VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I want the Icon with a camera sensor at least twice as big. Should get that this year.
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Windows Phone |OT3 Update 3| Please be excited
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I'm not sure if I will get a new blue device right out of the gate or wait a bit. It would really have to blow me away for me to jump in straight out. What I'm really looking forward to is the second gen 1020, that thing will be a beast.
I wouldn't doubt if they moved phones around but didn't bother to change the stickers. I mean, it's just the Windows Phone section. Not like anyone will notice except for you.
Honestly one of the better "hey guys Windows Phone isn't as bad as you think it is" from Nokia.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iJbz1NZMCzI
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iJbz1NZMCzI
Tom Warren already gave his negative spin about Office and Smartglass on the other platforms. Not that he is wrong, but that was his go to tweet.
It's been a while since I've felt the issue with Windows Phone was the lack of apps. The issue with Windows Phone is a good number of those 'major apps' feel second rate when compared with their Android and iOS counterparts. Some of them even feel second rate when compared with their Windows 8 counterparts.
Facebook and Spotify are two big examples. Facebook Messenger is a step in the right direction. I've been using it on iOS and WP concurrently for the past 2-3 days, the WP version is very close to performance-parity IMO. Nothing like the mess that is the FB app.
Needed a Build keynote countdown. I'm so tired of my Lumia 920!
Isn't Nokia doing something on the 19th?
Rumor is April 19th.
killer rin
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Honestly, this is the kind of stuff they should be showing on Television. Cut it down to 60 seconds and just pay for an elongated ad. It would go amazing lengths in getting people to start looking at the platform and maybe even switching
I'd wait for next month when they announce the new phones. $500 seems too expensive for a fairly old phone but if you can find one for $250-350 it might be ok.
I don't think anyone sells 1020 for that range. It's still a fairly premium and unique phone.
Are you looking to buy new? You can probably find one used in that price range.
Where at?
Anyway, I'm still quite annoyed at my AT&T 8X that's unable to do internet sharing which means I can't use my tablet on the go or I need to get one with data. Otherwise, I don't really need a new phone.
juliushandle
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500 is way too much. I bought a used 1020 off eBay and paid $350. Lucky for me the unit was in mint condition. Going rate is between $400-600 depending on condition and whether it's locked. You will find lower cost models if you're patient.
We'll know they'll announce the 630 and surely they'll announce the international version of the Icon (the 929). I don't think we'll see other high-end devices. The 929 is it at least till the fall, I think.
if those are the only phones that get announced I'll be really disappointed but I hope they'll also be new ones from other OEMs.
From Ebay but it looks like most start at $300+ but you can get it for less than $500 for sure.
I don't get why Nokia can't stick a HD screen in their mid range phones. The 720 is nice and they could make a 730 with a HD sixe it's already in the $200+ price range.
Those are either AT&T sets (not touching that with a ten foot pole) or under bidding.
Now my sister got an Xperia Z1 Compact, too, and I get to set it up. Buying an Android phone is worse than buying a cheap Windows PC. Sooo much crapware that you can't get rid of. For the average user opening up the apps view is probably as bad as opening up the system settings in Windows. I doubt most people have any idea what all those shitty apps do. Even comes with a preinstalled file manager. Tons of non-removable Google apps like Google+, Drive and Hangouts. And what's worse is that there are always multiple apps to do the same fucking thing. Two maps apps, two music apps/stores, two movie apps/stores, two messenger apps. Hate it.
Edit: out of the box there are already 50+ apps in the apps view. And that doesn't include crap like Sony's shitty 'lenses' for the camera. What if I don't want an AR-lens that puts a 3D dinosaur in the camera view? And why the hell is there a Chinese keyboard installed that I can't get rid of?
Edit: out of the box there are already 50+ apps in the apps view. And that doesn't include crap like Sony's shitty 'lenses' for the camera. What if I don't want an AR-lens that puts a 3D dinosaur in the camera view? And why the hell is there a Chinese keyboard installed that I can't get rid of?
juliushandle
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juliushandle
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Appreciating the tiny improvements on the 1020 compared to the 920 sans Qi charging. Bluetooth range seems to have jumped from 20 ft to what seems like 100+ ft. Also, sim tray is improved by using aluminum rather than frail plastic. Glass now cleanly blends into the polycarbonate body without any borders. Of course its thinness is pretty impressive compared to the 920. The 2gb of ram also helps prevent the phone from heating up during graphic intensive games.
sure hopes Nokia brings awesome 8.1 devices.
sure hopes Nokia brings awesome 8.1 devices.
She talks now too.
Would you still have bought it if it was $500+?
