Liberty4all
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I find the lack of battery percentage when browsing more annoying. I hate having to back out to check ... And it's something I check once ever couple of minutes. I never realized this before but I sure do now
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I find the lack of battery percentage when browsing more annoying. I hate having to back out to check ... And it's something I check once ever couple of minutes. I never realized this before but I sure do now
I find the lack of battery percentage when browsing more annoying. I hate having to back out to check ... And it's something I check once ever couple of minutes. I never realized this before but I sure do now
If you must check your power levels constantly, you can hold the back button down and pull up the card view. Then when you're satisfied just punch back into the app that you were using. Maybe after using the OS for a while you become less obsessed with these types of things, idk.
frontieruk
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baffles me too. Its not like it doesn't display when you go to make a call.
he is right on auto capitalization, it auto capitalizes after . Like so, but
it doesn't for a new paragraph though it does for the first paragraph. It does for names like James, Sarah etc and does when referring to ones self such as I am just writing jibberish now, and I find the auto correct more accurate but I'm used to watching for what I'm actually typing rather than relying on the OS to guess what I'm actually trying to type.
me too I guess it depends on where you are and what you do but I never look and love the minimalist look of the screen.
I cringe when I see all the info in your face on the other Os's
I remember reading an MS dev talking abut the keyboard and said number one rule... trust the autocorrect!
When I do and dont try to interpret it myself, I find it pretty good. It actualy recognizes context within a sentence pretty well and gives you good words when it sees what you might be trying to say.
Liberty4all
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Thanks frontieruk for explaining how auto cap works. I wonder why they chose not to capitalize new paragraphs. Minor quibble really.
Also that's cool about the hold back feature. I'll use that to tab while surfing from now on.
I guess I'll be learning all the tricks over the next few days.
Where did you get your 920 from???
Cute Dragon Here
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*notices that the battery meter tends to stick to 100% for quite a while until it hits 85% on his phone for some reason*
frontieruk
Member
Now that more people have WP8, can someone give me a screenshot of how the index and maybe a thread page look for my forums in IE10 on WP8? It looks like complete ass in WP7 but just fine on iOS, Android, and probably BlackBerry. Really hoping IE10 is fine...
http://nuggetbridge.com/forums
Thanks!
http://nuggetbridge.com/forums
Thanks!
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
While using the browser in portrait mode, you can tap the ellipsis to bring up the top status bar, then just swipe it down when you're done.
antiquegamer
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Because you are using inferior Windows Phone. Seriously, I do love the 8X, it looks and feel great, if not for Nokia godly camera 8x would be my choice. Anyway you still need to swipe to get info on top, it is that way on the Lumia too.
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
So you can take screenshots from the phone now right? Can anyone advise as to how? Thanks in advance!
Hasn't for me either. It why a lot of my posts here aren't capitalized when I start a sentence.
EDIT: Just noticed the paragraph explanation.
Windows + Power buttons, like on iOS.
NeOak
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So where is everyone buying the 8x? No one has it around here it seems
Not that many unfortunately for HTC.
antiquegamer
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Power button, and then tap the home (window button). Of you have shutter sound on you should hear the click. Pictures are save to Screenshot folder.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
On my phone I don't have to swipe to get the status bar when I go into the cards screen.
show me your skeleton
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it sorted itself out, woo! running at full wp8 power
Sinofsky says he never tried to take over the Windows Phone division.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/15/3648552/steven-sinofsky-windows-phone-comments
WPGaf, how do you judge him?
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/15/3648552/steven-sinofsky-windows-phone-comments
WPGaf, how do you judge him?
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
Double press the space bar after you finish a sentence, it'll automatically place a period and capitalize for your next sentence.
Then touch the time - it gives you battery and all that.
So where is everyone buying the 8x? No one has it around here it seems
My Fiancé (TMobile) is trying to get it since the Samsung Ativ S has disappeared in America. She's so ready for a new phone she even caved to getting a blue phone.
On a side note. Universal Apps are really needed for Windows Store + Phone.
I think I read a few days ago that the Ativ will arrive in December. I think it was on wmpoweruser
That was the UK delay until November. The phone in the US is totally MIA.
