Damon Bennet
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but there is spotify in germany. if they made it work, im sure zune pass could exist there as well
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Complex Shadow
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prob "too much work" for them.
brotkasten
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They probably saw statistics that told them users aren't interested enough or that the marketshare was too small, so the bailed. like they always do. I still find that response to the podcast situation fucking hilarious.
Complex Shadow
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oh hey guys look.
almost 7 whole percent. PROGRESS!
almost 7 whole percent. PROGRESS!
oh hey guys look.
almost 7 whole percent. PROGRESS!
Windows Phone and Honeycomb have a lot in common.
oh hey guys look.
almost 7 whole percent. PROGRESS!
Still more than WP7's market share.
Don't get the big deal really, do all the phones in gingerbread not work? Who cares if they have ICS yet. I have to wonder how Nokia would be doing now if they went with Android rather than windows. Look no further than Samsung for what Android has done for them.
Complex Shadow
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ಠ_ಠStill more than WP7's market share.
Don't get the big deal really, do all the phones in gingerbread not work? Who cares if they have ICS yet. I have to wonder how Nokia would be doing now if they went with Android rather than windows. Look no further than Samsung for what Android has done for them.
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Most people dont man, honest truth. I updated a nexus s and .....outside of a little performance there isn't much of a difference. At least for the person using it. For me, there's a big difference, but most people don't care about things like HID support.
Complex Shadow
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in a platform where performance is on of the main issue. every little bit helps. imo anyways.
in a platform where performance is a main issue. every little bit helps.
meh, the nexus S (dat exynos) did very well on GB, and again, regular users aren't anywhere near maxing out the hardware.
It helps, but it's not as end-of-the-world are people make it out to be unless you're on really low end hardware. Most people worried about those types of performance things probably wont hang on to hardware for more than a year anyways.
Complex Shadow
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its kind of staggering going from iphone 4s to G nexsus with a few widgets.
the common person maybe dumb but they're not stupid.
I won't disagree that iOS runs great on their hardware, but were not talking about someone going from an iphone to an android, we're talking about someone already on GB moving to ICS. Ignorance is bliss and all that jazz.
Complex Shadow
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no we are not. we are talking about how important performance is to a platform. and going from GB to ICS. also performance isn't the only factor. what happens when jelly bean comes out. ignorance will only get you so far. if this was about someone going from iOS to droid. then it would be because of boredom nothing else.
Right, but it's not like GB is missing things like sharing between apps, or a notification center, or built in VOIP, or ability to change default apps, or apps not restarting when you start them from the launcher, or well...you get the point.
GB was/is pretty feature complete for phones. Most of the HC/ICS additions have been for alternate form factors and additional features, not features that existed on symbian.
Still more than WP7's market share.
Don't get the big deal really, do all the phones in gingerbread not work? Who cares if they have ICS yet. I have to wonder how Nokia would be doing now if they went with Android rather than windows. Look no further than Samsung for what Android has done for them.
I think it's more a case of what Samsung has done for Android.
Funny how Windows 8 isn't out yet and most of the apps already do live tiles much better than Windows Phone. Haven't had any WP style frozen tiles either, hopefully whatever improvements have been made to the live tile/notification system will make their way into Windows Phone.
Out of curiosity, what would you guys like to see make the transition from Windows 8 to Windows Phone?
Out of curiosity, what would you guys like to see make the transition from Windows 8 to Windows Phone?
More colour options, resizable tiles, search within apps with the search button (as it was pre-Mango).
Can't think of much else as I haven't used W8 that much.
Good Job Bob
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Contracts and charm bar.
brotkasten
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Working notifications.
brotkasten
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Funny, because when I played with the RP yesterday, I had that exact WP behavior with the music app (which is already total and utter shit). It was obviously a bug, but still made me chuckle.
