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Windows Phone |OT3| Apollo has landed

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VanMardigan

has calmed down a bit.
How is Windows phone supposed to compete with android for folks that like to pirate music and movies....on their phones? Someone was asking me for an app to download mp3's from the web and have it show up in the Zune hub (Lumia 900). They were upset because they had an app on android that allowed them to do that. I had a blank look on my face. I didn't know how to tell them that I don't pirate music therefore I have no idea if there was such an app on windows phone. I hope there isn't, and I run into people who want an iPhone or android phone because they can easily hack it and play pirated software. I don't even know if that's something easy to do on windows phone, but it sucks that people are stealing 99 cent games.
 
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PG2G

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So, don't judge me for it... but I have intended to write that app and will probably do so as soon as I have a computer that can run the emulator. It is kind of annoying that nobody has done it yet :p

It isn't really a pirating thing for me. With hip hop music there is a lot of stuff that artists themselves post and that you might not find in the Xbox Music/iTunes store.
 
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VanMardigan

has calmed down a bit.
PG2G said:
It isn't really a pirating thing for me. With hip hop music there is a lot of stuff that artists themselves post and that you might not find in the Xbox Music/iTunes store.
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That's understandable, but I'm pretty sure many of the folks that use the app wont be so noble. I'm assuming there is some sort of OS limitation if it hasn't been done yet, though? There are apps that allow you to download mp3's already, but you can't see them in Zune/xbox music you have to play it inside the app.
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

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don't even need an app for that on Android, you can just use a web browser.

and yeah, with hip-hop and dancehall there's always a ton of free and legal content being released by artists!

and there's also OCRemix!
 
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PG2G

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WP8 added a Save to Library function for audio, so it should be possible. Maybe there is something else preventing it though
 
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hadareud

The Translator
Just got an invite to the closed beta for the official Tapatalk app.

Very similar to Foroplex and buggy, but it's ours. Lets see if the dev can do something decent with it.
 
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Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
Steelyuhas said:
Me!

I will care!

...If it was MLB at bat
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yeah me too. We won't be getting it though. We will get some stupid application that replaces a perfectly functional website that no one needs or some social app of the month that i don't give a shit about.
 
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Unknown Soldier

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MLB At Bat is pretty awesome. For a flat fee of $15, I can listen to every baseball game (out of market) that I can handle. It was worth it to me the past 2 years just to listen to the occasional Giants game and recall my childhood.
 
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Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
I just want a way to listen to mlb games, i switched to wp because it covered all my needs, and then it turns out mlb said fuck it, we won't release an app this year even though all they needed to do was update the calendar and rename it to 13.
 
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Unknown Soldier

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MLB actually changed the app a lot this year. They merged At Bat Lite and At Bat, you download At Bat for free and pay $15 inside the app now to access the full At Bat features. Does WP8 support in-app payments? If not, then that's why.
 
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clav

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Just stopping in and saying the gaming section has gone into rampancy.

What's with the influx of juniors and troll responses?

I feel like I'm in GameFAQs.
 
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Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
claviertekky said:
Just stopping in and saying the gaming section has gone into rampancy.

What's with the influx of juniors and troll responses?

I feel like I'm in GameFAQs.
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It has really gotten embarrassing. Not sure if it has been that way for awhile though, only recently started posting over there again when the new console stuff came about.
 
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clav

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Windu said:
It has really gotten embarrassing. Not sure if it has been that way for awhile though, only recently started posting over there again when the new console stuff came about.
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I think the people have always been there. They just started posting more recently.
 
frontieruk

frontieruk

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But the wave of bannings during E3 will be glorious, and yes they've been around for a while the new console war has brought them out the woodwork
 
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Steelyuhas

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frontieruk said:
But the wave of bannings during E3 will be glorious, and yes they've been around for a while the new console war has brought them out the woodwork
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Bish cleansed about 20 people from one of the Game of Thrones threads a couple days ago.

Yeah Gaming side as a whole is a disaster, I can't tell if it's just E3/New Console timeframe stuff or if it's just getting worse.
 
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Unknown Soldier

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I'm still waiting for the glorious reveal Bish promised while doing his research on interesting domains that certain recently vocal members on Gaming side have been posting from.
 
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stktt

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I can't even open a One/U/PS4 related thread without seeing a deluge of petulant console warrior posts. These past few months on the Gaming side have been awful.
 
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brotkasten

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lastflowers said:
Anyone else interested to see what Apple cooks up next week?
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I need to fix my third monitor before monday, or I won't be able to follow the MS and Apple conference at the same time, while hanging out at SteamGAF (because we all now that NeoGAF's going down anyway and that the conference threads suck)!
 
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Nero3000

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Milchjon said:
http://pocketnow.com/2013/06/05/8-reasons-lumia-521-is-better-gs4

Do I misremember pocketnow as being more than a string of clickbait articles?
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They were pretty good. Although they've fallen off a cliff recently.

Their article comparing Gate's comments about ipads lacking keyboards/productivity to Windows Phone's lack of keyboard options was the breaking point from me.

Havn't visited their site since.

WMPU is close too, but i feel they cover all the small points.
 
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