Don't be bitter, embrace the future.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Windows Phone |OT3 Update 3| Please be excited
- Thread starter brotkasten
- Start date
- Status
Don't be bitter, embrace the future.
pretty cool, took a picture of a random document that was on my desk. it uploaded to onenote and i could search the document, the text at least, did not find the handwriting.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
My University is moving to Gmail. On the one hand, its going to be a massive improvement over the current garbage system. On the other hand, I've been trying to move away from Gmail. Grrr
Also, why did lastflowers run over razdek's dog?
Also, why did lastflowers run over razdek's dog?
LukasTaves
Member
Holy shit, this manages to be even better than Camscanner, wow, really impressed.
And has the added bonus of automatic onenote uploads.
What did I say that was wrong? Are they not bringing Office to the iPad? The touch version is probably going to come out before the Windows version too.They should have a parity clause that apps can't come out for other platforms before there's like their indie games clause.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Explain to me how to use this app. What do I click on to activate the ocr? It just takes a picture and saves it to OneNote, I can't get it to do anything else.
LukasTaves
Member
That's right, the app just recognizes the document in the picture, crop and adjust it, then upload to OneNote, which is the one that try to OCR every image you throw at it.
I think I saw new YouTube player controls/UI in 8.1 leaks.
killer rin
Member
If you thought Investors were angry about Bing, Xbox and being in the hardware space, you haven't seen Investors after Microsoft announces a new "YouTube" They would literally be marching up to the Redmond campus to burn it down and put Satyas head on a pike.
Not to mention, if you thought it was hard getting Developers to port apps to Windows Phone, it will look like childs play when compared to breaking the brand recognition of YouTube and getting Video Makers to put their videos on, and getting people to actually visit BingTube365.
How the fuck can it be that Skype is still such an absolute piece of shit?
The notifications barely work. If you send someone a message, the only way they actually get it in time is if they just so happen to already have the app open. Same with calling. I was just holding both my WP8 phone and my mother's WP8 phone and 'called' her via Skype. Didn't even ring. You'd think for 8 billion dollars you'd get a service that actually works. Maybe they should focus more on basic functionality over Skype-Lync-interop as long as there are still people left who actually use Skype.
The notifications barely work. If you send someone a message, the only way they actually get it in time is if they just so happen to already have the app open. Same with calling. I was just holding both my WP8 phone and my mother's WP8 phone and 'called' her via Skype. Didn't even ring. You'd think for 8 billion dollars you'd get a service that actually works. Maybe they should focus more on basic functionality over Skype-Lync-interop as long as there are still people left who actually use Skype.
Soooo....looks like my company are moving over to "Samsung" smartphones when we move into our new building. Most likely to be Android at this point. At least its not blackberry.
Meeting rooms etc. will be wired up to Lync, booking system to Outlook.
Also, we are going for 21:9 screens on every desk strangely.
My company is shutting down the BB servers soon and we are offering them a iphone, galaxy phone or a lumia. I have had to call a bunch of people about moving on, it is amazing how many people love those shitty BBs.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
The Moto watch looks good, what's the ETA on WP compatible smartwatches?
Anton Sugar
Member
Tony Bates wasn't going to give us a good Skype app until he was hired as CEO. It was his only play, now we have no hope.
they should waited one more year to give wp a sufficient alternative to youtube
brotkasten
Member
But the Soapbox people probably didn't know about Windows Phone. And neither did the Windows Phone people know about Soapbox. I don't think anyone really knew about Soapbox.
killer rin
Member
First we need expanded Background Tasks, and Bluetooth 4.0. Then we need to be able to access information from built in apps such as Calendar and Me. And thats just for starters We would also need the Notification Center and the ability to pull notifications out of the notification center and get Counts for Unread Messages Unread Emails and Missed Calls.
So until then...
brotkasten
Member
First we need expanded Background Tasks, and Bluetooth 4.0. Then we need to be able to access information from built in apps such as Calendar and Me. And thats just for starters We would also need the Notification Center and the ability to pull notifications out of the notification center and get Counts for Unread Messages Unread Emails and Missed Calls.
So until then...
I don't understand why they lock down those APIs to developers when a lot of the good apps need access to those applications. I hope the rumors of changes to the background tasks are true because what they have now is too limiting.
First we need expanded Background Tasks, and Bluetooth 4.0. Then we need to be able to access information from built in apps such as Calendar and Me. And thats just for starters We would also need the Notification Center and the ability to pull notifications out of the notification center and get Counts for Unread Messages Unread Emails and Missed Calls.
So until then...
