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My Awful Forums Reader Project.Log thread is now live, so have at it!
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Feb 8, 2015 02:42
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So, I just got myself a low-end Lumia 630, and I think I'm gonna go against the grain a bit here and say that I've been pleasantly surprised by how nice Windows Phone is. I simply adore the Metro interface, I feel it beats Android's and iOS' easily. Live tiles are quite an elegant solution. I got this phone mainly for texting, music playing and checking my e-mails once in a while and I don't have any major complaints. I think for something that is half the price of a Moto G (default low-end Android recommendation) and 1/8 (!) the cost of the cheapest iPhone 5s that's quite a feat. I have been using the free Xbox Music Pass trial and it's been serving me well. The bad: It could load things faster, but I suppose that's because I'm running a cheap phone with 512 MB of RAM. Also the câmera on this thing is terrible, and the screen is ehhhh... acceptable. Made me kinda regret not getting a 930, but that is 3 times more expensive (R$300 vs R$1200). The Awful app has been great so far too, Drastic Actions.
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Feb 8, 2015 02:49
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Try Hard Pill posted:I simply adore the Metro interface, I feel it beats Android's and iOS' easily.
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Feb 8, 2015 09:53
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I really don't understand this:Thurrott posted:I'm excited by something I can use. I don't care if something like this was somewhere else, nor do I know about that. That's from comments on this article. A guy said something similar has been in Android for years. Whether or not it's the exact same feature doesn't really matter, but I can't fathom why someone who writes about tech for a living doesn't know or doesn't care about what's going on elsewhere. Surely that's the whole point of "analysing" this stuff?
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Feb 8, 2015 12:37
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WattsvilleBlues posted:I can't fathom why someone who writes about tech for a living doesn't know or doesn't care about what's going on elsewhere. Surely that's the whole point of "analysing" this stuff? There's a certain breed of tech "journalist" who writes about and concerns themselves exclusively with Microsoft. If it doesn't concern MS they simply don't care.
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Feb 8, 2015 13:00
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Thurrot will write poo poo like that then complain that people call him a Windows shill. After all, he said Windows8 was a failure! He is a bad person
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Feb 8, 2015 18:26
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WC is reporting the W10 preview should be available on the HTC M8. That's a relief. Except they're also reporting a list of current bugs to include glutinous battery consumption.
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Feb 9, 2015 17:48
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I just got a Nokia from work and why don't they advertise does everything Android or iOS does without needing a million loving apps.
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Feb 9, 2015 19:21
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Because 'less apps' is not a selling point, and the finer point about not needing a million apps for basic stuff isn't easy to fit into a commercial, is my guess.
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Feb 9, 2015 19:29
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Chasiubao posted:Because 'less apps' is not a selling point, and the finer point about not needing a million apps for basic stuff isn't easy to fit into a commercial, is my guess. Some guy picking through a million bajillion lovely apps: Screams in frustration. Picks up a WP8 phone: Uses the features he wanted to use right away without any issue. Announcer: Just use your phone; the basic features shouldn't be add-ons.
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Feb 9, 2015 19:34
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ratbert90 posted:Some guy picking through a million bajillion lovely apps: Screams in frustration. Two points. 1 They did push this in the WP7 (not 7.5) era. 2 A million lovely apps is not an issue on iOS or android most people get the definitive (and high quality) apps from the original sources (google, ms, twitter). Most androids already have good third party apps installed anyway (twitter, Dropbox) Stick100 fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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Feb 9, 2015 19:38
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Stick100 posted:1 They did push this in the WP7 (not 7.5) era. Not well, though. They were trying to say "buy a Windows Phone and spend less time staring at your phone to accomplish the same things" but it came off more as "buy a Windows Phone and use your phone less"
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Feb 9, 2015 19:40
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loquacius posted:Not well, though. They were trying to say "buy a Windows Phone and spend less time staring at your phone to accomplish the same things" but it came off more as "buy a Windows Phone and use your phone less" "Buy a Windows Phone and you'll be phoneless" hur Because they'll gently caress it and give up
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Feb 9, 2015 20:13
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Mr Funkface posted:Because they'll gently caress it and give up Yeah people have been saying this since 2010 and it still hasn't happened
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Feb 9, 2015 20:52
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Phones with 512 mb of ram are going to get Windows 10, but not all the features. http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/9/8003915/windows-10-phones-features-on-lumia-low-specs
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Feb 9, 2015 21:55
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Any chance the HTC 8X will get WP10?
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Feb 9, 2015 22:39
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I'm looking at replacing my current Oppo Find 5 android phone with a windows one. I've been looking primarily at the Nokia 930, even though it's a bit thick dimensions wise. What am I going to miss the most going from android, apart from the tight google integration? And the reverse of that, what am I going to be most thrilled about with a Windows phone?
