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Windows Phone |OT3| Apollo has landed
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VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
You guys thought me and hwalker were blowing smoke about the 1020?
So much for the kaz hirai avatar android fanboys and their constant fud about the honami super camera phone from Sony. They were in all the threads discouraging people from buying the 1020 because Sony had this magical phone with a g lens and whatever Sony branded nonsense tech that would produce better pictures. Bottom line: the best phone for anybody who loves photography is the 1020. No exceptions.
Engadget z1 review camera section said:
So much for the kaz hirai avatar android fanboys and their constant fud about the honami super camera phone from Sony. They were in all the threads discouraging people from buying the 1020 because Sony had this magical phone with a g lens and whatever Sony branded nonsense tech that would produce better pictures. Bottom line: the best phone for anybody who loves photography is the 1020. No exceptions.
Fuck. Yes.
The city of Oslo recently put in a order for 3K. That should keep you up for a while.
Anton Sugar
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But what about Apple's new modern™ flat design©?
lastflowers
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*gulp*
But desirable OS!
killer rin
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So yeah. having watched the Surface 2 Press Conference, I wonder. Once the Nokia Deal goes though, I wonder if they might use the custom camera lens that Microsoft is using in the surface. It looks pretty amazing for low light, and if coupled with Nokia's current tech would be able to just blow away the competition. Especially since it sounds like its been designed to filter in more light.
TheBryanJZX90
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Too bad none of the services from Nokia or Microsoft work in Japan
No maps, no navigation, no public transportation guide, no optical character recognition, no voice translation. At least the last time I checked.
Luckily you will still have an amazing time without all that crap. Oh man you could take some awesome low light pictures in one of those crazy theme izakayas.
Fjolle
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brotkasten
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Real innovation right here.
antiquegamer
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You should go post this in that Z thread, oh wait someone already did and they disregard the review as strange since he cited all the other phones that are "better" than the Z. I lol. It's not a bad phone and seems to be good overall phone. I actually would buy it if I was ditching Windows Phone to go to Android.
I got a iPhone 5 with my new job and updated it to ios 7. Even with the superior ecosystem I am on my 920 90% of the time. iOS just feels so damn lifeless and I really don't like it in phone form. Fine on my iPad though.
I'm not a big app/game user and the user experience is just so much better.
Really nice to be able to just look at my lock screen and see that I have outlook mail, or Gmail, or texts, missed calls, etc. Love the quick glance info on WP.
I'm not a big app/game user and the user experience is just so much better.
Really nice to be able to just look at my lock screen and see that I have outlook mail, or Gmail, or texts, missed calls, etc. Love the quick glance info on WP.
brotkasten
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The Faceless Master
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that 'most females' comment really got me, because i see more females with Android handsets over iPhones than males.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Dat Galaxy Mini
How iOS 7 stacks up: smartphone OS User Experience Shootout: "Windows Phone 8 is not very competitive in terms of overall user experience."
In this User Experience evaluation Windows Phone 8 got the lowest score behind Blackberry 10, Android (Samsung), iOS6, and iOS7. Android has now "become a perfectly usable mobile OS)". Windows Phone 8, on the other hand, is "challenging to use". "One can feel easily trapped in the rigid user interface that leaves no room for customization, and the user interface in general is not conceived to deal efficiently with the dozens and dozens of apps smartphone users want. Add to that the lack of some core user interface features and you get an idea of Microsoft's challenges to make Windows Phone truly competitive."
Windows Phone 8's only redeeming factor seems to be, that it's so limited that it becomes as easy to learn as iOS7.
Fortunately, it looks like no actual users were harmed in the process of this evaluation. In fact this wasn't an experimental evaluation at all. E.g. they measure Cognitive Load by simply counting user interface elements (in unmodified factory configuration).
In this User Experience evaluation Windows Phone 8 got the lowest score behind Blackberry 10, Android (Samsung), iOS6, and iOS7. Android has now "become a perfectly usable mobile OS)". Windows Phone 8, on the other hand, is "challenging to use". "One can feel easily trapped in the rigid user interface that leaves no room for customization, and the user interface in general is not conceived to deal efficiently with the dozens and dozens of apps smartphone users want. Add to that the lack of some core user interface features and you get an idea of Microsoft's challenges to make Windows Phone truly competitive."
Windows Phone 8's only redeeming factor seems to be, that it's so limited that it becomes as easy to learn as iOS7.
Fortunately, it looks like no actual users were harmed in the process of this evaluation. In fact this wasn't an experimental evaluation at all. E.g. they measure Cognitive Load by simply counting user interface elements (in unmodified factory configuration).
brotkasten
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I'm not sure why this report is relevant, but this part is absolutely true:
Efficiency Rating: 4/10
Windows Phone 8 offers only basic efficiency integration:
notification management is limited; multitasking control is very basic, and does not provide any way of selectively quitting running apps, and there is no quick access to key settings.
Efficiency Rating: 4/10
Windows Phone 8 offers only basic efficiency integration:
notification management is limited; multitasking control is very basic, and does not provide any way of selectively quitting running apps, and there is no quick access to key settings.
It's really not but nevertheless winfuture.de for some reason felt the need to write an article on the results.
:lol
The (nice) Red Bull app comes pre-installed on most Lumias, I think.
On Lumias there's a World of Redbull app preinstalled. I believe it's about extreme sports or something.
I blame Vettel.
It doesn't in Canada and the U.S (I think). I understand it is a chore and difficult to uninstall apps on WP, much more difficult than Android.
brotkasten
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There's your issue.
juliushandle
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That's true. Thought they just announced some Asha phones recently?
Mmmm yeah, Asha <3
I think it's too early for a 520 successor. The only model that really needs to be replaced is the 820. And I'm not even sure there's a point in replacing it now. There are enough 920 variants out there to fill that void when the new high-end phones arrive. Maybe they'll show some carrier-ecxlusives (like a 1020 for Verizon), minor variants like the dual-sim 720, or Ashas.
The Faceless Master
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Nah, mostly flagships.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
See, this is my problem. Canada gets the new phones so late that by the time I have a chance to upgrade the next round of phones is announced and I end up waiting. I still really want a 1020 but now I'll have to see what the announce even if it's available before then.
Strangely Canada was one of the first countries to get the 920. Don't think we will see any 1020 successors till next year, although a 1020 with a quad-core 1080p screen would be nice.
You just reminded me that there were rumours about a 820 successor with a 800x480 5"+ screen. They will probably save it for a later date though, this event is all about the 1520.
This seems about right to me.
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http://www.phonearena.com/news/Voic...s-always-on-virtual-assistant-Cortana_id47740
Android has face unlock, Iphone has fingerprint unlock and WP will have voice unlock. Seems solid.
killer rin
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Doubt it, while I dont know what the shareholders want, they have been beating Nokia about their Mobile Phone losses for a while. But on the government side, Finland is probably positive about it because Microsoft is investing on a large datacenter in the region which will provide jobs, and Microsoft is willing to purchase a failing hardware company and save around 40,000 people from losing their job.
How long before we get Picture Password from the Windows 8 Team.
It would nice if Picture password was implemented as well.
Lumia branded 1820 rumor
Where's this from?
brotkasten
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Xero, the guy who leaked some other GDR3 stuff before. He's not a proven source yet and his mockups (not all of them are screenshots) aren't necessarily from a recent version.
killer rin
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So now i've been thinking. With Cortana supposedly being always on, Microsoft might be able to start adding in some Kinect esque applications such as full navigation of the operating system and apps.
"Cortana, Xbox Music....Music....*Album Name*....*Song Name*....*Play*....*Go Home*"
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