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Windows Phone |OT3| Apollo has landed
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Anton Sugar
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Damn, my sluggish 920 feels like a dinosaur now.
And as big as a dino as well amirite. So many cores....
At some point I really start wondering about the purpose of all this. Do they wanna start running earthquake simulations on those phones?
Nokia would have them beat in accuracy anyway, just drop your 920.
lol van
Alright this one is annoying me. IE won't start up websites in their mobile version. Every time I've went to a website I'd have to find the mobile. And for sites like Steam if I go to the mobile version and click a link it reverts to the desktop version. Any way I can fix this? I've looked in IE's settings and mobile preference is set.
EDIT: hmm apparently it's just Neogaf and Steam that's having the problem. Sites like twitter and facebook are working properly.
EDIT: hmm apparently it's just Neogaf and Steam that's having the problem. Sites like twitter and facebook are working properly.
Skulls of the Shogun will be released on all the MS platforms on the 30th 
. If you want all of the them it won't be cheap. Too bad there wasn't a discount for buying additional copies.
XBLA: 1200 points
Win8: $14.99
WP: $6.99
From the sounds of it, it is WP7 for sure. Wish there was a high res WP8 version.
Edit: Actually they just say Windows Phone so I'm not sure. It was developed on WP7 though.
. If you want all of the them it won't be cheap. Too bad there wasn't a discount for buying additional copies.XBLA: 1200 points
Win8: $14.99
WP: $6.99
From the sounds of it, it is WP7 for sure. Wish there was a high res WP8 version.
Edit: Actually they just say Windows Phone so I'm not sure. It was developed on WP7 though.
lastflowers
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I played it at PAX on the 360, and it seemed really fun. If I can convince a couple of my other friends to buy it, then I'll definitely be getting it on Win8 and WP. Otherwise probably just W8. It screeeeeaaaammsssss surface play.
So will this finally run Android as smooth as my 2-year-old Focus ran Windows Phone?
Skulls of the Shogun will be released on all the MS platforms on the 30th
XBLA: 1200 points
Win8: $14.99
WP: $6.99
From the sounds of it, it is WP7 for sure. Wish there was a high res WP8 version.
Edit: Actually they just say Windows Phone so I'm not sure. It was developed on WP7 though.
Betrayalton
Missed opportunity for buy once and available for all platforms.
For three extra dollars and it worked on WP7 and W8, I would grab that version.
Gotta love that Universal marketplace..... Sigh. Would love to pay once for the game on my Surface, 360 and WP.Skulls of the Shogun will be released on all the MS platforms on the 30th
XBLA: 1200 points
Win8: $14.99
WP: $6.99
From the sounds of it, it is WP7 for sure. Wish there was a high res WP8 version.
Edit: Actually they just say Windows Phone so I'm not sure. It was developed on WP7 though.
Zeouterlimits
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Still no sign of the 920 in Ireland. FFS. Really sick of waiting, but I get paralyzed when I try to pick out a phone.
Smartest and dumbest fucks at the same time.
They say Einstein couldn't tie his shoes.
The Faceless Master
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calling it 8 core is a bit shady... it has 4 high power cores and 4 low power ones, similar to Tegra 3 and Tegra 4 with their 4 high power cores and 1 low power. nobody calls Kal-El or Wayne Quinta Core or 5 Core...
crazy how Sony has this shit figured out, but Microsoft, the software masters, are way behind...
shady or not, it's more mindshare for android.
Sony having a more unified store I assume makes this much easier. I'm not sure why they couldn't do it where you buy one version and they send you a code for the others?
Doesn't matter when nothing will take advantage of that.
it does matter in terms of mind share. Android is leading edge, WP is a generation behind.
Damon Bennet
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I dont think the general public has any idea what kind of cores are in their phone.
They don't care about the names and tech but they do care that their phones have X number of cores.
the higher the number the better is all the public cares about.
Your wife will love the dual core Tegra 2 was not an effective ad. People don't care how many cores the iPhone or iPad have--only wannabe nerds care.
antiquegamer
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Where is my Dodonpachi!!??
Also Microsoft Xbox division only wants to support their own product, I assume portable Xbox Surface and/or Xbox Loop is where they will be concentrating on.
killer rin
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Definately. Also whenever this comes up I keep on getting the metal image of Sinofsky sneaking into the xbox building to steal the APIs, only to bring them back and throw them all over the company.
"Everybody! We got the Keys! Go Crazy"
maximum360
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Nokia Italy Confirms Windows Phone 7.8 Coming This Month
After a user had reached out on Twitter asking about the Windows Phone 7.8 software update for Windows Phone 7.5 devices, Nokia’s Italian arm had publicly responded saying that the update is coming ‘in a few days,’ promising that more details will follow.
After a user had reached out on Twitter asking about the Windows Phone 7.8 software update for Windows Phone 7.5 devices, Nokia’s Italian arm had publicly responded saying that the update is coming ‘in a few days,’ promising that more details will follow.
Been a day or two since we had some doom and gloom..
This is all anecdotal maybe but I wanted to get this off my chest.
Anyway, I have a ever growing sinking feeling that RIM is going to swoop in and handily snatch 3rd place off Microsoft. In fact, I would wager it will grow at a much faster pace than Windows phone has. Quite a few recent articles I have read regarding the new Blackberry devices and BB10 have been very positive. The overall mood of the tech media has changed quite a bit recently regarding RIM. If this does happen the shift of developers over to BBM who may have been considering WP apps will be bad news for WP as a platform.
