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Windows Phone |OT3 Update 3| Please be excited
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NeOak
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I was impressed by how long it lasts, especially since she is playing around with it all the time
Careful! You might get replaced by that 630!
:lol
juliushandle
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SALE ALERT
refurb red verizon Lumia 2520 for $275
http://www.neweggflash.com/product/...23432X820454X2134cc752d95f1a6b7f48ee070c8fb2e
refurb red verizon Lumia 2520 for $275
http://www.neweggflash.com/product/...23432X820454X2134cc752d95f1a6b7f48ee070c8fb2e
Yeah, I think marketing is MS biggest weakness. They need to be more aggressive to make up for the lack of mindshare of the other two platforms. MS has boasted how much they plan to spend marketing other products, it would be nice if they would push WP as hard.
This is what the 630/635 should should have been.
NeOak
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Oh god. So tempted but i really have no use for it.
NeOak
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lol before the last update, that app had not been updated in forever
killer rin
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Those ones in the system tray for WiFi and Cellular? I first noticed them come GDR3. Supposedly they mean data is currently being dealt with over the network. Up-Left arrow for upload Down-Right arrow for download.
Ah, good to know. Not having that on my 920 for some reason. Weird - is it provider based?
killer rin
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No clue. I have a 920 myself so it might be provider based.
should be in the settings
brotkasten
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I really like the integration between the Mac and iPhone. Accepting calls on your Mac and texting back is such a small thing, in theory, but a really great idea. Interactive notifications in iOS is also long overdue on both platforms not called Android. Can't wait to see it on Windows Phone in 2015.
Yeah, awesome features that I hope make their way to Windows sooner rather than later. I'm not joining the closed Apple ecosystem lol
brotkasten
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You know it's not going to happen anytime soon. :lol
Yup, currently updating!
brotkasten
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Downloads should show up on the notification center, really.
Steelyuhas
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Still waiting on a messaging app for windows that allows me to send/receive my phone messages there. Really cool feature that Apple has.
brotkasten
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The Windows Phone alternative to iMassage was the Message hub, which combined texts and Facebook messages. The Facebook part was always available on PC.
They do need more interoperability between the message app on Windows Phone and Windows 8.
Oh, wait. They killed the message app on Windows 8 in favor for Skype. So there you go, cross-platform messaging is already there.
brotkasten
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That's one way to say they've gone full Android. Now Microsoft is behind with Windows Phone. Again.
brotkasten
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Right, but it remains to be seen what it brings to the table. Interactive notifications would be a good start.
Steelyuhas
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Used that app all the time. RIPThe Windows Phone alternative to iMassage was the Message hub, which combined texts and Facebook messages. The Facebook part was always available on PC.
They do need more interoperability between the message app on Windows Phone and Windows 8.
Oh, wait. They killed the message app on Windows 8 in favor for Skype. So there you go, cross-platform messaging is already there.
juliushandle
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Updated. Pretty good performance jump on my 1020. Animations on the transitions are much better but there's still a slight stutter.
All this integration between the phone & mac is great. Picking up phone calls and sending SMS from any device through the phone. Presumably this is through bluetooth.
Stuff like this is what microsoft was toying with in Longhorn. Too bad they dropped those efforts. Hopefully something this powerful comes in Threshold.
Edit: Evidence (skip to 2:06)
Stuff like this is what microsoft was toying with in Longhorn. Too bad they dropped those efforts. Hopefully something this powerful comes in Threshold.
Edit: Evidence (skip to 2:06)
Kinky John
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Edit: Looks like people were talking out of their rumps
Looked earlier and don't see anything under the IE settings =/
IIRC it's rumored that the first GDR update will just be for optimization/bug squashing.
Possibly. Though we've just had the second bug squashing update in a month today, so I'm hopeful that that's not all.
Yep, a very good start.
Let's hope they use the GDR's to release the stuff that didn't quite make the main release, as they did last year.
Yep, a very good start.
Let's hope they use the GDR's to release the stuff that didn't quite make the main release, as they did last year.
lastflowers
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brotkasten
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That's a mean thing to say, when you can't spill the beans.
lastflowers
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probably, but it was meant to dispel the notion that GDRs will be bug fixes...
