Microsoft Needs To Get Aggressive With Windows Phone Right Now:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcoch...-get-aggressive-with-windows-phone-right-now/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcoch...-get-aggressive-with-windows-phone-right-now/
Windows Phone |OT3 Update 3| Please be excited
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antiquegamer
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I will buy Mini if it has the pen support and One Note. I don't care if it's even just running RT or Windows Phone apps. I would love to have 8" digital notepad. Surface 3 Pro is great but it's too big for me and I don't need all the extra. I have a laptop.
$300-400 Surface Mini (hopefully with the iPad aspect ratio. I would buy it day one. I just can't justify getting Surface 3 for just doodling and note taking.
Seriously frustrated. I recently became really invested in the Xbox Video service (maybe like $200-300 in movies and TV over a few months), and I keep running into episodes that just refuse to work. Doesn't matter the device or internet connection, they just don't work.
Getting really pissed off at MS's services lately. With Xbox Music playback issues on android and these new Xbox Video issues I really want to jump over to a different, competent ecosystem.
Getting really pissed off at MS's services lately. With Xbox Music playback issues on android and these new Xbox Video issues I really want to jump over to a different, competent ecosystem.
Of course they should get aggressive with Windows Phone (as a last-ditch effort to make the platform relevant), but nothing is going to change.
"I get the sense that many Android loyalists arent quite as enthusiastic about the platform and its flagship devices as they once were." -- Android loyalists seem pretty happy with the 5.0 announcement. Aside from iPhones, the times where people were truly excited about a new model are over. There's just nothing exciting about 'same as last year but with better specs'. I think people are starting to realize that the phones are all pretty much the same.
"The buzz around Amazons just announced Fire Phone also seems to prove the smartphone market is itching for something different." -- the phone where everyone is pretty much in agreement that it's going to bomb and there is no reason to get it over other phones? The idea that people are itching to try a niche OS is ludicrous. They are itching for Windows Phone like they are itching for Linux on the desktop.
"Apple is also a few months off from releasing the iPhone 6 (assuming thats the devices name) and the perception of the iPhone 5s has gone from cutting-end, to old hat." -- well, good think Apple will finally offer bigger screens. There'll be a lot of demand for those and people will continue to view it as the best thing ever.
As long as OEMs want to sell Android phones, they will. "People don't buy things; they are sold things.". Microsoft will gain some additional OEMs with 8.1, but it remains to be seen how much effort those will put into the platform (spoiler alert: they'll still focus on their Android offerings; the situation will mirror Samsung's and HTC's previous Windows Phone efforts).
Creating folder by dropping one live tile over another coming to Windows Phone 8.1 soon:
http://www.nokiapoweruser.com/2014/...ver-another-coming-to-windows-phone-8-1-soon/
http://www.nokiapoweruser.com/2014/...ver-another-coming-to-windows-phone-8-1-soon/
Creating folder by dropping one live tile over another coming to Windows Phone 8.1 soon:
http://www.nokiapoweruser.com/2014/...ver-another-coming-to-windows-phone-8-1-soon/
Wonder how they'll push this out, as part of a small update or wait for the next GDR.
I was wondering what the point was considering Live Tiles and the app list.
But I guess ordering by type and people being used to them from elsewhere is a good enough reason...
It is the best GDR apparently. Coming in July.
Steelyuhas
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Folders are more options, cool I guess although I kind of doubt I'll use them.
Speaking of the Start Screen, I switch to the third column option this week. It doesn't look as good, but the functionality advantage of using more medium and large tiles is pretty nice. There is a reason it's not the default on the 4.5" screen though, the UI elements don't quite match up with things with you actually open apps. I imagine it'll be nice on a 5" device though.
Speaking of the Start Screen, I switch to the third column option this week. It doesn't look as good, but the functionality advantage of using more medium and large tiles is pretty nice. There is a reason it's not the default on the 4.5" screen though, the UI elements don't quite match up with things with you actually open apps. I imagine it'll be nice on a 5" device though.
WPCentral going all WMPU.
As for the start screen, I wish there was a way to save a configuration in order to play around a bit and not having to take screenshots first to remember the arrangement.
As for the start screen, I wish there was a way to save a configuration in order to play around a bit and not having to take screenshots first to remember the arrangement.
Funky Papa
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NeOak
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I used the Asus Vivotab Note 8 for OneNote. I preferred the Surface Pro 2, sure. But it was fine and usable for a 8".
I hate the Metro version though. It's so limited. That is why the SP3 special mode for note taking does not appeal to me. It's the metro version.