Nokia X Watch it is.
killer rin
Member
Yeah, its sad. On the bright side though, From whats leaked in the 8.1 update; it might bring us half way there with the Notification Center and Bluetooth 4.0. In addition, since you can set an app as your primary calling (or was it texting) app, we might be able to get at statistics for Calls/Messages. And I remember reading something about Background Tasks, so depending on how they do that we might be able to convince someone like Pebble to give us basic support. The Main Background Task that we need though is one which deals with constantly sending data back and fourth over the Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy Mode... or something much faster than every 30ish Minutes.
So depending how //BUILD Goes, we might have the framework to have them directly out of the gate with 8.1... or we have to wait until WP8.1GDR1
killer rin
Member
It looks like your suggestion may well be coming true. According to CNN
Sources: Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Startup Xamarin
Interesting implications. I've messed around with the tools myself and I've heard that plenty of developers love the Xamerin toolset because how easily they can port their apps between iOS and Android. If this is true, and Microsoft can complete this deal; they can incorporate Android and iOS development directly into Visual Studio and include options that would allow developers the ability to port their apps even faster and with more ease using whats arguably one of the best Development IDEs in the programming industry.
Anton Sugar
Member
Okay, so what the fuck. I'm sure some of you have gotten the "better migrate your messages from Outlook.com, we're getting rid of the message history!"
So I do that. I create a folder called "Messaging history archive" and move all of my shit over there.
Now, on my Windows Phone. All of my texts are gone. Like, if I showed y'all a screenshot of it, it would say "No messages" in my messaging app.
If I go and move them back to the original Messaging history folder...voila. All is well.
SORT YOUR SHIT OUT MS
Or am I missing something?
EDIT: LOL, it's not just me: http://www.wpcentral.com/save-outlook-message-history
So I do that. I create a folder called "Messaging history archive" and move all of my shit over there.
Now, on my Windows Phone. All of my texts are gone. Like, if I showed y'all a screenshot of it, it would say "No messages" in my messaging app.
If I go and move them back to the original Messaging history folder...voila. All is well.
SORT YOUR SHIT OUT MS
Or am I missing something?
EDIT: LOL, it's not just me: http://www.wpcentral.com/save-outlook-message-history
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
My wife's outlook doesn't have a messaging folder. Her texts are set to back up. Any idea why that folder isn't there?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Yep, that's the problem. what I'm saying is that when she logs into outlook.com, there is no folder called "messaging" so that she can back it up.
killer rin
Member
I've never had a Messaging folder, maybe it has something to do with how old my account is though.
Weird I have one and just backed it up.
I've had a Hotmail account for over 10 years and had it.
I never have.
Anton Sugar
Member
I still have no idea why it affects my text messages. I am still missing a ton of them.
Fox Mulder
Member
Wasn't the eBay app supposed to be updated by now?
if only there was a good third party app for that.
if only there was a good third party app for that.
Hopefully it helps prevent our phones from melting when playing games lol
killer rin
Member
That really reminds me that I should get to learning Direct X. At the moment the only major graphics library that I know is OpenGL
How am I now supposed to cook eggs and bacon on the go?
Or melt chocolate!
or warm my hands!
They just gave a vague date of 'March' for it.
NeOak
Member
Watch it be released on March 32nd.
brotkasten
Member
Tech bloggers really don't like Microsoft platforms or their products.
Read how a $400 11.6" Toshiba netbook gets tested against a $299 13" Toshiba Chromebook and gets Verge'd in the process.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/20/5...ook-satelite-nb15t-review-chrome-os-windows-8
It also describes well how people don't really need Windows anymore for basic tasks (hence the rise of the tablets vs pc), but what irritates me is the wording in the review.
"The $379 NB15t runs on an Intel Celeron processor and beats the Chromebook in memory and storage with 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive. That means you can not only save documents to the hard drive, but you can also run larger and legacy programs like Photoshop. It also runs through email, Facebook, and YouTube easily, although the sound quality is weak and the battery only lasted me about six hours. It lasts far less if youre running more laborious programs. (Unfortunately, the Chromebook fared about the same.)"
Why is it unfortunate that the Chromebook lasts the same?
Read how a $400 11.6" Toshiba netbook gets tested against a $299 13" Toshiba Chromebook and gets Verge'd in the process.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/20/5...ook-satelite-nb15t-review-chrome-os-windows-8
It also describes well how people don't really need Windows anymore for basic tasks (hence the rise of the tablets vs pc), but what irritates me is the wording in the review.
"The $379 NB15t runs on an Intel Celeron processor and beats the Chromebook in memory and storage with 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive. That means you can not only save documents to the hard drive, but you can also run larger and legacy programs like Photoshop. It also runs through email, Facebook, and YouTube easily, although the sound quality is weak and the battery only lasted me about six hours. It lasts far less if youre running more laborious programs. (Unfortunately, the Chromebook fared about the same.)"
Why is it unfortunate that the Chromebook lasts the same?
- Status