HTC 8X (color versions) isn't as perfect as it look:
Full story: http://www.neowin.net/news/how-the-htc-windows-phone-8x-could-be-improved
Oh goddamnit...
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Oh goddamnit...
MS hid WMP like it was the fuckin' plague in Windows 8.
Don't expect any update for it any time soon.
brotkasten
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cityhunter
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I installed an app call "Cocktail Flow". I open it and it keeps crashing right away. I even did a re-install. Did anyone else experience this problem? I'm on the 920btw
cityhunter
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Hmm, odd. Did you have that Portio upgrade for your phone yet? The one that has the wifi stays on one?
Mine is 1.6.1.62 I think :x
No, I'm in England so no update for me. Same version too.
cityhunter
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I see. Seems like it's just mine then. Thanks for the help guys
Seems like one of those mysteries that I'll try to figure out later. Time for bedTheBryanJZX90
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Hmm so after Metro Tube got updated it has been absolutely torching my battery. Woke up this morning, took the phone off the charger, watched a couple videos, then left the phone alone without closing the app. Pick up the phone now a couple hours later, it's warm and I have less than 20% battery left. Yikes, hope they update it again soon.
here's another, mind you inside is black ceiling, low light to keep the ice from melting. Outdoors though, the 920 video is absolute magic and is near dslr quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_6AcoDhHDk
gopro my ass.
Unknown Soldier
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Samsung ATIV S is available in Normal Gray.
I was in Vietnam and Cambodia and used the 920 as my backup shooter. This is a video I took on the back of a tuck tuck in Phnom Penh at night.
http://youtu.be/gTj6tBrmllI
http://youtu.be/gTj6tBrmllI
brotkasten
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I think the color of the Ativ is called "Boring Samsung".
killer rin
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So I just got a 12 month Xbox Music subscription. So far I like it and it seems to work well enough with Windows Phone.
...Plus I somehow managed to find Jpop deep within their servers that I was able to stream and download.
...Plus I somehow managed to find Jpop deep within their servers that I was able to stream and download.
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?
Dammit it's so nice. I have a year and a half left on my contract with Rogers, so tempted to do an early upgrade. Is it still only available in black in Canada?
So i took the plunge and moved from Android to the Lumia 920. There are some key features that i do miss, but on the whole I am liking the change.
How would you go about strapping the phone securely to a helmet like in that video posted? Because that could save me buying a go pro camera if I can use this!
How would you go about strapping the phone securely to a helmet like in that video posted? Because that could save me buying a go pro camera if I can use this!
You should work your neck out for like, a year, before you even consider that.
Yeah, still black. No word on anything else yet.
Welcome aboard dude!
Looking around I can't see that much (probably looking in the wrong place). What about duct tape and a case?
ha, its not THAT heavy - You get used to the extra weight pretty damn quickly (well, I have anyway).
Welcome aboard dude!
Looking around I can't see that much (probably looking in the wrong place). What about duct tape and a case?
Cheers! I was hoping for something more elegant, especially as I don't have my own helmet yet, so i was hoping there could be a solution that would not require tape so I can mount it to a helmet pretty quickly. I will keep on hunting.
brotkasten
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He watches Formula 1, he knows what he has to do.
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?
Then it looks like I'm sticking with the Focus for a while longer :/
brotkasten
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I hope whenever Spotify releases their app for Windows Phone 8, they'll bring some feature parity with it.
I'm comparing the WP7 app with the Android app and:
The old green splash screen is hideous
It doesn't have the radio function
Obviously no thumbs up for radio songs (5 months since the feature was introduced)
No private session
No gapless playback and crossfade
No quality setting for downloaded tracks
"What's new" shows only new releases (6 of them), but not top playlist among friends or top tracks among friends
I can't find the inbox
Talking about the red headed step-child.
What good is it to have big names on your platform, if they don't do anything after releasing the first two versions?
