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Windows Phone |OT3 Update 3| Please be excited
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frontieruk
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So we've all had a play now, the question is...
How close did Microsoft get to their envisioned experience from TellMe in their first release?
Here's the video for a reminder or new for those who didn't know what Windows phone was back in 2011
http://youtu.be/x-3XWl4srng
How close did Microsoft get to their envisioned experience from TellMe in their first release?
Here's the video for a reminder or new for those who didn't know what Windows phone was back in 2011
http://youtu.be/x-3XWl4srng
Kinky John
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An appointment for today (a couple of hours from now) is still showing as "Tomorrow: 10:30-11:30" on my lock screen.
killer rin
Member
Odd, is it set in your calendar correctly?
Kinky John
Member
Yeah, it is.
I got it working. I had to go to a specific URL in a store for a different region and I was able to update the network settings and then the rest of the updates automatically popped up in the store.
trineo_feo
Member
Youtube videos now can be played embedded directy from Gaf mobile site. Yay!
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
Okay I love Cortana.
My mother just dropped me a text asking if my girlfriend and I wanted to come to a BBQ on Monday. On Monday was underlined, clicked it, and Cortana created an entry for my diary with the event. Brilliant.
My mother just dropped me a text asking if my girlfriend and I wanted to come to a BBQ on Monday. On Monday was underlined, clicked it, and Cortana created an entry for my diary with the event. Brilliant.
Doesn't work with every app. Try it with the Calendar. Should work the same as with the two column setting.
Tried with calendar, Cortana, Music, weblink tile, me tile, all just have a minimize icon.
Did you actually minimize it twice? It's always the same icon, but it's supposed to cycle between the sizes the app supports.
Scroll through the minimise. I goes large > medium > small > large again.
Don't. It's a UI issue. It's counterintuitive that the 'smaller' button makes the tile larger.
brotkasten
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That's why the button changes accordingly.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
They are still pretty far from this. Cortana and the other digital assistants still struggle with following up a question. You can do a lot of the stuff in the video, but you'll have to do it one piece at a time.
Yep. I like Cortana; she is a useful PA - but I do get annoyed when she doesn't hear me right. She's definitely more useful than Siri and Google Now (from what I have used of all 3 systems anyway) so that has to be a short-term win for Microsoft. I'm also excited to see what app developers will do with her to integrate her usefulness into their app (Cortana, tag me here in Facebook with my girlfriend - done). Heck, I'm even thinking on using her for future versions of my app already, even though it is a very explicit request ("What is my take home pay for £46000 per year?"). This is key in my opinion for Cortana to get increased appeal beyond us web folk. There is plenty of work still to do.
One key thing - my girlfriend doesn't like I have another woman talking to me. Cortana has already been labelled as 'the bitch".
It does, but as we've seen, it happens that people don't try to make a tile smaller to end up with a larger one. From a medium sized tile smaller seems like the wrong direction.
Maybe there'd be a way for the symbol to present 'changing size' instead of 'smaller' or 'larger'. E.g. if there's enough room, the symbol could contain the three different tile sizes. Or maybe just an arrow in both directions like resizing a Window.
Does she know how you probably talk to other women every day in the course of every day existance?Wondering this too... haven't been able to figure out how to define home and work on it. Will be useful for reminders.... call somebody when I get home type of thing. I see the places section but don't see where to specify my home and work.
I think/hope she does.
It's all jokes, she isn't the controlling type
Have you defined it in the Cortana app? Top right hand corner, hit the 3 bars to bring up the options. Go into places, and define your single place of work and home there. Hit the '+' icon at the bottom.
José Mourinho
cocknose
I'm loving the auto updates. It's the little things.
NeOak
Member
Yeah, was hoping it'd figure out the timing and notify me of when I need to leave and what not.
Everdred
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I have a calendar alert with the address of my work and the "Notify me when I need to leave" checked and she never tells me anything.
When I got up this morning, there was a notice from Cortana asking me if this location was my home. I said yes and it added my home into the notebook. When I got to work, I added work in through the notebook commands myself.
I suspect it'll figure out your work location eventually, unless you're a travelling salesman or something.
I suspect it'll figure out your work location eventually, unless you're a travelling salesman or something.
you can add it manually by hitting the 3 lines icon in the top right of cortana and going to places.
My girlfriend isn't happy with her either. Or "it" as she calls her.
She refuses to call her a her.
José Mourinho
cocknose
I've not bothered to change my settings to try Cortana yet, but I imagine I'll be firmly in the "it" camp.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Then their girlfriends will really start to worry!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG2EiWBC35g
"Who's Cortana?"
There is no file explorer as far as I know.
Was away on a short vacation, came back yesterday and installed 8.1. Still getting used to what's new, staying with 2 columns for now as 3 seems to make text too small for me. Battery usage was high yesterday, but I was using the phone much more than normal so we'll see how it goes today on a more typical usage day.
Does Battery Saver now replace the background tasks settings? I've noticed some apps (Facebook and Twitter) that showed as allowed to run in the background where I only have them setup for push notifications, but no live tile. In 8.0, I could set them to no run in the background while still getting notifications, will it still work the same in 8.1?
My first attempt with Cortana was a bit off though... I told it "Send my wife a message that I love her", and it sent the message "I love her". Good thing I warned my wife I was trying it otherwise that could have been a very awkward conversation.
Does Battery Saver now replace the background tasks settings? I've noticed some apps (Facebook and Twitter) that showed as allowed to run in the background where I only have them setup for push notifications, but no live tile. In 8.0, I could set them to no run in the background while still getting notifications, will it still work the same in 8.1?
My first attempt with Cortana was a bit off though... I told it "Send my wife a message that I love her", and it sent the message "I love her". Good thing I warned my wife I was trying it otherwise that could have been a very awkward conversation.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Just gave Cortana a go. I enjoyed the Clippy Easter-egg.
Steelyuhas
Member
IE 11 takes the battery out back to the woodshed and puts the ol' boy down :/
Also quick question: Is there a way to set Wi-Fi to turn on at a specific location? I see i can choose favorite locations, but I'd like to just set it to come on when i get home.
Also quick question: Is there a way to set Wi-Fi to turn on at a specific location? I see i can choose favorite locations, but I'd like to just set it to come on when i get home.
José Mourinho
cocknose
lastflowers
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It'd be neat if, whenever the next halo game comes out, Cortana can answer appropriately:José Mourinho;108375447 said:
Chief is stuck in the library fighting the flood.....could you help him please.
Maybe it'll look at achievements or something.
I opened up Cortana last night and she asked if a particular location is work and another is home.
I'm going to use Cortana to play my music for now. If only she could play playlists. I said "Play Halo 4" and it works way faster than the app.
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