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Windows Phone |OT3| Apollo has landed
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José Mourinho
cocknose
Funky Papa
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I'm not going to lie, I'm starting to get second thoughts about not waiting and getting an HTC One instead of my Lumia 920.
I love WP, how snappy it is and how easy it makes everything, but Microsoft's support is outright pathetic, as so is the fact that the best modern camera phone out there still makes underwhelming daylight pictures due to shit software/firmware.
I love WP, how snappy it is and how easy it makes everything, but Microsoft's support is outright pathetic, as so is the fact that the best modern camera phone out there still makes underwhelming daylight pictures due to shit software/firmware.
killer rin
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So I was walking through the Student Center here on campus and I just passed a Rogers booth that had, all the colours of the Lumia 900(that they offered), all of the colours of the Lumia 920 (that they offered). Then there was one Galaxy Nexus sitting somewhere in the corner of the booth and one of the new BlackBerry Devices sitting on the other corner.
Then to top it off, I stopped by to pick up some free swag and I overheard them talking to a group of people wondering about Windows Phone, answering things about the platform amazingly well. It was a complete 180* turn from what I usually oversee in malls when I go out every once in a blue moon.
Then to top it off, I stopped by to pick up some free swag and I overheard them talking to a group of people wondering about Windows Phone, answering things about the platform amazingly well. It was a complete 180* turn from what I usually oversee in malls when I go out every once in a blue moon.
Did you hear them talking about Instagram?
Just install the update from Navifirm. Unless you're desperate to keep your game saves.
The camera performance in daylight is a lot better with it and there will be another update soon.
I still think its crazy that apps like Instagram and Pandora are still missing. How does Microsoft expect to grow the user base if it can't get all these mainstream apps? I was actually talking to one of my professors about my Lumia and was starting to sell him on WP8 but when I said there wasn't an app for Pandora he was immediately turned off.
No Official Pandora app. There are 3rd party ones.
NeOak
Member
MetroRadio Pro is quite good.
Goddammit. Now my parents are going to expect I install it.
March or April
Maybe May or June
You know what? We just cancelled it
^ What will probably happen.
What is this? I've had Viber on my phone since the day I got my phone.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Yeah, is it region locked? I just checked and there already is an official viber app. Bad reviews though.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Pandora now available on Windows Phone 8 with ad-free listening through the end of 2013 http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/21/4...-phone-8-now-available-with-ad-free-listening
Fjolle
Member
I guess that cost them a bit more than $100...
Maybe they're developing multiple versions to get 2,000.
brotkasten
Member
Nah, $100 sounds correct. It's been 3 years since they showed the tile the first time after all.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I scanned the tag in the WP central article and it worked. Trying it out now.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/21/blackberry-10-100-000-apps-kindle/
Blackberry 10 already at 100,000 apps? Microsoft moneyhats need to turn it up.
Blackberry 10 already at 100,000 apps? Microsoft moneyhats need to turn it up.
Cool thanks for the link. Apps are slowly but surely coming to WP8 it seems.
Doesn't seem to have turned around their fortunes. On my site at least, they had a few days where the BB decline was halted... but this week they've been overtaken by WP's steady but continual growth.
Aren't most of them basically Android apps?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
He tweeted this before Pandora was announced, didn't he?
Hmm, maybe. Everyone was retweeting it just now.
Edit: Yeah, he tweeted it just before talking about Pandora.
He also tweeted this, though:
joebelfiore
BTW, (1) if link isn't working, just try again in a bit, and (2) for you non US folks, we'll try to find something else fun in a few days
SCREW YOU, AMERICA!
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campfireweekend
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Don't worry, they'll come up with new vital apps that we're missing.
BB10 is completely different. BB7 apps don't run on the device and honestly I don't think anyone wants BB7 apps. I think they had like 70,000 new BB10 apps on launch.
KillerMan91
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Probably has been answered several times during this thread so sorry but as a new user of WP8 what are the must have apps? First smartphone ever for me (Lumia 920) so I am total newbie lol.
Ah, didn't work. Oh well, Xbox and Nokia Music will do.
Everything Nokia.
There's a great Wikipedia app by Rudy Huyn.
WhatsApp or whatever your friends use.
PhotoSynth.
Chittagong
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Here are my essential apps, I'm not much into gaming on phones so mainly utilities
Nokia Transit
Nokia Drive
Spotify
Skype
My Fitness Pal
Amazon Kindle
XE.com
World Clock
Weather Tile
YouTube Downloader
PDF Reader
Netflix
My Notes
BBC News
connectivity app for shortcuts to WiFi, airplane, and Bluetooth.
weather flow for the best weather app.
metrotube for the best YouTube app.
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