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[VanMardigan]

Ugh, I have an unexpected £800 bursary coming from uni in February. I might go the route of O2 refresh. I bet it's a rip off too.

You can sell your 820 as well. I sell stuff to subsidize buying phones off contract.

Also, we seem to be glossing over the announcement that Xbox video is FINALLY coming. That's one huge hole that was left over from the zune/xbox transition. I hope it comes in time for my vacation and it damn well better support file transfer from PC and/or phone download and offline playback for sales and rentals.

 

[PG2G]

Did we get confirmation of MicroSD on the phablets?

 

[freshair]

Indeed. It does not leave much else does it?

Looking at the top free apps in the iOS/Android App Store, it looks like the only notable ones left (as far as official clients):

Snapchat
Pinterest
Duolingo
Dropbox
Soundcloud
and a handful of games like Cnadycrush, Pet Rescue, etc.

Also there's no "in the now" apps that are missing like:
Tinger
OKcupid
Vscocam
a good video player w/ subtitle support
an alternative music player with seeking
Waze

 

[Anton Sugar]

Do any other smartphones have RAW support? I think that is pretty amazing.

 

[PG2G]

You can sell your 820 as well. I sell stuff to subsidize buying phones off contract.

Also, we seem to be glossing over the announcement that Xbox video is FINALLY coming. That's one huge hole that was left over from the zune/xbox transition. I hope it comes in time for my vacation and it damn well better support file transfer from PC and/or phone download and offline playback for sales and rentals.

The fact that it is coming as an app and not waiting for an OS update is encouraging. We might start to see core functionality distributed as apps instead of integrated into the OS, like Windows 8 and Android.

 

[kharma45]

Do any other smartphones have RAW support? I think that is pretty amazing.

Can't think of any, don't think they do.

 

[Milchjon]

Made a thread for the RAW and Refocus thing.

I hope I don't get banned for shilling :-D

 

[Milchjon]

LOL

Rudy Huyn ‏@RudyHuyn 1h
fun fact : SnapChat hides a job offer in its private API

Short Vine presentation, no video.

Edit:
Rudy again:

"ETA for 6snap, it only takes me 4 hours to: create an account/login/logout/send&receive picture/video. So, it won't take me a lot of time"

 

[Anton Sugar]

GET IT RUDY

 

[kharma45]

6snap, pls. GET IT!

 

[Milchjon]

In German, that would be pronounced sex-snap.

How fitting.

 

[hadareud]

 

[hadareud]

Nokia Camera out now!

 

[MCD]

Is Rudy secretly selling his codes to make official apps happen? I like to pretend he does.

 

[VanMardigan]

Nokia Camera out now!

Just updated, can't wait to try this out on my next hike.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Nokia Camera is excellent, great UI.

 

[Label]

Blew my mind that you could swipe left on the pro camera button to get all the options on screen at once. I have always modified the options one by one hah.

 

[Zeknurn]

Nokia Lumia update will measure your steps, provide Glance notifications and colors

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/22/4866164/nokia-lumia-black-update-glance-notifications-colors


Measuring steps is very useful.

 

[juliushandle]

I do miss the on screen lens screen button but I'll live with switching lenses using the 3 dots.

 

[ElNino]

Nokia Camera is excellent, great UI.

Yeah, I like that they have added scenes (Night, Sports, Auto) as an option to the Pro controls (what we had before). I'll try the Sports scene tonight at my son's basketball to see how it does.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Blew my mind that you could swipe left on the pro camera button to get all the options on screen at once. I have always modified the options one by one hah.

How do you do this? Swipe where and from which option? Can't get it to work and that's what I want, too!

 

[kilongs]

Nokia Camera out now!

Is there a way to make the phone launch the Nokia Camera with the camera button, while its in a locked state?

I have it set as the default camera and it will launch when I hit the camera buttone while its unlocked, but when its locked it still requires me to enter my pin to unlock.

 

[DedValve]

God I hate my phone. I was scrolling a webpage and immediately a notification to update popped up and I accidentally hit ok with no way to cancel it.