Not with mine. After I let the phone fully die 2-3 times. The battery is fantastic. Went from Tuesday 12pm - Wednesday 10pm. Before the phone reached critical.
NeOak
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Same with mine. I haven't charged it since yesterday morning and it still has 49% left.
killer rin
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I'm split, on one hand it is seeming increasingly like he may have been the cause of the SDK and "annoucnement" releases till the last minute, but he may not have
MS_Nerd is saying that OEM pushback on Surface is part of the reason why he is gone. Seems dumb though, that should have been obvious to everyone in Microsoft.
I don't really think he ever had much to do with anything Windows Phone. He probably has more to do with why Windows and Windows Phone aren't more similar.
I don't really think he ever had much to do with anything Windows Phone. He probably has more to do with why Windows and Windows Phone aren't more similar.
killer rin
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But still, doesn't it seem odd to you? Even with the SDK, they said that it would release a few months before release, but then they go pitch quiet, ignoring all questions about the OS/SDK until it came out. When you look at it, it sort of looks like they just adopted the Surface model for secrecy. It's why I'm split, if he did make a play for leadership, it would easily explain the rapid change in secrecy within the WP division.
... Of course if it was just a general order from say Balmer, it would also make sense.
That's pretty decent, cheaper than Rogers.
Also it seems like my store/marketplace issues have sorted themselves out. I don't know what the hell was going on last night. I had a bitch of time redownloading apps, sometimes it would time out and lose connection to the store? Weird.
frontieruk
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But wait, there's more -- the Kin team is being refocused onto the WP7 project, but that's not the only shakeup going on. Our source said there had been rumblings that Steven Sinofsky -- president of the Windows and Windows Live groups -- is making a play for the entire mobile division as well in an attempt to bring a unified, Windows-centric product line to market
sound familiar?
sound familiar?
maybe not stateside but HTC are probably owning the small UK market due to the exclusivity BS, and if they've done the same across Europe I'd imagine HTC sales will be up.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
My phone lost 80% charge in 6 hours under relatively heavy use. It definitely won't make it to the end of my workday. I'm not too worried because aside from firmware tweaks which I'm sure Nokia and MS will release, one factor that nobody mentions in these discussions is signal strength and consistency, which is absolute battery poison.
My at&t signal is crap, they've been horrible lately and the signal strength indicator is always jumping around. The phone is constantly reconnecting with the varying signal and intermittent data and I know that is affecting my battery life significantly.
My at&t signal is crap, they've been horrible lately and the signal strength indicator is always jumping around. The phone is constantly reconnecting with the varying signal and intermittent data and I know that is affecting my battery life significantly.
I notice I tend to jump from 4G to 3G, probably doesn't help.
Cute Dragon Here
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I'm in a bit of dilemma today.
Conserve battery and lose out on a lot of things that we take for granted on smartphones, or let the battery drain by 20% every 7 hours of idling? I really like push email and notifications and oh my, being uber-connected, but...
Conserve battery and lose out on a lot of things that we take for granted on smartphones, or let the battery drain by 20% every 7 hours of idling? I really like push email and notifications and oh my, being uber-connected, but...
It is weird, with my 900 I could use Local Scout by setting the search to US, but with the 920 I still get the Local Scout button, but nothing is found in the search? Does it have anything to do with not having Bing Maps on the phone??
Thankfully the swiping to the side for Bing movies, news, etc. works.
Thankfully the swiping to the side for Bing movies, news, etc. works.
Dammit Rogers just one of red or white is all I ask...
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/11/15/rogers-could-be-preparing-to-launch-the-nokia-lumia-920-in-yellow/
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/11/15/rogers-could-be-preparing-to-launch-the-nokia-lumia-920-in-yellow/
Seriously try letting the phone die several times. Even after dying see if it powers on. If it does let it die again.
After I let the phone complete die twice. My battery became more than my 900 ever was.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
We need to drive over to brot's house with pitchforks and demand our new thread.
Cute Dragon Here
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You may not want to look at my list of background tasks. It fills pages! I think hay has something to do with it.
Turn them all off, or keep the functionality...
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