The Faceless Master
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post saved for Apollo
Even if devices aren't upgradeable, beating 7% should be cake with the small amount of devices out there
Complex Shadow
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fuck i wish they would just use zune. why doesn't someone do something about this.
thats if WP8 isn't a whole new set of devices
frontieruk
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dnijZN1WNU&feature=youtu.be
Favourite part is the guy with the S3 looks like he's been dragged out of work at the carphone warehouse for the challenge.
Favourite part is the guy with the S3 looks like he's been dragged out of work at the carphone warehouse for the challenge.
frontieruk
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We won't see pureview in the first gen of Apollo, they may show up in the spring refresh but I'm thinking Nokia want a more solid launch than what we saw with the 800 with battery issues and random deaths and the 900 and it's LTE problems.
Well, at least you're not teased with "launched" but unavailable apps like German Lumia users. Both Nokia's eBook-reader and the Dark Knight Rises app can't be downloaded even though the description is in German...
frontieruk
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Why wouldn't it be good? 7.5 is still slicker than the competition, hardware specs are being raised, the only thing from a hardware standpoint I can't see is Nokia pureview everything else will pretty much match android devices, iOS will be iOS some layout tweaks some colour tweaks but no real change in how it works, you don't alienate your bread and butter which may be a bitter pill for ms at windows 8 launch as metro isn't really an enterprise interface.
My dream phone is a Windows Phone 8 Pure View quad core Nokia phone with a 1080p display. I just have a feeling that Pureview is a ways off, and multiple cores are too. IDK, I am obviously waiting to see what WP8 has to offer, but I can't wait too much longer for cutting edge tech. My biggest gripe was the screen size to the iPhone, but I hate the rumored aspect ratio (why the fuck would you just make it taller?!?)
HollovVpo1nt
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Man, I'm trying to find a cheap Windows Phone for my mom but they really aren't as cheap as I thought. I'm looking at a 100-150 euro range. I guess I'll have to buy one used. I'm digging the look of the Omnia 7 and my mom liked the lumia 710 (black and pink).
The 610 really has to hurry up
The 610 really has to hurry up
Damon Bennet
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Man, I'm trying to find a cheap Windows Phone for my mom but they really aren't as cheap as I thought. I'm looking at a 100-150 euro range. I guess I'll have to buy one used. I'm digging the look of the Omnia 7 and my mom liked the lumia 710 (black and pink).
The 610 really has to hurry up
610 is not worth it. 710 or a first gen phone is still the best cheap option.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
You know we will have multiple cores this fall. 1080p I'm not sure about, but no platform may have that in mass production by this fall, we will have to see about that. Look, I'm in the same boat as you, and I've already owned the other platforms, but I'm having a hard time picturing a scenario where Apollo won't be competitive, in hardware or software. Lucky for us, we will find out for sure this month.
Just to get the expectations in check, it'll be dual core (the S4 dual core performs as well as the quad core tegra and exynos) and most likely 720p. Might get the Pro version of the S4 with a beefier GPU, we'll see.
I just hope the device i want makes it way to my carrier
brotkasten
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frontieruk
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It's capable... but will they do it?
If its capable it'll be hacked to upgrade if carriers block it.
As to multicore and Nokia, I don't expect to see them till the spring refresh
Huh? Isn't multi core a given for the Windows Phone 8 launch? Or do you mean multi as > 2?
frontieruk
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Nokia want to move away from Qualcomm's chipset to STericssons' which only recently got approved vendor status, Nokia will develop pureview and multicore around that chipset so I really don't expect to see a Nokia multicore this fall, it'll be a stop gap device like the 800 (it's still a good handset before anyone gets upset)
I could see a lack of pureview (it has been rumored already), but i would be very surprised if we didn't see multiple Nokia multi core phones at Windows Phone 8 launch. Nokia doesn't have time or the money to wait until spring to launch a compelling product. Especially to give up the holiday season? I really dont see a chance of that happening
digita1alchemy
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Don't quit your day job, Andy Weir of neowin.net
Good Job Bob
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Nice to see Google's designers taking some time off and doing mock ups for other platforms.
brotkasten
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I wouldn't even wish this on an Android user.
Andy Weir.
I should try to get this man fired.
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