brotkasten
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It's a good article and I really appreciate the effort, but I can't remember the last time I've seen two PR guys not giving a shit like that. Crazy.
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It's a good article and I really appreciate the effort, but I can't remember the last time I've seen two PR guys not giving a shit like that. Crazy.
frontieruk
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Didn't see this posted.
Waze is coming to Windows Phone in June.
It's a navigation app that crows sources the traffic conditions. Really good for rush hour.
Not surprising http://m.wpcentral.com/microsoft-invested-millions-gps-social-network-waze
frontieruk
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If that's true I may hold off my walk of shame back to android.
LukasTaves
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Didn't see this posted.
Waze is coming to Windows Phone in June.
It's a navigation app that crows sources the traffic conditions. Really good for rush hour.
I love this, best navigation app by far (specially here in brazil, where all the others are full of map and route errors)
Anton Sugar
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Still having live tile issues since the update. Grrr.
eastx
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Thanks man! That's Microsoft for you. Their culture of secrecy makes it super hard to get any useful information from their PR staff.
brotkasten
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Believe me, I know. Unless you really know some people, you won't get much info. And even then they've been really tight lipped these days.
Cute Dragon Here
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I believe that any NDA is serious business these days.
brotkasten
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There's a Google Maps client for Windows Phone.
Yeah GMaps is available. Free version and a paid for one.
No good to you now but Nokia is working on Japan, hopefully shouldn't be too much longer until it's mapped.
That reminds me, I was in Paris this past week and my wife's 920 was incredibly useful over there. The offline Drive maps(we got a very small data plan and downloaded the map over wifi) and Nokia Transit were extremely useful. The transit system there is extremely simple, but at the beginning we used the app.
Tapatalk coming soon on Windows Phone
http://www.wpcentral.com/one-best-forum-apps-ios-and-android-coming-windows-phone-yes-tapatalk?style=default
http://www.wpcentral.com/one-best-forum-apps-ios-and-android-coming-windows-phone-yes-tapatalk?style=default
brotkasten
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Don't forget the 512 MB RAM.
Or the missing octa-core.
that's its main and only problem
the screen is amazing. I used this phone at MWC and I can attest on this. light, good camera, nice design and excellent viewing angles.
brotkasten
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Nice try, but the 512 MB RAM wouldn't be that problematic, if some apps wouldn't refuse to launch because of it.
There aren't that many that need 1GB. I believe even Asphalt has by now been updated for 512 MB and that's one of the more demanding games. Most smartphone users just don't need those demanding apps and would never notice the limitations.
I was just joking.
I think the specs are fine, but the phone is simply too expensive for what it is.
That said, 1 gb surely wouldn't have hurt them.
brotkasten
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This is a poor excuse for a phone at that price point. Some people like to keep their phones for more than just a year. btw, I wonder how the people with 256 MB devices feel about this.
Tumblr comes to Windows Phone with lock screen, live tile enhancements
Is this a brand new app, or an update to WP8? Never really been a Tumblr user. If its new, nice to see more and more official apps making their way. Things are really improving in our ecosystem.
Is this a brand new app, or an update to WP8? Never really been a Tumblr user. If its new, nice to see more and more official apps making their way. Things are really improving in our ecosystem.
show me your skeleton
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the official tumblr app is now available, except for us european peons, it seems.
edit: beaten like the pathetic non-american that i am.
edit: beaten like the pathetic non-american that i am.
It might just take a hour or so to appear.
show me your skeleton
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brotkasten
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but then i can't moan & complain
Don't worry about that, commenter at The Verge got you covered.
"Still waiting for Pocket, YouTube, a Foursquare update, and, of course, Instagram."
campfireweekend
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Blueprints was fine, but completely gimped in terms of following new people, so I'm pretty much ecstatic that the official tumblr app is out.
Personally I'm not waiting for any of those. I think the only things Ng left that I'm waiting for is Path, but the devs said they have a version coming.
I found out recently that my aunt has a lumia 920. During my very brief talk with her she said she didn't like it, with the most annoying was "it doesn't have many apps" and a problem with IE10 that if you go to the desktop Yahoo.com and click a news, it will redirect to the mobile Yahoo.com main page instead of the article.
The conversation was really short (it was at a party). I only had the chance to say that WP8 integrates all of the social things, and I made the browser go to desktop mode on default. She said she never updated the phone as well (so must be the stock firmware from November).
I guess all this negativity stems from not knowing what the device really is, both hardware and the OS.
On a side note, how many people use flash on their Lumia 920? I rarely use mine and I'm wondering if there is a need to do so despite the awesome low-light processing.
The conversation was really short (it was at a party). I only had the chance to say that WP8 integrates all of the social things, and I made the browser go to desktop mode on default. She said she never updated the phone as well (so must be the stock firmware from November).
I guess all this negativity stems from not knowing what the device really is, both hardware and the OS.
On a side note, how many people use flash on their Lumia 920? I rarely use mine and I'm wondering if there is a need to do so despite the awesome low-light processing.
Same thing with my mom. Thing is, people and generally older folks, are more influenced by their families and friends so it really hurts when she is the only one with a WP.
Everyone around here keeps telling her about that Instagram app or that Fun Run game and how they must be on all phones by default. They don't know what's Android or what's WP. It's a smart phone so it must have everything they want.
tl;dr just more trouble for my ass.
Everyone around here keeps telling her about that Instagram app or that Fun Run game and how they must be on all phones by default. They don't know what's Android or what's WP. It's a smart phone so it must have everything they want.
tl;dr just more trouble for my ass.
Navidson REC
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Same here. I was in London with my sister who has a Galaxy S II. And yet, my 820 was our go-to navigator. The HERE suite and the downloadable maps are extremely useful.
Yeah you're right. I think Microsoft made WP too simple for people to understand, integrating everything instead of having separate apps.
It was also quite interesting (and disappointing) that on her home screen, a ton of AT&T apps were located at the very top! I don't remember those apps because those were the very first things I deleted when I bought my Lumia, but I'm sure they were a QR scanner, GPS navigator, etc. This just shows she's clueless about the Bing Vision and HERE Maps/Drive.
And I have to say, having offline maps for GPS really helps me and my 200MB plan. I tried looking for offline Google Maps on my dad's Android, but couldn't find any.
That's quite limited, AFAIR. I made a road trip through the NE area with a friend last year. He had an Android and a US data plan, I had my German Lumia 800. We still did all the navigation on my phone because the area you can cache isn't really all that big.
campfireweekend
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While Here maps can download entire states, or in the case of the UK, entire countries.
Why does google place that limitation on its mapping services?
killer rin
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I downloaded all of Canada even though I will probably never leave Ontario in the next 3 years XD
campfireweekend
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Heads up. The ad free version of boxfiles for dropbox is free for a limited time.
http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=5d7f992b-ee03-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=5d7f992b-ee03-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
Skype to Skype yes, Skype to phone (without a Skype app or the integrated solution for WP8) no. You need to buy credit for the latter, which can still be a smart idea for international calls.
But but but how could you properly evaluate the phone in such a short time?
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