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Windows Phone |OT3| Apollo has landed

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brotkasten

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ThoseDeafMutes said:
Just pulled the trigger on a 920, slightly used. Fingers crossed.

I also bought a cyan case (since cyan wasn't available for purchase in Aus...), but accidentally bought it for the Lumia 820, so I had to then buy another one for 920. Sigh. Phone should arrive in a week or so.
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Congrats! I think.
 
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hadareud

The Translator
ThoseDeafMutes said:
Just pulled the trigger on a 920, slightly used. Fingers crossed.

I also bought a cyan case (since cyan wasn't available for purchase in Aus...), but accidentally bought it for the Lumia 820, so I had to then buy another one for 920. Sigh. Phone should arrive in a week or so.
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Welcome to the club!

Have you used it yet? Just wait until you find out that there's no apps.
 
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ThoseDeafMutes

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Is there any chance of WP getting a Steam app?

It's the only one I really give a shit about. And I suppose the skype app actually working in the background properly would be nice too...

Oh, and seamless audio track transitions in windows media player. Why on EARTH isn't that a thing? WHY DO I WANT A PAUSE BETWEEN TRACKS?

Oh well, I bought a Sansa Clip+ and a 32GB Micro SD card a few months back to handle my music, so that last point is moot.
 
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brotkasten

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ThoseDeafMutes said:
Is there any chance of WP getting a Steam app?

It's the only one I really give a shit about. And I suppose the skype app actually working in the background properly would be nice too...

Oh, and seamless audio track transitions in windows media player. Why on EARTH isn't that a thing? WHY DO I WANT A PAUSE BETWEEN TRACKS?

Oh well, I bought a Sansa Clip+ and a 32GB Micro SD card a few months back to handle my music, so that last point is moot.
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Steam is entirely up to Valve. The app on Android is an awful experience and lazy on top of it. There's basically no reason why they couldn't offer this HTML5-experience on Windows Phone. Be in with an app or in the browser.
 
Gamble

Gamble

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brotkasten said:
Steam is entirely up to Valve. The app on Android is an awful experience and lazy on top of it. There's basically no reason why they couldn't offer this HTML5-experience on Windows Phone. Be in with an app or in the browser.
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Thought I was the only one who felt this way
 
Gamble

Gamble

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ThoseDeafMutes said:
Just pulled the trigger on a 920, slightly used. Fingers crossed.

I also bought a cyan case (since cyan wasn't available for purchase in Aus...), but accidentally bought it for the Lumia 820, so I had to then buy another one for 920. Sigh. Phone should arrive in a week or so.
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So jealous :-( I'm currently on Verizon I will be switching to T-Mobile this weekend and getting the 8x I would so love to play around with the 920 so maybe I can get an unlocked one on the cheap and use it on T-Mobile later on down the road
 
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Zeknurn

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Fjolle said:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/26/4148200/windows-phone-8-update-fm-radio-support

  • FM Radio support

Sounds like a complete feature list for a WP update.
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Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 owners will be able to double-tap the screen to wake the device from standby. Other firmware specific improvements from Nokia include a flip to silence option, and Lumia color profile settings for the device screen. We're told that the update, which is minor, will be made available over the coming months.
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Sounds far more interesting than FM Radio Support.
 
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hadareud

The Translator
Zeknurn said:
Sounds far more interesting than FM Radio Support.
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Would be nice if they also included an equivalent to the unlock pattern on Android.

The pin needs to go.
 
Fjolle

Fjolle

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Prophet Steve said:
I would love flip to silence, hopefully it will also enable turning vibrating off when you put it face down, since I find it very annoying to turn off my vibration every time I go to sleep.
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Thats not how it works. It only silences the current call.

OTOH the rumor yesterday was that a do not disturb feature would be in WP Blue.
 
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hadareud

The Translator
Having quickly "researched" my pin code assertion, it turns out that my hunch was correct.

Practically one in 5 pin codes is either:

#1 1234 10.71%
#2 1111 6.02%
#3 0000 1.88%
#4 1212 1.20%

So you can unlock 1 in 5 phones simply by using those codes. Not really very secure at all.

I work in IT security and one of the things that has become very evident to me over the years is what I said above: the more restrictive your security methods are, the more likely they are to be circumvented, making them absolutely useless.

Interesting article: http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/
 
Gamble

Gamble

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hadareud said:
Perhaps, but pattern is a lot more convenient.

You can have the most secure features, but if they are enough of a pain to use that most people won't bother* then they're actually more insecure.

edit: *or use ridiculously easy pins
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my issue with patterns is that after I get done I forget to wipe the screen so my friends would trace my smudge patterns and figure out the unlock code and then begin posting foolishness to my FB page
 
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CrunchinJelly

formerly cjelly
I got a 620 today.

