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I'm pretty sure WeatherBug and The Weather Channel both do live tiles, but the Weather Channel one appears to deactivate itself every so often if you don't use the app for long periods of time, which seems like a really backwards policy. It DOES flip back and forth between the standard temperature / simple weather image deal and a weather map, which is pretty cool.
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I have not had any problems with the Weather Channel app. In fact, I am a huge fan because it will feature the current doppler radar map in the live tile focused on where I am. Living in the Seattle area where rain is common but inconsistent, this is awesome for me to get a quick glance to see what's coming.
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Mar 8, 2012 18:43
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I use it as well, but I wish the live tile would cycle a little faster. I feel like it takes a little too long to turn over to the radar. I can pretty much open the app and swipe over to the radar in the same amount of time.
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Mar 8, 2012 18:45
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Cave's new shooter Dodonpachi Maximum is great. The reviews of people complaining that there is "too much stuff on screen" have me scratching my head however. People have really forgotten about bullet hell shumps  Marketplace URL: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/565ee762-a38c-4391-a5ed-74809a4c4472
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Mar 10, 2012 03:07
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Maneki Neko posted:Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (Konami) – This spring, the unrivalled and award-winning football simulation from Konami is entering a new season on Windows Phone! This is one game I have been missing since switching from my Captivate. Of course it was 2011 edition, but it was a drat good soccer game. I would burn through my battery twice a day playing it nonstop at work. Rent posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8f0gF9bnKw Looks great so far. Hopefully it is super smooth. Doomsday Jesus fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Mar 10, 2012 |
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Mar 10, 2012 05:22
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Anyone here like tactical boardgames? I've been working with a friend on one for the last couple months, and it's finally ready for feedback. It's a pretty basic version, but we'll be updating it as fast as possible. If you'd be interested in helping beta test, pm me your phone's linked live id (I have to whitelist people to be able to download the beta) and I'll provide a link as soon as the download is available (I just submitted to the beta process, so it'll take a little while to show up). If you don't have pms or you have an unlocked phone and would prefer the xap to test, you can also email me at james@dreamnautstudios.com Some pictures!    
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Mar 12, 2012 23:44
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Sent you a PM alathar.Murkyhumor posted:Had a blast playing the original GeoDefence, but it didn't have much replay for me. Loved the art style and all that jazz, so i'll probably get the new one. Did you try to beat each level on hard without losing any lives? I probably spent 20+ hours trying to figure each one out. Each level has a different strategy and it's almost like a puzzle trying to figure out what works.
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Mar 21, 2012 05:33
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ZeroAX posted:Did you try to beat each level on hard without losing any lives? I probably spent 20+ hours trying to figure each one out. Each level has a different strategy and it's almost like a puzzle trying to figure out what works. I played through, and beat every level, then went back and did this on the hardest difficulty. It was a fantastic time waster, but I found that eventually, you just spam shock towers and missile turrets once you get the cash rolling in to win. I haven't touched it since and i've been obsessively playing solitaire. I was thinking about doing a playthrough with only lasers or only sniper towers, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
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Anyone else having problems with AppFlow? It just won't load any online content for me. I'm thinking it could have to do with my region (Finland). Changing the assigned region did nothing but I didn't really expect it to.
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Mar 24, 2012 16:24
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Amppelix posted:Anyone else having problems with AppFlow? It just won't load any online content for me. I'm thinking it could have to do with my region (Finland). Changing the assigned region did nothing but I didn't really expect it to. Looks OK to me. I'm also located in Finland, but have a UK LiveID.
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Mar 24, 2012 17:19
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Well, now it's working. Maybe the initial load was just really slow and I was too impatient for it.
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Mar 24, 2012 22:59
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Is there an app that will give more more wi-fi info, like connection radio type and speed?
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To the folks that were talking about weather apps not that long ago, the AppFlow guy recently put out a weather app. Not surprisingly it's called Weather Flow. It's pretty slick and worth checking out (not free though). My favorite part right now is the live tile that tells me straight out whether or not I should leave home with an umbrella in hand.
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Mar 27, 2012 20:15
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Crumps Brother posted:To the folks that were talking about weather apps not that long ago, the AppFlow guy recently put out a weather app. Not surprisingly it's called Weather Flow. It's pretty slick and worth checking out (not free though). My favorite part right now is the live tile that tells me straight out whether or not I should leave home with an umbrella in hand. The new version of the Microsoft weather app is also awesome ever since they updated it a few weeks ago with live tile support. It's the fastest weather app I've used and is is really clean.
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Mar 27, 2012 21:54
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Doomsday Jesus posted:This is one game I have been missing since switching from my Captivate. Of course it was 2011 edition, but it was a drat good soccer game. I would burn through my battery twice a day playing it nonstop at work. Just downloaded the 2012 version. This game is great. If only my phone had a bigger battery. On another note, the Garmin GPS app got updated and now is amazing.
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Apr 1, 2012 21:52
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Hooray, more Tiki Towers: http://www.wpcentral.com/exclusive-sallys-salon-and-tiki-towers-sequels-coming-xbox-live-windows-phone
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Edit: MS testing of Awful is going well I see.
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Apr 4, 2012 01:47
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Rowi 2.0 is out, it's pretty slick.
