VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Wish I could get in on the twitter action--but I don't think it's wise.
Why, you post secret MS info on Twitter?
I'm @vanmardigan on twitter, btw, I added some of you guys already.
Wish I could get in on the twitter action--but I don't think it's wise.
Should be around the time we see A15 based phones too. Will be amazing.
I doubt it, what phone would it come in? I guess I wouldn't be TOO surprised if the iPhone 5 goes with a dual core A15.
I almost would be willing to bet it will. I definitely think the iP5 will be the first. A15 dual core phone. And following that phones from other manu's based on it. MS could time their flagship W8 phones on that. Have them come out and be some of the fastest phones on the market.
I doubt it, what phone would it come in? I guess I wouldn't be TOO surprised if the iPhone 5 goes with a dual core A15.
Back on my 4S and noticed how much faster Safari is compared to IE. It's like, LTE never existed.
So what are your impressions of the OS so far?
My wife can't download Zune pass music on her phone like I can, but she can play any Zune DRM song on her phone once its synced. So she just dloads songs from the marketplace using Zune pass and then syncs them to her phone. But yeah, it would be better if we both had the full Zune Pass privileges.
Also, Samsung just showed what their windows phone 8 will generally look like this fall. Yawn, another all glossy plastic phone and they are still falling behind in camera tech. Good thing HTC has stepped up their game and we have Nokia now, I'm not buying another Samsung phone until they start giving a shit again about design and camera.
I appreciate the cohesiveness of it and it really does live up to the promise of getting you in and out of the phone much quicker. I have some issues with the browser like resizing the text to fit the screen. Overall, I think it is the best OS on the market. But there are a lot of improvements that can be made. We all know it needs more quality apps and MS should find ways to get developers to make sure the apps on Win phone are up to the quality of other OS's... For example Pulse on android seems two versions ahead of Pulse on Win phone.
I also am a Zune subscriber and have 3 zunes in my family. I bought 3 phones to replace the zunes but can only have one phone on my Zune subscription... So I am a bit pissed a out that. Especially when there isn't Pandora to fill the gap.
I don't have any experience with screen replacements. But did you check the user reviews on the site/if they had any.So about a week and a half ago I cracked the screen on my Arrive pretty bad. It still worked but obviously didn't look good. I got a new digitizer and my boyfriend installed it last night. Fairly complicated and delicate work. Got it all back together and the screen does not work properly. The bottom third works fairly ok, the middle portion works some of the time and the top portion works almost none of the time. Did we screw up the installation or is it a bad digitizer? Thinking of trying again since its only around $20 for the screen or other option is to buy a new (or used) Arrive. Or go back to an old android phone we have laying around but I know I would really really miss wp7. Any advice?
Also, Samsung just showed what their windows phone 8 will generally look like this fall. Yawn, another all glossy plastic phone and they are still falling behind in camera tech. Good thing HTC has stepped up their game and we have Nokia now, I'm not buying another Samsung phone until they start giving a shit again about design and camera.
Also, Samsung just showed what their windows phone 8 will generally look like this fall. Yawn, another all glossy plastic phone and they are still falling behind in camera tech. Good thing HTC has stepped up their game and we have Nokia now, I'm not buying another Samsung phone until they start giving a shit again about design and camera.
Question about Zune Pass - Can I download songs using my WP7.5 phone with ten monthly song credits (thereby bypassing PC)?
It's funny, because the Omnia 7 had a great design and a pretty good camera as well, iirc. I'd still buy it if it had a pentile free screen.
With the WP dev event in June, what are the odds that MS might have some phone reveals at the E3 presser, which is also in June. It is called entertainment evolved.
Question about Zune Pass - Can I download songs using my WP7.5 phone with ten monthly song credits (thereby bypassing PC)?
With the WP dev event in June, what are the odds that MS might have some phone reveals at the E3 presser, which is also in June.
I guess that means WP8 will eschew buttons for Windows 8 style gestures. Nice.
And yeah the GS3 is downright ugly.
I guess that means WP8 will eschew buttons for Windows 8 style gestures. Nice.
And yeah the GS3 is downright ugly.