I'm comparing the WP7 app with the Android app and:
The old green splash screen is hideous
It doesn't have the radio function
Obviously no thumbs up for radio songs (5 months since the feature was introduced)
No private session
No gapless playback and crossfade
No quality setting for downloaded tracks
"What's new" shows only new releases (6 of them), but not top playlist among friends or top tracks among friends
I can't find the inbox
Talking about the red headed step-child.
What good is it to have big names on your platform, if they don't do anything after releasing the first two versions?
Yeah, apart from Google not developing apps whatsoever, I am finding the quality of apps that have been made just not in the same league as Android and iOS. I hope developers do start putting effort into Windows Phone 8, because the core phone is pretty damn good and I'm enjoying using a phone again.
brotkasten
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I love the OS. I really liked using it on my old LG Optimus 7 and WP8 is basically more of the same, which is good for me. There are very few apps I use and want on a phone, so it's actually not a big deal for me, but it just happens that Spotify is one of the 4 apps and the lack of WP8 support is a deal breaker for me. I'm only on Android, because the LG broke and I would've been mental to buy a 7.5 device few months before the OS 8 launch, knowing I couldn't upgrade the OS.
But I can totally understand when people drop their Lumias and other phones for iPhones and Androids, because of apps. Again, having 150,000 apps on your platform doesn't say anything, if the quality isn't there.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Is there a list of wp8-optimized apps? Its really awesome when an app I use updates and I get a high res icon, instant start, super fast loading/scrolling, and the double wide tile if I want it.
There should be a category in the store for this so devs would be a little bit more forced to use those features.
I think the way the Spotify business model works (ie you don't see the app until you've already given them money) inevitably leads to all the mobile apps being really under developed (though you're right WP is by far the worst).
It would be easy to feel victimised as a WP user but the truth is no one is happy with their spotify apps, and spotify doesn't really seem to care. If Xbox music was even as well featured as Zune was I would have seriously thought about switching.
brotkasten
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Care to explain? Because I'm pretty happy with Spotify on Android. It's one of the few quality apps on this platform that also has their own design.
HollovVpo1nt
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Who do they want to sell the phone to? T-2000?
Yeah, thet commercial is pretty jarring. Nothing says self-improvement like Beats Audio.
Seems fitting for the target audience.
Anton Sugar
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I've been looking for this, too, with no luck. I'm surprised the "Flow" team hasn't updated AppFlow--they were good about adding new categories of apps to it back in WP 7.5 and they've updated WeatherFlow and CocktailFlow.
HollovVpo1nt
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The phone beeing good looking is a problem really. Comparing it to similairly specced phones, it's overpriced. I want a yellow|grey 8S sooo bad when I'm looking at it, but then comes the realisation that is has a 1Ghz dual core cpu, 512 MB ram, 4GB internal storage.
The Xperia Sola has comparable internals but with 8GB NAND and NFC. Oh and it's 70 euro's cheaper.
The 8S should have had 8X' specs and the 8X should have had One X specs.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
The 8s will obviously perform better than an android phone with the same or similar internals. The 4gb is expandable for media but you can't use it for apps and that is unforgivable.
I thought they made changes recently so you could put apps on expandable memory?
What do you base this on? It uses a dual core 1ghz Qualcomm S4 which is fine for any Android phone running 4.0 or higher.
HollovVpo1nt
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I want my money's worth of hardware. Yeah I'm one of them.
Besides, it would have been a really good move of HTC to make the 8S compete with the Xperia Sola, price wise. I think people would be surprised how great a phone at that price performs compared to Android phones at the same price.
Come to think of it, the only difference between the Xperia U and the 8S is the fact that the 8S has expanadble storage. But, there is Xperia U (which has comparable internals) costs around 177 euro's (cheapest) and the 8S around 270 euro's (cheapest). These are off contract. On contract, the HTC 8S competes with the Xperia S. I'd buy an Xperia S over the 8S in a heartbeat.
Dual-Core S4 to be precist. What vM meant is that a Windows Phone performs better than an Android with the same internals. I can't back that statement up because I neither own a dual-core android phone or a windows phone.
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