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[KageMaru]

Not sure if this has been discussed here but if you search the phone for "USB" using Cortana, you are given access to USB settings not found in Setting menu. Wonder why it's hidden.

 

[hadareud]

I think it was Senna F1 who recommended the hard-core history podcast. Thanks for that, it's good stuff.

The dude shows some great insight (even though he gets hung up on weird things at times), it's very enjoyable.

 

[juliushandle]

Hardcore History's Genghis Khan series is phenomenal.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Hardcore History's Genghis Khan series is phenomenal.

Gonna tackle that next, it was a little intimidating to start with that, haha.

 

[lastflowers]

HH is a podcast that's definitely worth the purchase.

 

[antiquegamer]

Not sure if this has been discussed here but if you search the phone for "USB" using Cortana, you are given access to USB settings not found in Setting menu. Wonder why it's hidden.

May be bad things happen if you mess around with it.

 

[Zeknurn]

Is it not possible to set a static ip on WP or am I blind? My friend is wondering because he can't use Wi-fi without the option.

 

[juliushandle]

One Drive gets a big update.

Xbox Music update will follow soon right guys?

 

[Magni]

My parents live in Issy-les-Moulineaux, I see the MS headquarters everytime I go back to visit them. French engineers are well known for their skill (not biased at all no - also, just look at Rudy), surprised Xbox Music has been doing so poorly.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Just let Rudy do everything.

 

[Klocker]

One Drive gets a big update.

?

Finally sort by options on the list! It's finally useful for me thank you

 

[LowerLevel]

The app needs its own thread.

I laughed too hard at this...

 

[catmincer]

I'm on part 2 of the Hardcore History episode series "Blueprint for Armageddon" and while Dan Carlin rightfully praises the French for their 19th century accomplishments, his descriptions of their World War I plan/army are shocking. Bright red pants, bright white gloves and white hats, horses with breastplates lack of belief in heavy artillery. Just finished hearing about Battle of the Frontiers...27,000 dead French in a single day

Then there was the whole Maginot Line where they built a ton of fortifications on the border of Germany and the Germans just went in via Belgium haha.

 

[Stinkles]

Then there was the whole Maginot Line where they built a ton of fortifications on the border of Germany and the Germans just went in via Belgium haha.

And the fact that the gun emplacements on the Maginot line were fixed, buried in concrete in fact, so that if the line was broken, breached or circumvented, there was no way to shoot any way except forward.

 

[juliushandle]

Weather Flow updated yesterday and has some new nice looking backgrounds

 

[LukasTaves]

I just noticed that when you reframe a picture the new version no longer gets auto uploaded to onedrive, in fact, it doesn't get uploaded even manually, as the option to upload is gone.

 

[nillapuddin]

So as I said picked up a 1020 for my SO and I.

I dont take pictures, but all people want to see is how great the pictures are on my phone, but when I look at them, they dont look out of this world or anything.

Are there some settings or apps I should use to best showcase them?

 

[hwalker84]

So as I said picked up a 1020 for my SO and I.

I dont take pictures, but all people want to see is how great the pictures are on my phone, but when I look at them, they dont look out of this world or anything.

Are there some settings or apps I should use to best showcase them?

Use the power. Think about what you're taking a picture of. What type of lighting you're in. Etc.

 

[NeOak]

So as I said picked up a 1020 for my SO and I.

I dont take pictures, but all people want to see is how great the pictures are on my phone, but when I look at them, they dont look out of this world or anything.

Are there some settings or apps I should use to best showcase them?

Set them to 4:3 and use your PC. You can only see the 5MP version on your phone.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

I've got the half as good version in the 1520, and the only time I've been particularly impressed is when taking closeup portraits in bright sunlight like in the park.

 

[nillapuddin]

Set them to 4:3 and use your PC. You can only see the 5MP version on your phone.

I figured it was something to that effect, Ill look into that, I can just use the standard "Windows Phone app for Desktop" and sync them to PC?

 

[Ape]

Set them to 4:3 and use your PC. You can only see the 5MP version on your phone.

Does anyone have any pics they want to share from their 1020?

 

[PG2G]

I have found that the 1020 doesn't really guarantee good pictures. You really need to know what you're doing IMO.

The tangible benefit for average folks is the zoom, and I don't really use that too often

 

[JaggedSac]

So as I said picked up a 1020 for my SO and I.

I dont take pictures, but all people want to see is how great the pictures are on my phone, but when I look at them, they dont look out of this world or anything.

Are there some settings or apps I should use to best showcase them?

Get a basic understanding of shutter speed and ISO. It'll help tons since manual shots will most of the time be better than automatic.

 

[nillapuddin]

Thanks for the tips on the pictures everyone

Now my largest annoyance is the lack of album art transferring into my xbox music app, the fact that there isnt a 100% accurate, 100% free completely, one-stop-show for all music diagnostics, matching, tagging, reorganizing and editing music is just flat ridiculous.

Spoiler

/s

 

[Herr K]

my phone used to store the whatsapp received photos on the whatsapp album. After the 8.1 update, it decided to create a new album "Other Pictures" to store said photos. How can I revert it to how it was before? Also, when I want to sent a whatsapp picture, I see another album named "8" that's empty, and I can't see it on the Gallery.

 

[Commodore]

Well, that's one way to customize the start screen...

 

[José Mourinho]

I just noticed that when you reframe a picture the new version no longer gets auto uploaded to onedrive, in fact, it doesn't get uploaded even manually, as the option to upload is gone.

