I have to say Android is looking more appealing now than ever.
We should thank Amazon for that.
Finally a company with a clear vision is in control of the platform.
Damon Bennet
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i would not include amazons offerings with android. is is based on android technology, but it so different that I would say it is not "android" anymore.
I know, it just works.
brotkasten
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So much for the rich audio recording rumor.
I thought the big deal was the dynamic range. Mono versus stereo doesn't change that.
Cute Dragon Here
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Pretty much, yeah. Crisp, rich audio is better than mediocre stereo audio, even if it's just mono. (I actually tried to record off headphones to test out my 900's mic, and I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of music detail recorded, even when it's just mono.)
I love that you basically won't need ANY cables for the 920. The combination of Bluetooth, NFC, wireless sync, cloud storage, wireless charging and cellular is still peerless, right? Would love to see what it would look like if they even removed the headphone jack and micro USB.
Maybe they could even try to take that angle on marketing. Unconditionally Unbound. The first smartphone that fully delivers on the promis of wireless. Something along these lines (A bit more elegant and sexy, of course).
Maybe they could even try to take that angle on marketing. Unconditionally Unbound. The first smartphone that fully delivers on the promis of wireless. Something along these lines (A bit more elegant and sexy, of course).
Sadly it'll still be tons better than the audio recording in most smartphones out there. Competition man, how does it work? If the Lumia 920 doesn't sell because of whatever reasons, other OEMs will probably never have to care anything other than improving the usual spec sheet numbers. Nokia just reminded everyone there's still tons of room of improvement for typical smartphone hardware that everyone is so used to. Heck, even Apple hasn't done much on the hardware side aside from much better designs and retina display.
So I tried Windows phone 7 for 6 months with the HTC Radar 4g, but went back to Android and picked up the HTC EVO LTE (One X for Sprint). I'm hoping Windows 8 does well enough to be a viable 3rd competitor. Here are things I hope to see in Windows phone 8:
Faster start up times for third party apps. I always hear how fast Windows phone 7 is, but to me that's not true. It's smooth, but I wouldn't call it fast.
More developers getting on board. I don't care hearing about 100k apps in the marketplace, but I do want my banking apps and Yahoo fantasy football app. Going to the website is not as convenient.
Better notifications. I hate getting a notification, and if I don't have a live tile for the particular app, I have no idea what the notification is for. This looks like it has been fixed in Windows phone 8 - there's notifications on the lock screen, and it looks like phones can now have an led light for notifications.
As long as these things happen I'm open to getting Windows phone 8 for my next phone. Specs have caught up (720 screen resolution, Qualcomm S4 Krait processor, etc) and are good enough.
Faster start up times for third party apps. I always hear how fast Windows phone 7 is, but to me that's not true. It's smooth, but I wouldn't call it fast.
More developers getting on board. I don't care hearing about 100k apps in the marketplace, but I do want my banking apps and Yahoo fantasy football app. Going to the website is not as convenient.
Better notifications. I hate getting a notification, and if I don't have a live tile for the particular app, I have no idea what the notification is for. This looks like it has been fixed in Windows phone 8 - there's notifications on the lock screen, and it looks like phones can now have an led light for notifications.
As long as these things happen I'm open to getting Windows phone 8 for my next phone. Specs have caught up (720 screen resolution, Qualcomm S4 Krait processor, etc) and are good enough.
Not to be unexpected, Nokia should still be on top.
Steelyuhas
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Yeah, Windows 8 doesn't have a notification center, so don't except one on WP. Notifications on W8 and WP8 appear to be exactly the same: Toast, live tile, and you can set lock screen notifications.
so it should be really. They've yet to actual release a phone that competes with the iPhone/S3 and they've been on a downward trend for years now so there's no free pass.
If the iPhone 5 does something so incredible it makes the 920 look outdated before release they're going to be in real trouble. They need to be able to compete for at least a year.
I guess we're screwed, it has an extra row of icons on the home screen.
What would they have to gain from that? They can't just say "wait for our next phone" until they're bankrupt.
I'm mainly waiting for all the great names they'll give those design changes. I'm ready for the Dichromatic Backside Experience, the Cinema Display and the Homescreen +1.
wait for the next smoked by windows phone event
:lol
Seriously, you keep hoping for more, like the Pureview Pro and Pureview OIS combined, but they haven't even invented it yet. Moving a bigger size sensor and have it synchronized enough to have minimal shake will take another mechanical engineering feat. Even if they eventually manage to do it, it won't be a mainstream phone by any stretch.
Is anyone here a lumia 900 owner who had a purple tinted screen at low brightness? Even if not, did anyone notice the brightness range change with recent updates after june? (as in, it no longer can get as dim as it used to)
I'm trying to figure out how nokia claims it fixed that with a software update when everything I've read about the issue on nokia's symbian phones and android phones with AMOLED screens indicates it's a hardware issue relating to the green subpixels/pixels.
I'm trying to figure out how nokia claims it fixed that with a software update when everything I've read about the issue on nokia's symbian phones and android phones with AMOLED screens indicates it's a hardware issue relating to the green subpixels/pixels.
Cute Dragon Here
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http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...racking_code=9243ca2be239b74782d561442fadcadc
Microsoft wants your suggestions on what to implement on WP7.8! Get in there and suggest some stuff.
Microsoft wants your suggestions on what to implement on WP7.8! Get in there and suggest some stuff.
hope that they listen, I have faith in you ms, don't let me down
So, they haven't started yet
Nah, they just found they have some extra time to add some things while they're waiting for WP8 to finish.
I just read the article on spiegel.de and that was more of an objective summary of the announcements. don't know if they did an article on the controversy.
However, they comments to the article were rather brutal with regards to Windows Phone.
The only right answer is whatever they were working on anyway.
Nothing new is going to be added on the strength of user feedback.
The Faceless Master
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don't get it twisted, WinMo had real IRC clients...
Steelyuhas
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I know, thinking the same thing.
The updates are rolled out gradually and only after carriers have signed off on them. However there are some ways to circumvent that and get updates earlier. For me the easiest method to do that has never worked, so I just waited a couple of weeks.
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