The Faceless Master
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i guess that's why when my uncle got a Lumia from work (they switched to Windows Phone) he was upset and said he wanted a Galaxy. he even said he would 'rather go back to Blackberry' than be 'stuck' with the Lumia
That article is garbage. Unless WPCentral knows something and isn't sharing there's no excuse to post that other than clicks.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Xbox music has worked fine for me on android. I don't buy digital movies, but if I did I would buy from Microsoft because of my windows 8 devices. I want an xbox video app on android.
NeOak
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Oui Oui
Steelyuhas
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DEAD
Seriously though, when I tap on an artist it's a solid 5 second black screen until their albums load up.
i guess that's why when my uncle got a Lumia from work (they switched to Windows Phone) he was upset and said he wanted a Galaxy. he even said he would 'rather go back to Blackberry' than be 'stuck' with the Lumia
Lol, damn
i guess that's why when my uncle got a Lumia from work (they switched to Windows Phone) he was upset and said he wanted a Galaxy. he even said he would 'rather go back to Blackberry' than be 'stuck' with the Lumia
This kind of attitude annoys me. A friend recently said he doesn't like WP after I let him mess around with my phone. When I asked why he didn't like it, he just replied back with"I don't know, I just don't like it." Even after going through a number of uses, comparing my phone to his iPhone, he still held his opinion. I understand people have their preferences, but some seem to stem from disdain for the platform instead of a logical reason.
Lol perfect.
LukasTaves
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Actually all the pen functions are available on the desktop one too. You just have to set it as the default one note app.
(You can also have all the same functionality on metro and desktop versions without the pen if you know the shortcuts: Win+Alt+N for a quick note and Win + Shift + S for a screen clipping)
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
i guess that's why when my uncle got a Lumia from work (they switched to Windows Phone) he was upset and said he wanted a Galaxy. he even said he would 'rather go back to Blackberry' than be 'stuck' with the Lumia
Pure bullshit. There is no way a BlackBerry is preferable to a lumia phone. But familiarity and all that, some people don't know want to learn anything new. The same thing happens when iPhone users complain about android being too complicated. I'm surprised you of all people would bring up this example as valid counterpoint to consumers being lazy and just going with what's popular.
killer rin
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My mom was like that when I put her on an iPhone (coming from a Blackberry) last year. It took a month or two but now she prefers it. People just dont like change.
I would have put her on a Windows Phone if not for the fact that Virgin Mobile Canada only had the terrible 8s at the time... a device which they promptly forgot even existed a month after she got her iPhone
The Faceless Master
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i would have thought WP would be just fine for him, i mean, he uses WhatsApp and BBM is coming soon, it's just ... i dunno. he seemed to be using the device just fine.
i don't think its that he didn't want to learn 'anything' new, it just seemed like he didn't want to use WP8. *shrug*
NeOak
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It's Win + S and Win + N on 7. Win8 used those for BS D:
Steelyuhas
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better than nothing I guess.
Xbox Music is just utterly fucked, and the sad thing is that it seems the team in France don't seem to know how to fix shit, or are just moving waaay too slowly. I just halted my XM sub and signed up with Spotify. Will gladly go back to XM once they sort out the fuckery in the music app.
It seems like all these loading/music access issues stem from the continual DRM checks the app runs. Like every fucking time you exit and go back into it you'll see the DRM check kick in again. If you're without a data connection, welp, you can forget about listening to anything! I understand the video app is similarly fucked; these are basic apps and need to be fixed ASAP.
It seems like all these loading/music access issues stem from the continual DRM checks the app runs. Like every fucking time you exit and go back into it you'll see the DRM check kick in again. If you're without a data connection, welp, you can forget about listening to anything! I understand the video app is similarly fucked; these are basic apps and need to be fixed ASAP.
Same here.
Call me an vision-less dumbo, but I still can't see this being more than a gimmick and definitely not something that will "upset the world"
Especially since most of the interesting stuff would require a software overhaul that I can't see MS doing considering the implications for the rest of the WP ecosystem.
Entirely depends on how long they've been working on this I would say.
The question is whether it's a gimmick no matter how deeply it's integrated. Which I sort of think it will be.
It won't upset the world either way though, even if it's the best thing since sliced bread, which it won't be.
LukasTaves
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Since 8.1 preview I'm having these kinda of performance issues on many apps, so maybe it's something that will get ironed out after final even if the app isn't updated.
LukasTaves
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The Skype integration with the phone is supposed to be video only, or there's a way to set it up as the default dialer? (preferable to selected numbers only)
Funky Papa
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So when the heck is this shit rolling out?
8.1? First half of July?
Please wait...
Interested in seeing if the Cyan update, improves the performance at all.
runningjoke
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Apparently Cortana can predict the winner in world cup matches, but what do you need to ask her?
"Who will win the [team A] [team B] game"
"Who will win the World Cup" gave me "The team with the most points", which is a really American answer.
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