Watching some newer hands on with BB10 I have been nothing but impressed with what I have seen. Sure it looks like a mash up of Web OS and Android but its fast, smooth, and seems to offer a bevy of features out of the box.. Unlike WP8 which in many ways is far behind the leading mobile OS's right now. Even many of Windows native apps are a complete joke on WP.
If this does happen Microsoft has no one to blame but themselves. In a way I am kinda rooting for RIM, more competition is a good thing. My concern is it will be at the detriment of Windows phone for the most part.
Flame me if you want, its just my thoughts.
I <3 my 920.
Prime example of above.
This is all anecdotal maybe but I wanted to get this off my chest.
Anyway, I have a ever growing sinking feeling that RIM is going to swoop in and handily snatch 3rd place off Microsoft. In fact, I would wager it will grow at a much faster pace than Windows phone has. Quite a few recent articles I have read regarding the new Blackberry devices and BB10 have been very positive. The overall mood of the tech media has changed quite a bit recently regarding RIM. If this does happen the shift of developers over to BBM who may have been considering WP apps will be bad news for WP as a platform.
Watching some newer hands on with BB10 I have been nothing but impressed with what I have seen. Sure it looks like a mash up of Web OS and Android but its fast, smooth, and seems to offer a bevy of features out of the box.. Unlike WP8 which in many ways is far behind the leading mobile OS's right now. Even many of Windows native apps are a complete joke on WP.
If this does happen Microsoft has no one to blame but themselves. In a way I am kinda rooting for RIM, more competition is a good thing. My concern is it will be at the detriment of Windows phone for the most part.
Flame me if you want, its just my thoughts.
I <3 my 920.
Prime example of above.
I don't have a WP but I think something like this would work http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/wifi/80401f49-9b4d-4def-b131-71c0a67f53ad
edit: or this http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/dashboard/a38526d8-b6c7-463e-a04f-a14c112d05a5
Not the same. Still have to enter and toggle on/off and if you press the Windows button instead of back, the tile won't update.
Been a day or two since we had some doom and gloom..
This is all anecdotal maybe but I wanted to get this off my chest.
Anyway, I have a ever growing sinking feeling that RIM is going to swoop in and handily snatch 3rd place off Microsoft. In fact, I would wager it will grow at a much faster pace than Windows phone has. Quite a few recent articles I have read regarding the new Blackberry devices and BB10 have been very positive. The overall mood of the tech media has changed quite a bit recently regarding RIM. If this does happen the shift of developers over to BBM who may have been considering WP apps will be bad news for WP as a platform.
Watching some newer hands on with BB10 I have been nothing but impressed with what I have seen. Sure it looks like a mash up of Web OS and Android but its fast, smooth, and seems to offer a bevy of features out of the box.. Unlike WP8 which in many ways is far behind the leading mobile OS's right now. Even many of Windows native apps are a complete joke on WP.
If this does happen Microsoft has no one to blame but themselves. In a way I am kinda rooting for RIM, more competition is a good thing. My concern is it will be at the detriment of Windows phone for the most part.
Flame me if you want, its just my thoughts.
I <3 my 920.
Prime example of above.
This is one of the reasons why my next phone will not be a windows phone. Its been more than two years since wp7, and all the slack I was willing to give the OS ran out with the same song and dance being pushed on the user without any really movement/iteration apart from high resolution screens. I'll probably be sticking to my lumia 800 for this year though, which is good enough for me for the time being. Hopefully 7.8 is on the horizon.
Steelyuhas
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Been a day or two since we had some doom and gloom..
This is all anecdotal maybe but I wanted to get this off my chest.
Anyway, I have a ever growing sinking feeling that RIM is going to swoop in and handily snatch 3rd place off Microsoft. In fact, I would wager it will grow at a much faster pace than Windows phone has. Quite a few recent articles I have read regarding the new Blackberry devices and BB10 have been very positive. The overall mood of the tech media has changed quite a bit recently regarding RIM. If this does happen the shift of developers over to BBM who may have been considering WP apps will be bad news for WP as a platform.
Watching some newer hands on with BB10 I have been nothing but impressed with what I have seen. Sure it looks like a mash up of Web OS and Android but its fast, smooth, and seems to offer a bevy of features out of the box.. Unlike WP8 which in many ways is far behind the leading mobile OS's right now. Even many of Windows native apps are a complete joke on WP.
If this does happen Microsoft has no one to blame but themselves. In a way I am kinda rooting for RIM, more competition is a good thing. My concern is it will be at the detriment of Windows phone for the most part.
Flame me if you want, its just my thoughts.
I <3 my 920.
Windows native apps? You mean like messaging and mail?
Heh, more like Skype, Xbox Music. Not to mention the whole dropping Zune for the utter POS sync software on Win 8.
And Xbox games or lack thereof.
Those will hopefully improve. Even though Xbox Music needs a lot of work it is still one of my favorite things about the platform. Also little things like taking am extra second to turn off or on WiFi every now and then doesn't bother. The core things I need to do with a phone, WP does it well.
Steelyuhas
Member
Oh aye, you'll find no argument from me on that one.
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