So I think I'm gonna buy my first smartphone this week, most likely a nokia lumia 800. Can't wait >__<
I'm overdue for a new phone and interested in Windows Phone 8. What is the best guess for when these would be on the market?
I'm overdue for a new phone and interested in Windows Phone 8. What is the best guess for when these would be on the market?
Brot can suck it.Don't say that. Brot reads this thread.
Damn, I wonder if I would be better off settling for a Lumia 900 or something.October or November would be my guess for new devices.
Uuh, what do you guys make of this: Is this picture proof that Apollo will run on the Nokia Lumia 900?
Story was updated because it was pointed out the Lumia has no buttons. If this isn't the 900, what...IS...IT? Fake?
Also, if we're getting a Galaxy S III as rumored later this year as a WP8 device, after getting a look at it. Gotta go with Van, Samsung's hardware design is quickly becoming very bland to me. Plus they keep going cheapy feeling plastic. Tech specs are nice, but the phone doesn't have a soul.
Oh god he's back.
Anyone have some data saving tips? Thinking of grabbing a Vodafone SIM card and using it to roam on their 25MB a day thing (10 GBP a month) while in Europe. That way I can use it for Facebook messages / WhatsApp or something with people I need to meet up with. Just don't want my data sucked out by anything heavy that might be in the background.
I do like have FB Chat and MSN on normally but don't think that's probably a huge data hog?
Oh and Bing Maps pulls from data right? Can't be accessed offline?
^ halp
Also, does anyone else have a bug on their Facebook app where messages have a line break after every word? o.o
There are bunch of potential items that can use up data. Here are some tips:
1. Remember that being on WiFi is only as good as when you have your phone unlocked. When you have your phone locked, I believe the WiFi shuts off to conserve power. I believe that any jobs you have going on, such as email checking, will use your cellular connection. If you want, turn your cellular connection off when you're on WiFi. Settings ==> cellular ==> Data connection
2. Take note of the number of email accounts you are checking/syncing and the interval you are checking them. Go to Settings ==> email & accounts ==> click on the email account ==> observe the "Download new content" time interval. You may want to set this to a longer time setting or even manual.
3. Examine the number of Live tiles you have and the push notifications for them. Some of these check for stuff often.
4. Settings ==> feedback, and turn it off. Note though that I believe there is a bug that will cause it to turn on after the phone is powered off, then on.
5. I always close my Internet Explorer tabs. Some sites do a refresh every such and such minute and I am unclear if this runs in the background even when I don't have I.E. open. So I ensure all my tabs are clear.
6. I have noticed a couple of times the phone told me I was connected to my WiFi, but in reality I wasn't. I was clearly getting 3G speeds instead of WiFi. The issue turned out to be my router, but now I always check to see if I am truly on WiFi through a speed test.
I have 2GB on my data plan. I have three email accounts checking every 15 minutes. I probably spend about an hour a day on Facebook. I have two live tiles pushing data every 15 minutes. I send about four pictures were day on text messaging and about 1000 text messages a month. Per month I was using an average of 400 MB of data.
Ugh, the Galaxy SIII and now this. I don't think I'm a huge fan of Samsung's design anymore.
Ugh, the Galaxy SIII and now this. I don't think I'm a huge fan of Samsung's design anymore.
How could you ever be. They always looked bland and boring. Except for the focus.Ugh, the Galaxy SIII and now this. I don't think I'm a huge fan of Samsung's design anymore.
How could you ever be. They always looked bland and boring. Except for the focus.
The Nexus and Galaxy Nexus were sexy phones too.
No they weren't the g nexus had this ugly bump on the back. And it only came in one color.The Nexus and Galaxy Nexus were sexy phones too.
The Nexus was HTC.
The Nexus was HTC.
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announced a class action lawsuit on behalf of the purchasers of Nokia Corporation that charges Nokia and its directors with direct violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The firm argued that the hastening of Nokias debilitating market share is in direct violation of the terms of the Microsoft merger. In addition, the glitches and issues of the Lumia 900, leading to a temporary period of free devices, is costing Nokia money. The group hopes to recover damages on behalf of purchasers of Nokia.
Look who's mad.