Happened 5 minutes before a really important conference call. How convenient. Does Android/Ios do this crap too or can you at least cancel the damn update?

Really pissed me off.

 

[PG2G]

How do you do this? Swipe where and from which option? Can't get it to work and that's what I want, too!

the camera button/icon. Just drag it left a little

 

[VanMardigan]

God I hate my phone. I was scrolling a webpage and immediately a notification to update popped up and I accidentally hit ok with no way to cancel it.

Congrats, you are the first person in the history of windows phone to complain about getting an update notification.

And bonus points for making it seem like the problem is frequent enough to hate your phone over.

 

[Eanan]

God I hate my phone. I was scrolling a webpage and immediately a notification to update popped up and I accidentally hit ok with no way to cancel it.

Happened 5 minutes before a really important conference call. How convenient. Does Android/Ios do this crap too or can you at least cancel the damn update?

Really pissed me off.

No, android notifications don't have prompts pop up, they all go into the drag down notification menu. I think iOS does though.

 

[Goku]

Most of the people who posted in the 'Nokia supporting RAW' format thread are WP regulars. I wonder how many posts that thread would have gotten if it were another platform. I'm quite disappointed that it doesn't have more reactions.

By the way, I thought that so many tiles on a big screen would look bad, but looking at that 6" screen with all those Live tiles somehow... makes sense. It's like having your own personal newspaper. I can't really describe it, but man the Lumia 1520 and WP look amazing in those hands on videos and I really like the start screen.

 

[antiquegamer]

Is there a way to make the phone launch the Nokia Camera with the camera button, while its in a locked state?

I have it set as the default camera and it will launch when I hit the camera buttone while its unlocked, but when its locked it still requires me to enter my pin to unlock.

There's a setting that make Nokia Camera the default camera app. Good luck navigating the setting though.

 

[Anton Sugar]

the camera button/icon. Just drag it left a little

Great, thanks!

By the way, I thought that so many tiles on a big screen would look bad, but looking at that 6" screen with all those Live tiles somehow... makes sense. It's like having your own personal newspaper. I can't really describe it, but man the Lumia 1520 and WP look amazing in those hands on videos and I really like the start screen.

Yeah, the 1520 is very tempting for me.

 

[Label]

How do you do this? Swipe where and from which option? Can't get it to work and that's what I want, too!

Sorry my description was terrible, just follow the picture!

edit: Boo was too late!

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Lots of good news today, unless you are Rudy. Still love his apps.

Also I'm really happy the Nokia Camera app fixed the problem where when you take a pic and go to the preview that colour and sharpness changed.

 

[Commodore]

Man, that new Nokia Camera app, so good. So much utility there. Love their opening tutorial upon opening the app. Wish they'd also include a pro tutorial for all the pro settings in the same fashion.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Man, that new Nokia Camera app, so good. So much utility there. Love their opening tutorial upon opening the app. Wish they'd also include a pro tutorial for all the pro settings in the same fashion.

The UI seems to come up slightly faster as well.

 

[juliushandle]

dragon adventure makes me wanna be a kid again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly1tVph6dCY

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

Most of the people who posted in the 'Nokia supporting RAW' format thread are WP regulars. I wonder how many posts that thread would have gotten if it were another platform. I'm quite disappointed that it doesn't have more reactions.

By the way, I thought that so many tiles on a big screen would look bad, but looking at that 6" screen with all those Live tiles somehow... makes sense. It's like having your own personal newspaper. I can't really describe it, but man the Lumia 1520 and WP look amazing in those hands on videos and I really like the start screen.

Nope. Too many tiles, looks horrible. Maybe it would be ok if there was a larger 3x6 tile.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Nope. Too many tiles, looks horrible. Maybe it would be ok if there was a larger 3x6 tile.

I think it is only as horrible as the person doing the layout.

Also, does it seem weird that Xbox Video is coming as an app? I guess it will most likely have integration with the Music+Video hub anyways.