I'm lost. The updates shit is weird. There's the main update in settings, then a bunch of weird add-on app updates that don't seem to happen automatically.

App selection is already proving pretty barebones. There is a heck of a lot of low budget shit on there.
 
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brotkasten

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CrunchinJelly said:
I got a 620 today.

I'm lost. The updates shit is weird. There's the main update in settings, then a bunch of weird add-on app updates that don't seem to happen automatically.

App selection is already proving pretty barebones. There is a heck of a lot of low budget shit on there.
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It would help if you could be a bit more specific. I don't know what you mean by "updates shit".
 
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derFeef

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CrunchinJelly said:
I got a 620 today.

I'm lost. The updates shit is weird. There's the main update in settings, then a bunch of weird add-on app updates that don't seem to happen automatically.

App selection is already proving pretty barebones. There is a heck of a lot of low budget shit on there.
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Apps are updated through the Marketplace (number on tile if available), the phone is updated through the Update Phone thing in settings.
 
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Anton Sugar

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PG2G

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Anton Sugar said:
Thank god. Google Reader alternative: FOUND. Well, unless Nextgen Reader comes up with their own solution...I get the feeling that Nextgen would give more direct WP8/W8 support, rather than Feedly.
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Hopefully Nextgen Reader just supports the Feedly back end, we'll see.
 
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lastflowers

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hadareud said:
Having quickly "researched" my pin code assertion, it turns out that my hunch was correct.

Practically one in 5 pin codes is either:

#1 1234 10.71%
#2 1111 6.02%
#3 0000 1.88%
#4 1212 1.20%

So you can unlock 1 in 5 phones simply by using those codes. Not really very secure at all.

I work in IT security and one of the things that has become very evident to me over the years is what I said above: the more restrictive your security methods are, the more likely they are to be circumvented, making them absolutely useless.

Interesting article: http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/
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We have a lot of research surrounding privacy and security floating around the office, pinlock seems to be regarded as most secure.

What surprises me with pinlock is that easy combinations aren't a higher percentage.
 
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D4Danger

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lastflowers said:
We have a lot of research surrounding privacy and security floating around the office, pinlock seems to be regarded as most secure.

What surprises me with pinlock is that easy combinations aren't a higher percentage.
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how many people use the year they were born? because I sure don't.
 
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Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
hadareud said:
Having quickly "researched" my pin code assertion, it turns out that my hunch was correct.

Practically one in 5 pin codes is either:

#1 1234 10.71%
#2 1111 6.02%
#3 0000 1.88%
#4 1212 1.20%

So you can unlock 1 in 5 phones simply by using those codes. Not really very secure at all.

I work in IT security and one of the things that has become very evident to me over the years is what I said above: the more restrictive your security methods are, the more likely they are to be circumvented, making them absolutely useless.

Interesting article: http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/
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you could probably say the same thing about normal passwords. The most used passwords are still something like "password" or "123456".
 
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ElNino

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Anton Sugar said:
Thank god. Google Reader alternative: FOUND. Well, unless Nextgen Reader comes up with their own solution...I get the feeling that Nextgen would give more direct WP8/W8 support, rather than Feedly.
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I'm glad that I stopped using Google and went to Weave completely a while ago.
 
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hadareud

The Translator
Windu said:
you could probably say the same thing about normal passwords. The most used passwords are still something like "password" or "123456".
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Yes, absolutely.

lastflowers said:
We have a lot of research surrounding privacy and security floating around the office, pinlock seems to be regarded as most secure.

What surprises me with pinlock is that easy combinations aren't a higher percentage.
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It is probably the most secure, but there should be a more convenient solution. Something like pattern or biometrics.
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

Member
hadareud said:
Having quickly "researched" my pin code assertion, it turns out that my hunch was correct.

Practically one in 5 pin codes is either:

#1 1234 10.71%
#2 1111 6.02%
#3 0000 1.88%
#4 1212 1.20%

So you can unlock 1 in 5 phones simply by using those codes. Not really very secure at all.

I work in IT security and one of the things that has become very evident to me over the years is what I said above: the more restrictive your security methods are, the more likely they are to be circumvented, making them absolutely useless.

Interesting article: http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/
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i don't have a study, but i'm gonna guess the most common pattern locks are L shaped...
 
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SCHUEY F1

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VanMardigan said:
Plants vs. Zombies hasn't been updates in forever, does it run well on Apollo phones? That's the one I'd buy.
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I haven't actually tried on my 920. I will give it a go later.

Edit: Seem to play fine. Even though it is not HD the art style holds up well on an HD screen.
 
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PG2G

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Build 2013 announced for June 26th. Probably when we'll get a good chunk of info on Windows Phone Blue.

Hopefully
 
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