Went through the Apple stuff and there's a lot if things in there that MS should have already done and already have. They're doing integration and extensibility better than MS. But I agree that we'll see these same features in 2015 and will always be forever behind.
I like what Apple did today. Really can't complain about the iPhone, honestly. If Windows phone can crank out massive updates every year then that's fine, but we haven't seen that happen yet. It's been a very slow process on the update front with frequency and that's a serious issue for a mobile OS. 8.0 is supposed to change this... supposed to.
The hardware situation isn't helping either. Hopefully these things change. Hardware and software refreshes become constant and we are all a part of a content little community. But, then again we would lose half the fun of this thread. So maybe it shouldn't happen.
The hardware situation isn't helping either. Hopefully these things change. Hardware and software refreshes become constant and we are all a part of a content little community. But, then again we would lose half the fun of this thread. So maybe it shouldn't happen.
What's he saying now?
brotkasten
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There's an interesting interview with Joe at BGR India.
He talks a lot about the stuff no one here wants to hear, like expanding into new markets, bringing volume to the platform and leaving WP7 users behind. But there's also some other good stuff. It's a good read.
http://www.bgr.in/news/bgr-india-interview-joe-belfiore-on-windows-phone-nokia-and-moto-e/
But at the same time they were also working on Android and just before jumping on the flight I saw an ad for the Nokia XL saying that now you can get Android apps. I have spoken to a lot of guys inside Nokia and the message is people were missing apps, so now we give them an option of Android apps. Doesn’t it undermine all the hard work that has gone from Microsoft as well as Nokia’s side to get the app story right?
I don’t think it undermines it because if you look at the X-series of phones, there are only three parts to that thing. One is, what is the user experience that people are going to encounter and learn as the basic user experience is similar to the Windows Phone. The second is the services it promotes. It is not promoting Google search, or GMS services and is instead promoting Microsoft’s services. The third part is as you mentioned the app platform. It is an unfortunate side effect that those phones don’t also run WP apps, but the fact that they run Android apps is a useful experiment in seeing how consumers react to a value proposition that has two things that are similar and one that is different. You mentioned an ad, and I go back to my first comment about how being one company will help us align with the messaging.
He talks a lot about the stuff no one here wants to hear, like expanding into new markets, bringing volume to the platform and leaving WP7 users behind. But there's also some other good stuff. It's a good read.
http://www.bgr.in/news/bgr-india-interview-joe-belfiore-on-windows-phone-nokia-and-moto-e/
But at the same time they were also working on Android and just before jumping on the flight I saw an ad for the Nokia XL saying that now you can get Android apps. I have spoken to a lot of guys inside Nokia and the message is people were missing apps, so now we give them an option of Android apps. Doesn’t it undermine all the hard work that has gone from Microsoft as well as Nokia’s side to get the app story right?
I don’t think it undermines it because if you look at the X-series of phones, there are only three parts to that thing. One is, what is the user experience that people are going to encounter and learn as the basic user experience is similar to the Windows Phone. The second is the services it promotes. It is not promoting Google search, or GMS services and is instead promoting Microsoft’s services. The third part is as you mentioned the app platform. It is an unfortunate side effect that those phones don’t also run WP apps, but the fact that they run Android apps is a useful experiment in seeing how consumers react to a value proposition that has two things that are similar and one that is different. You mentioned an ad, and I go back to my first comment about how being one company will help us align with the messaging.
Examples of integration and extensibility?
Just updated, hopefully I won't run into more issues in a few days.
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Well the delay between hitting the lock button and the screen finally turning on is still there on the Icon.
Awesome, thanks for the heads up.
I think the rumor is the next major update should be around a year from now. Isn't threshold supposed to bring unification to the different Windows platforms?
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Well the delay between hitting the lock button and the screen finally turning on is still there on the Icon.
Awesome, thanks for the heads up.
I think the rumor is the next major update should be around a year from now. Isn't threshold supposed to bring unification to the different Windows platforms?
Thanks for that, very interesting.
I'm sorry, I meant for IE11 on WP. I don't like how swiping left and right will take me back or forward between pages. Thank you for providing the link though, it's appreciated.
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