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Apr 4, 2012 04:26
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Civilization Revolution is a pretty decent game if you're a civ fanatic, and haven't gotten sick of CivRev on some other platform (iOS/DS, etc)
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Are there any decent board games (read: European/German) for the WP7 platform? I've been spoiled by Carcassonne on the iPhone/iPad (what a stellar 1.0 release  ), as well as Ticket to Ride, etc.
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Phone posted:Are there any decent board games (read: European/German) for the WP7 platform? Carcassone is supposed to be coming out at some point, but I haven't seen a release date. Unfortunately, that's all I've heard of: http://www.wpcentral.com/pinball-fx-2-carcassonne-and-more-xbox-live-games-coming-windows-phone
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what is a good app for taking screen captures/shots of the phone?
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Oh for gently caress's sake I was in the wrong thread. Nothing to see here.
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Apr 5, 2012 23:45
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Maneki Neko posted:Civilization Revolution is a pretty decent game if you're a civ fanatic, and haven't gotten sick of CivRev on some other platform (iOS/DS, etc) Runs pretty slowly on my Focus. Is it my 1st generation phone, or is it just slow in general?
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Rent posted:Runs pretty slowly on my Focus. Is it my 1st generation phone, or is it just slow in general? I haven't played the game, but while the first gen phones all have 1 Ghz CPUs that are still pretty snappy, they use a slower GPU than newer phones. This was mentioned here when the HTC radar came out last year (http://wmpoweruser.com/a-new-reason-to-upgrade-your-phone-fluid-scrolling/)
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Rent posted:Runs pretty slowly on my Focus. Is it my 1st generation phone, or is it just slow in general? I also have a focus, it does slow down a bit when you reveal more of the map and there's a lot of things going on. I do wish there was a way to delete/sell off old units, but apparently that was missing on the ios version, so we get to inherit that.
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Apr 6, 2012 17:00
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There's some decent sales going on right now: 99 cent games: Angry Birds Burn the Rope de Blob Doodle God IonBallEX Max and the Magic Marker Toy Soldiers: Boot Camp The 3rd party Twitter client Rowi is also on sale for 99 cents right now: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/304c9bfd-9b65-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8
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Apr 7, 2012 22:35
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Looks like you poor schlubs outside of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA can finally watch Netflix on your Windows Phones: http://blog.netflix.com/2012/04/updated-netflix-app-for-windows-phone.html (also adds subtitles and some performance improvements for non schlubs)
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I read about an iPhone app that can record photos/video without showing the camera on screen that protesters used to record police. Does such a thing exist for Windows Phone? Clanpot Shake fucked around with this message at 15:20 on Apr 13, 2012 |
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Are there any remote apps out there better than PC Remote? I had gotten pretty used to Unified Remote on Android but PC Remote is terrible compared to it.
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There is Unify though I cannot tell you how good it is.
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I played the Civ trial and it's kind of fun. I'm not sure how much you're supposed to micromanage the gatherers for your city (or how to get more), but I think I might purchase it. I definitely like the Try It in the Marketplace because, much like iOS, most of the apps are god drat garbage. e: buyin' it: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/911f274f-aee8-473a-bb31-14ba88cb16d6 Phone fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Apr 18, 2012 |
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Phone posted:I played the Civ trial and it's kind of fun. I'm not sure how much you're supposed to micromanage the gatherers for your city (or how to get more), but I think I might purchase it. poo poo $8, I pay my friend more than that to coach me every day.
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Just wanted to say to people that have used official Microsoft apps in the past, the Weather and Translator apps have been updated recently. New icons and everything. Really impressed by both apps, especially the translator, as it is really shiny now. The weather app's live tile is the best I have seen. Updates constantly, never have a problem. Usually the live tile is updated before I actually go into the app its self, which takes a few seconds to update the temperature.
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My Skype beta app just updated to version 1.0.0.67. Seems to be working much better now. It still doesn't look like it has a background agent or notifications yet as far as I can tell, but it seems much improved.
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Dead Man Posting posted:Just wanted to say to people that have used official Microsoft apps in the past, the Weather and Translator apps have been updated recently. New icons and everything. Really impressed by both apps, especially the translator, as it is really shiny now. I do really like the new translator app, but as sad as this sounds, the weather app live tile is just too boring for me. App itself is very speedy and simple though.
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Skype is out of beta: http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/22/skype-for-windows-phone-sheds-beta-title-graduates-to-v1-0/ Still no background incoming calls but oh well.
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Syrinxx posted:Skype is out of beta: http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/22/skype-for-windows-phone-sheds-beta-title-graduates-to-v1-0/ Not really an 'oh well' moment, considering their given reasoning that Mango doesn't offer push fast enough. Tango seems to do just fine, and this frankly pretty terrible app is costing me an additional chunk of money per month to have calls forwarded to my mobile number. One of the reasons I bought into WP7 was the forthcoming Skype integration, and this still feels like nothing more than the most basic token gesture.
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Neurophonic posted:One of the reasons I bought into WP7 was the forthcoming Skype integration, and this still feels like nothing more than the most basic token gesture. Don't worry. All you have to do is buy a brand new WP8 device and you'll get just that! 
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Wheezle posted:Don't worry. All you have to do is buy a brand new WP8 device and you'll get just that! That does seem to be it. The old "don't worry, it will all be better in the next version" answer.
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