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Paul Thurott is going to reveal all the details and then a woman's clothes fall off.
HollovVpo1nt
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The conference for tomorrow is a dev conference right?
brotkasten
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So screw an extra thread for that then. It's not like we have many #wpdevs here anyway.
He also posted this on his twitter:
In San Francisco for Windows Phone Summit. Let's just say you'll want to be paying attention to my site in the morning.
There will be a thread.
Good Job Bob
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Might as well ride the hype for Surface and create a thread.
brotkasten
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Complex Shadow
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crap i think he saw, quick act cool.Sshhh...he's standing right there
so hows about that windows phone 7 amirite.
i don't think he was ever a source
Complex Shadow
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who the hell is the MS nerd.
Good Job Bob
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Any guy that goes by the handle "MS Nerd" should automatically be discredited.
Tobor
brotkasten
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The Windows Phone world needs a positive counter troll to Eldar.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Since I nailed yesterday's announcement, I'm going to assume I have more "cred" in this here thread. So listen up as I tell you what tomorrow is going to be about:
-Flash player in browser
-Android apps will work in emulation
-Camera mode where you can select frames even BEFORE you took your picture
-BBM built-in
-WebOS-like card based system with true multi-tasking, no more of that hydrate-dehydrate nonsense
-New slogan: "Amateur Hour is Over"
HYPE!!
Edit:
Thurrot is making up for knowing absolutely nothing about the Surface announcement. He shouldn't feel horrible, that was a clinic on how to keep things under wraps. I know Paul feels salty that he didn't fly out there for the biggest event of the summer. Unless you think faux Google Maps and restaurant recommendations was exciting. Or if you think a 7" Acer tablet for cheap plus a version of the OS that is one step closer to not being absolutely terrible is newsworthy.
-Flash player in browser
-Android apps will work in emulation
-Camera mode where you can select frames even BEFORE you took your picture
-BBM built-in
-WebOS-like card based system with true multi-tasking, no more of that hydrate-dehydrate nonsense
-New slogan: "Amateur Hour is Over"
HYPE!!
Edit:
Thurrot is making up for knowing absolutely nothing about the Surface announcement. He shouldn't feel horrible, that was a clinic on how to keep things under wraps. I know Paul feels salty that he didn't fly out there for the biggest event of the summer. Unless you think faux Google Maps and restaurant recommendations was exciting. Or if you think a 7" Acer tablet for cheap plus a version of the OS that is one step closer to not being absolutely terrible is newsworthy.
frontieruk
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Wonder how long he cried for being a salty prima Donna
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Nokia can and very likely will do this, aside from the part where you said "WP8 bulit-in", that's just dumb. 5" and below is WP8, bigger and its WinRT.
I wish Paul was an Apple blogger.
MS: "Hey Nokia, use our software exclusively and make us cool phone!"
Nokia: awesome
MS Surface Phone
Nokia:
Good Job Bob
Member
Elop leaves Nokia and rejoins MS.MS: "Hey Nokia, use our software exclusively and make us cool phone!"
Nokia: awesome
MS Surface Phone
Nokia:
Nokia declares bankruptcy and becomes defunct.
MS:
Next gen WP8 will be on all major carriers, hang off for a little bit. If Apollo sucks just get an iphone.
This thread is the biggest enthusiasm killer I've seen on GAF. When someone asks about WP7 it's usually "don't bother", when there's announcements it's "don't get to hyped", and with new apps/features it's "meh, it's missing XYZ".
WP7 is pretty great, I absolutely adore my Lumia, but any visitors of this thread would never know :-D
WP7 is pretty great, I absolutely adore my Lumia, but any visitors of this thread would never know :-D
How many times do you have to burn yourself before you know fire is hot?
frontieruk
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Pffft this post Smells of MS shill, like anyone loves their lumia enough to post it on teh interwebs
/sarcasmPeople who come in and ask usually get given an even handed assessment of the OS as is by some of the most hardcore phone users, even to the point of recommending a handset running a different OS if that's what will match the users needs, it's something I find refreshing in that everyone sees its faults and is willing to recommend another OS rather than persuade someone into a device which they may find frustrating.
WP7 doesn't suck why would WP8?
I'm not saying it will. But it could. If they under deliver then that's that.
brotkasten
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Because Windows 7 didn't but Windows 8 does.
Honestly, if WP8 is just more of the same, I'd be genuinely happy. Fix the notifications, do other cool stuff I have 0 interest in and enable developers to do more cool apps I don't care about. I just need a new phone because LG is just fucking shit and I hope that company crashes and burns.
How would they "under deliver"?
frontieruk
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Normally I'd say get an HTC but I've noticed that whatsapp and kik behave better on my lumia 710 than my Titan though they are on different carriers, I'd still lean to a nokia for my next everyday handset over HTC who've had my business since the hero
Good Job Bob
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One more sleep until I decide if I'm going to be buying a Windows Phone and joining you guys in Metro land this Fall.
Hype.
Hype.
Steelyuhas
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Elop leaves Nokia and rejoins MS.
Nokia declares bankruptcy and becomes defunct.
MS:
It's all part of the plan.
brotkasten
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I know that WP is still at a point where it needs all the market share it can get (not that I care), but please don't.
Thank you.
Good Job Bob
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Damn, this post is probably more tempting than the actual WP8 conference will be.
frontieruk
Member
I wonder if brots reverse psychology would work on a grand scale for MS?
Complex Shadow
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Have you actually used it or just commenting? I've had it up and running in our test environment since day one and nothing is wrong with it.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
What are the chances we get a Win Phone 8 dev beta tomorrow that we can all try and ghetto hack install on our phones?!?!?
PS: Is that 9:30 EST or PST for PT's site?
PS: Is that 9:30 EST or PST for PT's site?
I hope that happens. More likely... developers will walk away with (or be able to request) a phone that has the beta already installed. Especially given the upgrade (non)-situation.
And it is PST
frontieruk
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No beta after the walshing of handsets last time, earlier access to the sdk with the ability for devs to request a wp8 handset
Unknown Soldier
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I just want to see how long it takes for someone to hack WinRT to run on my Touchpad.
That would breath some major life into that device.
I still kind of hope they implement something stylish along those lines in Skydrive. Their web interface still looks like crap. I still would love a nice web based history of everything I do with my phone, as well as having a backup of everything.
Concerning making a thread for the Summit tomorrow, its either someone makes a thread or we invite them all here. Where we try to stamp down excitement, joke at hype, guffaw at hopes and dreams. It's generally pretty chill, and I'm not entirely sure if we know what to do if MS nails tomorrow again.
Unknown Soldier
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The Touchpad will still have more life in it than WP7 in a year, considering it runs Android and might run WinRT.
There was a rumor circulating last year regarding Windows 8 and the TouchPad as HP was experimenting with a copy compatible with it.
With HP laying off a number of employees, I don't see that happening unless Microsoft is willing to hire engineers and sell licenses for the product.
What would have to happen to make this project workable is if someone can dump a ROM of a working Windows RT system. That would require someone decrypting the secure boot UEFI that comes with these ARM devices.
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