lastflowers
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Terry hired two people to replace me. I was superfluous!
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Windows Phone |OT3 Update 3| Please be excited
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Terry hired two people to replace me. I was superfluous!
Steelyuhas
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For ATT, you wait a few months assuming you can. Should be an 8.1 flagship in the fall.
Unless you want the 6" phone, which is available on ATT now (but there is apparently an updated version of that phone coming soon to multiple carriers including ATT, so you should probably wait either way).
Oh, didn't expect such a thorough response, thanks!
So... any inside info on new phones for fall? Only for GAF, we won't tell anyone else, I promise
hankster
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Hop (hah) over to Cricket for a few months, get a 635 free AR or a 1320 cheap AR, hop back for the flagship in the fall.
brotkasten
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Windows Phone was launched in 2010.
WhatsApp came to Windows Phone in 2011.
Notifications have been shit in the past.
It took Microsoft 4 years to implement a notification center.
4 years later, Notifications are still shit.
What the fuck is the problem?!
Seriously, if there's one thing I will not miss about Windows Phone, then it's the shitty notification system.
WhatsApp came to Windows Phone in 2011.
Notifications have been shit in the past.
It took Microsoft 4 years to implement a notification center.
4 years later, Notifications are still shit.
What the fuck is the problem?!
Seriously, if there's one thing I will not miss about Windows Phone, then it's the shitty notification system.
Wait for GDR1.
And we have gently segued back into anger/frustration phase.
This thread really is like a bad soap opera at times
Do you see what you're making us into Microsoft? do you?Lastflowers, have you ever pointed one of the others in the WP crew to this thread, to show how much suffering and pain us WP fanatics have?
You mean Windows RT Phone edition?
Steelyuhas
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You are not please understanding enough!
Since no one else is saying it, congrats on the new job. I know how easy it is to get stuck doing the same thing at a company for a long time. I was able to eventually break out of that, thankfully and it felt great.
500 new apps a day? Big fucking deal if most of them are absolute dross.
How's your Z2?
The vast majority of apps on all platforms are dross.
Should be arriving Wednesday of Royal Mail does their job right.
Glance screen is great though. Was playing with my nexus 4 last week (got it back from my wife) and having to press a button just to see anything was surprisingly frustrating. Glance + double tap to unlock is something I'd find hard to lose
Yet Nokia didn't think the 930 was worthy of Glance. Should've went LCD rather than OLED.
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
I was looking at the 1520, but I think its to large for me. I will check one out in the store, if it is to big I will wait. Thanks!
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Notifications on windows phone seemed better in 8.1, though reliability was still below android and iOS. On android, you have your own set of challenges, like phantom notifications where the app doesn't identify itself and spam notifications. On the HTC skin, they also aren't very actionable for the most part and cluttered quickly. Still, reliability is more important than anything and android ones certainly seem more reliable. I wonder whether the framework for good notifications is there in 8.1 and devs just haven't taken advantage, which is always a problem when your apps aren't updated as much.
RoadHazard
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What you're really (probably) saying is that you dislike Samsung's bloated and ugly version of Android, i.e. TouchWiz. For which I don't blame you at all, it's awful. Vanilla Android (or at least something closer to it) is a vastly superior experience. But that's not a discussion for this thread, I suppose
That's not an issue in Android anymore, since you can long-press any notification, view app info, and then disable all notifications from that app on the system level. No more spam. But not everyone knows you can do this, I guess.
killer rin
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Congratulations on the new position lastflowers!
frontieruk
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So what you're saying is the French interns that made Xbox music now run wp?
Congrats on the new job btw
bit off topic, but still a bit on topic regarding my earlier mini-rant about Microsoft Marketing, just got this little tidbit from Microsoft Learning, geared towards Exchange Professionals (I work with MS server products, and primarily Exchange)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ5QXashAgE#t=85
I mean wtf Microsoft, this is for Exchange professionals, not 8 year olds... Who thought this was a good idea?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ5QXashAgE#t=85
I mean wtf Microsoft, this is for Exchange professionals, not 8 year olds... Who thought this was a good idea?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Yep, that's one problem, but I also had notifications where the app wouldn't identify itself and the long press wasn't an option. I think I eventually found it was one of those pre installed carrier bloatware apps.
Kinky John
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Are you guys/gals experiencing a delay in the Photos live tile loading an image on return to the start screen when set to favourites or single photo?
Wait, what? I just ordered a 930. How can it not have glance? My 920 has glance!?
Edit: and no double tap to wake? Nooo.
Glance mode and passive notifications is one reason I think smart watches could have some value. (Do MS have any plans here?)
brotkasten
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That's what I've been saying since the Lumia ICON was known not to have Glance. The 930/ICON are shitty Lumias, if they can't support of one the standout features. Apparently it's the 1080p OLED panel that causes problems.
lastflowers
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<3 the ICON. I don't really care for glance though.
edit: thanks all for the grats. Hopefully you'll like the project when it comes out. It's more visible than security, that's for certain.
edit: thanks all for the grats. Hopefully you'll like the project when it comes out
. It's more visible than security, that's for certain.I usually out my phone into my pocket upside down, so when I take it out the time is correct. Will try turning it off on my 920 for a few days, see how I get on :/
Steelyuhas
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Others getting duplicated toasts from Twitter since the latest update?
Glance was actually upside down on my phone for some reason. Had to reboot to fix it lol
Congrats on the new position LF! I'm currently stuck in an IT position at my company, so I know how easy it is to fall in that trap.
Pretty dramatic to call a phone shitty because of one feature.
Pretty dramatic to call a phone shitty because of one feature.
I love glance, so if in the future it was a choice between phones and one had it and the other not, I'd definitely go for the GLANCE capable one.
Super feature, and I wish Nokia had made it just enough of a priority to get it into the ICON/930, thought perhaps there was no OLED panels period at that size that worked with it. Bah!
Super feature, and I wish Nokia had made it just enough of a priority to get it into the ICON/930, thought perhaps there was no OLED panels period at that size that worked with it. Bah!
brotkasten
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Gotta call it how it is. The 930 isn't exciting in the first place, removing a feature from the predecessor surely doesn't help.
Had the same problem yesterday. It was weird.
Yep.
The issue is the lack of display memory in the screen.
Fair enough if the feature is that important to you or anyone else. I thought it was a big loss too but it hasn't negatively affected my opinion of the phone once owning it. I'd much rather have the other features the phone offers than glance, so my priorities differ.
Double tap to wake is there, it's just Glance that isn't.
Steelyuhas
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K, good to see it's not just me.
An update will surely be out to fix it
in 6 months
A non issue for me then.
At least you're getting some. Mine have just stopped working.
RoadHazard
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Oh, those can "hide" themselves? Sounds awful. I haven't bought a carrier-branded phone in ages, there's very little reason to here in Sweden. But I know it's different in the US where the carriers control the entire phone market. It's not like that here, you can just go buy any phone unlocked and then use it on any carrier you want.
brotkasten
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My 920 is still doing great!
MrGreencastle
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Same here. I bought a Nexus 5 a few months ago and yet I still prefer to roll around town with the 920. After abusing that tank of a phone for a year and a half, I'm almost afraid to take the Nexus out of the house - it's so fragile.
brotkasten
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Guys, what would be the correct translation of "Please understand" in French? I don't want to use Google translate for that and then be wrong.
Please understand is universal.
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