 

[Bob Dobalina]

Did they announce whether Lumia Black will be hitting the 520? Assuming I am at the mercy of T-Mobile to update the 521 variant, but it would be a good sign if the former got it.

Also what have they done to the nice, slim glance screen font

 

[PG2G]

Also, does it seem weird that Xbox Video is coming as an app? I guess it will most likely have integration with the Music+Video hub anyways.

Its a good thing and something I hope continues. It means they can update stuff like Xbox Music and Xbox Video much more frequently than if they are part of the core OS.

 

[juliushandle]

wholly smokes, the new portable wireless charger kicks ass. plus it's in cyan which can only mean a cyan 1520 is coming.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

I think it is only as horrible as the person doing the layout.

Also, does it seem weird that Xbox Video is coming as an app? I guess it will most likely have integration with the Music+Video hub anyways.

No matter who does the layout it will be impossible to have a symmetrical layout, and impossible to have a single tile fill the entire width of the screen. Bad.

 

[VanMardigan]

Man, that new Nokia Camera app, so good. So much utility there. Love their opening tutorial upon opening the app. Wish they'd also include a pro tutorial for all the pro settings in the same fashion.

On the Nokia Smart Cam app, hit the ellipsis and then tap "tutorial", there is a very nice walkthrough of all the controllable features. I've used it several times to sharpen up on what situations to use various controls with.

 

[Doffen]

And I thought this day could't get better for Windows Phone. Damn!

Instagram, Vine, Xbox Video, Fifa 14, Tample Run 2, Asphalt 8 and now 6snap!

 

[J. Bravo]

Is there any way to put my 920 on silent? And is there a way to make it so that i can put my phone on silent and still have alarms go off? Also, has anyone heard anything about an official snapchat app coming to wp8? I miss snapchat

edit: oh holy shit I just saw the post above me lol. woot!

 

[juliushandle]

really disappointed that the 2520 camera isn't Pureview.

 

[freshair]

Is there any way to put my 920 on silent? And is there a way to make it so that i can put my phone on silent and still have alarms go off?

To silence or turn on the ringer using the volume buttons

- Press up or down on the Volume buttons to make the volume bar appear.

- Do one of the following:
1.

Tap Ring

or Ring + Vibrate

to silence the ringer.​

2.

Tap Vibrate

or Silent

to turn on the ringer.​

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/how-to/wp8/start/ringtones-sounds-and-volume

Alarm volume and ringtones

Alarm volume is separate from the overall phone volume and can't be changed. As long as your phone is on, your alarms will still ring out nice and loud even if you turn down or silence the phone volume. So be careful to turn them off before a night out at the symphony.

 

[Commodore]

On the Nokia Smart Cam app, hit the ellipsis and then tap "tutorial", there is a very nice walkthrough of all the controllable features. I've used it several times to sharpen up on what situations to use various controls with.

Excellent. Just checked it out. Assumed the tutorial was simply the same camera tutorial upon start up. But Nokia nailed with the deeper tutorials explaining white balance and ISO levels etc. and why'd you'd use them. Very impressed right now.

 

[Suerte]

really disappointed that the 2520 camera isn't Pureview.

IMO, the less people taking pictures on tablets, the better. The number of gigs I've been to where people are blocking views by taking pictures on iPads, etc is now bordering on ridiculous.

 

[DedValve]

Congrats, you are the first person in the history of windows phone to complain about getting an update notification.

And bonus points for making it seem like the problem is frequent enough to hate your phone over.

I would say congrats on your passive aggressiveness since all I was doing was venting but I don't have the energy for sarcasm.

 

[J. Bravo]

To silence or turn on the ringer using the volume buttons




Alarm volume and ringtones

Thanks, good to know. problem with the silence info is that when I tap the vibrate or ring+vibrate, nothing else comes up. it's annoying. only have those two for options.

 

[freshair]

Thanks, good to know. problem with the silence info is that when I tap the vibrate or ring+vibrate, nothing else comes up. it's annoying. only have those two for options.

Yah, the only real way to silence your phone is to manually set the volume to 0, which is kind of annoying.