I hope they keep the name Cortana now that a lot of people know it by that but who knows.
juliushandle
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hell no!!! that's $500 that would have gone towards a new 8.1 device with a large sensor.
I was lucky to get this at $350. If I keep it scratch free and unlock it I can probably sell it for close to what I bought it for.
I'd be surprised if Microsoft didn't after all the positivity out there. A lot of the leaks will be controlled. Tom Warren won't be posting stuff without say-so and part of it might have been testing the water to see the reaction to using the Cortana name.
http://www.jobscore.com/jobs/foursq...veloper/dnqimEG5Cr44R_eJe9fLhG?ref=rss&sid=68
I don't know how old this job listing is, but fucking finally!
I don't know how old this job listing is, but fucking finally!
All MS has to do to get apps, is invest in the companies.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/4/53...-foursquare-will-use-data-in-bing-and-windows
Royal Bank of Canada, biggest bank in Canada by market cap, finally released a decent app for Windows mobile 8 earlier this year 
There are five major Canadian banks and they're the first to do so... I hope this is the start of a domino effect to bring in more bank apps to this platform !
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-ca/app/rbc-canada/5f6e16b0-1772-4499-a1bb-f991074e21b8
There are five major Canadian banks and they're the first to do so... I hope this is the start of a domino effect to bring in more bank apps to this platform !
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-ca/app/rbc-canada/5f6e16b0-1772-4499-a1bb-f991074e21b8
Royal Bank of Canada, biggest bank in Canada by market cap, finally released a decent app for Windows mobile 8 earlier this year
There are five major Canadian banks and they're the first to do so... I hope this is the start of a domino effect to bring in more bank apps to this platform !
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-ca/app/rbc-canada/5f6e16b0-1772-4499-a1bb-f991074e21b8
yeah, I'm glad they finally did. The Windows 8 version had been out for a while. Hopefully more banks will come. They are too busy with Blackberry versions still (since it is still somewhat popular in Canada).
Royal Bank of Canada, biggest bank in Canada by market cap, finally released a decent app for Windows mobile 8 earlier this year
There are five major Canadian banks and they're the first to do so... I hope this is the start of a domino effect to bring in more bank apps to this platform !
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-ca/app/rbc-canada/5f6e16b0-1772-4499-a1bb-f991074e21b8
http://mobilesyrup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rbcmobile-windowsphone.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
Not Canadian, but good for the platform! I'm still waiting for LCL in France to publish an app. At least Chase in the US has one, which is funny when you compare WP marketshare in France and in the US.
Furthermore, Cineplex's Timeplay also recently said they are putting Windows phone on their development map
Quote on their Facebook page: "Thank you for your suggestion, it is on our road map but not something that will be immediately addressed. Sorry for the inconvenience."
Maybe later this year we can finally play Timeplay ???
killer rin
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I do wonder what the Phone market share in Canada is every time those reports come out, just for knowing purposes. Then again, its probably something like Android at like 45%, iOS at like 40%, Blackberry is probably at 12% with Windows Phone at 3%.
Furthermore, Cineplex's Timeplay also recently said they are putting Windows phone on their development map
Quote on their Facebook page: "Thank you for your suggestion, it is on our road map but not something that will be immediately addressed. Sorry for the inconvenience."
Maybe later this year we can finally play Timeplay ???
Nice, not sure what Timeplay is though,.lol
WP market share in Canada is probably around 1% I bet, which sucks. Apple must be ahead of Android though. Which is what I mostly see.
can't wait for 8.1.
edit: haha I totally did not see your post after typing mine!
Pretty sure android is ahead of iOS. All I ever see are samsungs these days. At work every one but me has a Samsung Galaxy of some variety. That's 13 people in my dept. Its nuts.
I want to see windows get a bigger share. They need a new flagship yesterday.
Yeah, there are a shitload of Galaxies. If I ever went Android it would not be a Galaxy.
Edit: It would be nice to see whatever Nokia announces after 8.1 comes out to Canada. Hopefully all the flagships going forward come to Telus and Rogers. I plan on switching to Telus maybe later this year.
Windows Phone at retail is abysmal here in Canada. I rarely see any on display in Best Buy or Futureshop. I don't even think WP has 3% here.
They're too busy chasing the low end to put out high end phones. I don't recall seeing the 925 being released here. The last high end phone was the 1020 wasn't it?
If I can grandfather my self in to tmobiles "real" unlimited (ill pay like 40 bucks"I think this would be very smart on my part. Will I never have to buy internet again? Everything will be tethered through my unlimited data phone and wherever I move I won't have to call Comcast and get their crap internet. I understand tethering is limited to like 2.5 gigs but I am sure there is a way around that. This is ending on the 23rd for TMOBILE so I need to make a decision
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