Would you care to tell me why it makes sense to allow me to group contacts but not to allow me to group certain apps? Doesn't clutter anything when it's done with contacts, doesn't cause the UI to look outdated either. Why would that be the case with apps?
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I heard Gus saying that in my mind (from a show no one but me watches called "Psych"), I LOLed.
I believe its a necessity due to WinRT
I know that the Apollo update is going to have a huge amount of under the hood improvements but I hope they have a lot of feature improvements to show as well. I'm shocked how little has leaked so far.
Damon Bennet
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what is on the 20th?
The answer to the meaning of life.
microsoft is showing off the next version of windows phone
well there was that leak in feb. but yeah, seems like there would be more by now.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
The alpha and the om.....oh, windu already ruined it. Carry on.
brotkasten
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I'm gonna be a bit negative here for once, but ... lol, no. From what I've heard so far, carriers seem to be pretty happy with Windows Phone 8 and I can't see universal updates for everyone being part of that.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
That's how they got me. Fooled my ass with the whole "we'll provide updates through Zune which we own and carriers can only skip one update and we'll be pushing out so many updates that you'll be inundated with new versions". I was really hoping for an iOS-like situation where carriers had very little control over phone updates, but alas, it's only slightly better than the situation on Android.
edit: Slightly better than Android was the wrong way to put it. The overwhelming majority of phones are running mango, and those that don't are because the owner doesn't want it on there or has no access to a computer with internet access. ICS is on 7% of phones. But certainly, carrier interference is putting a wet towel over everything.
That's how they got me. Fooled my ass with the whole "we'll provide updates through Zune which we own and carriers can only skip one update and we'll be pushing out so many updates that you'll be inundated with new versions". I was really hoping for an iOS-like situation where carriers had very little control over phone updates, but alas, it's only slightly better than the situation on Android.
i know its a long shot, but a man can dream.
and be disappointed
Damon Bennet
Member
woot how did I not know this. They need to nail this. omgomgomgomgomg hype starts now. why are there no leaks!
brotkasten
Member
Because there's nothing exciting to leak. We had one big leak in February and that's in the OT.
i'm not entirely convinced you and copernicus aren't related
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
He just wants more people to visit that phenomenal OP that he spent so much time on. Seriously, go check it out, its fantastic.
Edit: in fact, brot needs to check out that OP every time he thinks of buying that beautiful Xperia phone with the disastrous OS.
he may get sucked away by having actual apps to use.
edit... and now it seems that the ios mapping is done by TomTom... so much for feature parity
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Actually, scratch what I said, I thought it was running Gingerbread. It's running ICS, so its not disastrous, just hopelessly inept.
I think it will have very little to do with win8 (as disappointing as that will be for me personally)..... I think it will get winRT as a framework but very little other than that. Will be enhancements within the existing 7.5 ui similar to what ios6 was today.
If they really are as close as the rumors make them out to be it would seem odd to have 2 separate products when the whole idea of metro in win8 is be the "one os to rule them all".
I do hope we get some actual details on the new xbox media services.... I am going to be curious to see how they tie in to what we have now and how they will actually work.
brotkasten
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Can you imagine an Android OT that is actually good? Me neither.
Who's TomTom's data provider again? Oh right, it's Navteq. Aren't they owned by some Finnish paper or rubber manufacturer or something?
Oh no, you were quite right. According to the Verge, the Xperia P ships with Gingerbread.
No brot, its not navteq, thats google maps and bing.
TomTom uses TeleAtlas... apology accepted.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
In that case, I double dog dare you to buy that phone.
brotkasten
Member
Nah, it was Garmin who uses Navteq, not TomTom.
I thought the appeal of Android was that it's free and open and you can flash whatever you want on those devices. I'm sure someone already ported Android 4.1 to that beautiful piece of hardware.
thats fine, i dont think Google uses Navteq anymore anyway either.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I'm gonna have a tear in my eye the first time I pop into the Android OT and read your post asking: "yo guys, what aosp cyanogenmod rom kernel combination do I have to flash so my mic works and the battery lasts longer than the time it takes to read this post?".
brotkasten
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Meh, I've been there. I used Windows Mobile devices for a while. It's actually the reason I don't want to have anything to do with Android. Shit got old and I wanted something that just worked.
brotkasten
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With Apollo, tiles will flip twice as much, showing twice the information.
It's flipolutionary.
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what? Someone has to replace Coco till he's back.
microsoft is showing off the next version of windows phone
there is a 360 controller there. does tha mean we will be able to connect the 360 controller to play games on windows phone with?
Complex Shadow
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nothing we haven't already heard. there is nothing MS can do at this point that would make me go " oh shit, wasn't expecting that".
infact the only reason i am not in the android OT right now, is because i am expecting to make a killing selling prozac to these
ah my first sale.
They will also implement Kinect in your next WP8 phone. Dance Central 4 ON THE GO!
Why did Coco get banned again?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I can see that, W8 already has Bing sports and Bing news apps, those might be hubs in WP8.
brotkasten
Member
I think hubs are gone. At least the name is.
It's easy enough to look through the XBL catalogue for games, so I'll just make a few indie recommendations:
Radiant TD - Awesome TD from Hexage. Actually just check out all their stuff
Majesty - RTS
MythDefense LF - Android port. Shameless medieval-themed Fieldrunner clone
Treasure Defense - Level design can be a bit iffy but it's well made
Vanessa Saint-Pierre Delacroix And Her Nightmare - Platformer
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=478019 just a little bit early.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Good job bob is angry because not everyone thought a $2100 was a fantastic offer for a laptop. I don't know why he had to take it out on us, though.
Good job bob is angry because not everyone thought a $2100 was a fantastic offer for a laptop. I don't know why he had to take it out on us, though.
It's a cleansing ritual.
Good job bob is angry because not everyone thought a $2100 was a fantastic offer for a laptop. I don't know why he had to take it out on us, though.
Lol, its a pretty nice piece of hardware. No way in hell id pay that much though.
Good Job Bob
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Good job bob is angry because not everyone thought a $2100 was a fantastic offer for a laptop. I don't know why he had to take it out on us, though.
What?
I made that thread by accident lol.
Didn't even know you were a WP guy.
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
this isn't an android OT bob. we have standards.
I heard the fans of BeOS say that too
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
i heard fans of BeOS still acknowledge BeOS.
Long day, finally caught up on the news today. Honestly, I'm pretty surprised Apple didn't bring the heat. I really thought they'd show some compelling innovative stuff, but they more or less caught up on some standard features on competitor's platforms and iterated Siri stuff. Also thought they'd reveal iPhone 5, guess that's later this year? Gives the other two some space to pick up some slack if they can. MS obviously has the most on the line, but I also don't think they will be the ones showing the edgiest stuff. Still, fairly interested now in seeing how they stack up when we see where all three are going respectively.
brotkasten
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A thread for the developer summit? Oh please, that won't even reach three pages.
He asked for it. Literally. But he'll be back on the 21th, a day after the WP developer conference. Must be so hard for him. :lol
He asked for it. Literally. But he'll be back on the 21th, a day after the WP developer conference. Must be so hard for him. :lol
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