You're supposed to be able to do manual uploads via the OneDrive app. It has yet to work for me though, always produces an error. Hopefully the new update sorts it.

edit: the latest OneDrive app works for me, in fact, it allows for a lot more exploration through the phones file system. However, when you go to upload images it only produces a list of file names, which to be honest, is really useless. Need thumbs otherwise what's the point?

edit: Okay, a further edit, scrub the previous. You can add them via the share option in the photo hub.

 

[antiquegamer]

Does anyone have any pics they want to share from their 1020?

There's a thread, not super active but you can see the camera potential
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=500350&page=100000

 

[Blackhead]

Well, that's one way to customize the start screen...

Lovely

Except those icons in the status bar

 

[Retrocide]

The the purchase of Nokia's Device and Services division is now complete, will Microsoft continue to make Android phones or will they put it out to pasture?

 

[hadareud]

Microsoft Mobile, eh?

They pronounce it right. Mobile is not pronounced Mobele. It's Mobile. Isle.

Also, a router is a router and not a rowter.

 

[LukasTaves]

You're supposed to be able to do manual uploads via the OneDrive app. It has yet to work for me though, always produces an error. Hopefully the new update sorts it.

edit: the latest OneDrive app works for me, in fact, it allows for a lot more exploration through the phones file system. However, when you go to upload images it only produces a list of file names, which to be honest, is really useless. Need thumbs otherwise what's the point?

edit: Okay, a further edit, scrub the previous. You can add them via the share option in the photo hub.

My onedrive didn't updated yet, now it did and it does show in the share option in the photo hub. (I completely forgot that before I could just open the onedrive app and upload files from there XD)

Well, that's one way to customize the start screen...

Loved it.

 

[Paganmoon]

Microsoft Mobile, eh?

They pronounce it right. Mobile is not pronounced Mobele. It's Mobile. Isle.

Also, a router is a router and not a rowter.

Rooter?

 

[JaggedSac]

They need to integrate Xbox Live into the people hub. I don't want it for contacts, but to see maybe uploaded clips and twitch stream broadcasts starting.

 

[hadareud]

Rooter?

Exactly.

 

[NeOak]

I figured it was something to that effect, Ill look into that, I can just use the standard "Windows Phone app for Desktop" and sync them to PC?

Just plug it in, it will mount as normal USB storage.

The the purchase of Nokia's Device and Services division is now complete, will Microsoft continue to make Android phones or will they put it out to pasture?

That is the big question.

 

[LukasTaves]

They need to integrate Xbox Live into the people hub. I don't want it for contacts, but to see maybe uploaded clips and twitch stream broadcasts starting.

Very good idea!

 

[hadareud]

Elop:

And we are committed to continuing our support for feature phones, the Asha family, and the Nokia X family of devices, announced at the Mobile World Congress in February.
http://conversations.nokia.com/2014/04/25/now-one-microsoft-open-letter-stephen-elop/

There's your answer.

 

[Paganmoon]

Exactly.

Then it should be spelled that way. Then again, you could be Canadian and say aboot instead of about as well

 

[hadareud]

I was just thinking about the future naming of the phones.

Here's my guess:

- Lumia "whatever" for the successors to the 5,6,7 series phones
- Surface "whatever" for the successors to the 8,9,10 phones

Nokia did a great job on the low and mid-end market with the Lumia line, but they didn't make any progress in the high end segment. Great phones, shit sales.

I would think that MS will want to build on the great reputation Nokia had with the 520 and 620 and that they will also need to change things around for the flagship phones.

Then it should be spelled that way. Then again, you could be Canadian and say aboot instead of about as well

I'm tempted during play-off time.

 

[n64coder]

Nokia did a great job on the low and mid-end market with the Lumia line, but they didn't make any progress in the high end segment. Great phones, shit sales.

I would think that MS will want to build on the great reputation Nokia had with the 520 and 620 and that they will also need to change things around for the flagship phones.

I think if they continue their stellar work with the low end phones, their high end market will eventually grow. I started with a low end phone because I was unsure about WP but just bought the 1020 recently since I'm comfortable with it and wanted a higher end phone.

 

[kurisu1974]

Then it should be spelled that way. Then again, you could be Canadian and say aboot instead of about as well

How do you pronounce route (as in Route 66). Isn't it the same for router then?

 

[CaptainABAB]

Really liking 8.1 so far. I used to prefer tiles that added their own unique color/variety to the start screen, but with the new theme, I am preferring the transparent ones going forward.

Apps I would like to see on WP: Flickr, Sonos, SiriusXM

 

[Paganmoon]

How do you pronounce route (as in Route 66). Isn't it the same for router then?

I'm Swedish so my pronunciations changes from day to day

 

[José Mourinho]

How do you pronounce route (as in Route 66). Isn't it the same for router then?

I'm one such person who pronounces route as root, and router as outer with an r at the beginning.

 

[juliushandle]

Really liking 8.1 so far. I used to prefer tiles that added their own unique color/variety to the start screen, but with the new theme, I am preferring the transparent ones going forward.




Apps I would like to see on WP: Flickr, Sonos, SiriusXM

There's a 3rd party Flickr, a 3rd party sonos called phonos, no Siriusxm though (that I'm aware of).

 

[StudioTan]

How do you pronounce route (as in Route 66). Isn't it the same for router then?

I pronounce Route 66 like root 66 but that's probably mostly because of the song. Router is pronounced like r-out-er. I've never heard anyone say rooter unless they're talking about gardening equipment.

 

[juliushandle]

They need to integrate Xbox Live into the people hub. I don't want it for contacts, but to see maybe uploaded clips and twitch stream broadcasts starting.

Great idea. It will promote the Lumia as an Xbox phone and bring in the gamers.

MS will never do it, they aren't that smart. They dropped the ball with gamers a long time ago.

 

[NeOak]

Games? On my Windows Phone?

:lol