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Feb 9, 2015 22:47
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MobMentality posted:WC is reporting the W10 preview should be available on the HTC M8. That's a relief. Except they're also reporting a list of current bugs to include glutinous battery consumption.  That article post... just
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Feb 9, 2015 23:57
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Going to wait to see how many people are bitching about bugs before I go in for it. Edit: We must be getting real close. There's a flurry of end of day articles being posted. MobMentality fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Feb 10, 2015 |
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Feb 9, 2015 23:59
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-Anders posted:I'm looking at replacing my current Oppo Find 5 android phone with a windows one. I've been looking primarily at the Nokia 930, even though it's a bit thick dimensions wise. Here is a hopefully helpful recent reddit thread. http://www.reddit.com/r/windowsphone/comments/2v7aga/longtime_android_fan_on_his_first_week_with/
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Feb 10, 2015 00:06
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Stick100 posted:1 They did push this in the WP7 (not 7.5) era. Oh are we going back through the trash WP marketing? "The beta test is over" when the only way to have a good up to date experience on Window Phone is to literally run a beta preview  e: ok to be fair that may have been Nokia marketing, but still. e2: in case it got lost in the discussion: Factor Mystic posted:One of the major defects with Harmony Music right now is that intermittently & unpredictably, background audio will pause when the screen turns off. At first I thought it was just low memory devices or battery saver, but it happens with higher end devices and when plugged in. One hour it'll work and then you'll go to play something and it'll pause as soon as the screen times out. Tap the screen back on and it starts playing again. Because it's unpredictable (and never happens in the VMs) I can't reliably reproduce it nor have I been able to inspect the app in the debugger while this is happening. Factor Mystic fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Feb 10, 2015 |
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Feb 10, 2015 01:39
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I'm getting that headphone thing going on, and it looks to be corrosion on the exposed pads in the jack. Since it is cut into profile with the phone it collects moisture, grit, etc. I'm going to try a 2.5mm swab (for optical connectors) with some deoxit.
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Feb 10, 2015 02:00
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Apparently MS and Samsung have settled their royalties dispute. Satya is already better at not stirring up poo poo than Steve was. My bet is this won't make Google suddenly stop trying to kill off WP, though.
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Feb 10, 2015 15:16
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CalvinandHobbes posted:Here is a hopefully helpful recent reddit thread. Hey thanks for the link, that was actually very helpful.
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Feb 10, 2015 15:37
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loquacius posted:Apparently MS and Samsung have settled their royalties dispute. Satya is already better at not stirring up poo poo than Steve was. Satya is already better at not doing the "everyone not MS is our enemy" thing that Steve (and to a lesser extent Bill) did.
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Feb 10, 2015 17:03
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CalvinandHobbes posted:Here is a hopefully helpful recent reddit thread. That post actually sums up my experiences pretty good, although I'd hesitate to call IE mobile a good browser. Chrome on android / ios is certainly far ahead. For instance, if you have several tabs open, IE will just close the oldest one when it runs out of memory. And the text reflow on non-mobile sites is pretty bad, there's often a lot of scrolling back and forth.
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Feb 10, 2015 18:08
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NFX posted:That post actually sums up my experiences pretty good, although I'd hesitate to call IE mobile a good browser. Chrome on android / ios is certainly far ahead. For instance, if you have several tabs open, IE will just close the oldest one when it runs out of memory. And the text reflow on non-mobile sites is pretty bad, there's often a lot of scrolling back and forth. My experiences (and I'm still a heavy android user) are practically the same. UC Browser normally does the job but sometimes I miss from android Opera and UC Browser (wich plays every drat web video around). The only huge reason to keep using an android phone was two driving apps, both oriented to Spain's speed radars (or whatever you call them) suddenly ran out of support and died so I decided to stick with Here Drive wich is miles better than Google maps for navigating, just that little touch of letting you download the maps and store them permanently on your phone is great. Quickplay Pro is a decent video player and an exelent music player. I have Harmony (thanks Factor Mystic) and while I never stream music away from wi-fi, I decided to upload to my OneDrive a selection of ambience music for those days I play tabletop games with friends. I'm sure that if I had a 930 or 1520 the few instances where my 925 feels slow would go away and if Microsoft handles Windows 10 right, my next phone will be running it, just because I'm tired of fixing Samsung issues by rooting and flashing custom OS or fixing stuff myself, because I'm tired of android not having a proper camera app (Lumia camera and Camera360 Sight are awesome in comparison). And Cortana is just amazing even on alpha/beta depending on languages.
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Feb 10, 2015 20:20
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I had a Windows Phone 7, which was crappy enough to drive me to iOS, but I'm heading back to Windows at the end of the year because god drat do I love live tiles. The only essential app I can see missing is an equivalent to Sleep Cycle; there appear to be a couple, but they come with reviews saying they completely fake the results, so I may have to keep the iPhone with me for that at night.
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Feb 10, 2015 21:11
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CalvinandHobbes posted:Here is a hopefully helpful recent reddit thread. I just switched to windows phone from my Nexus 5 as a test, and I honestly haven't noticed IE not playing videos, but I run it in desktop mode plus I haven't tried to watch videos
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Feb 11, 2015 00:17
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sbaldrick posted:I just switched to windows phone from my Nexus 5 as a test, and I honestly haven't noticed IE not playing videos, but I run it in desktop mode plus I haven't tried to watch videos I keep my 1520 in mobile mode and never have any problems with embedded Youtube videos, which are by far the most common I come across.
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Feb 11, 2015 01:02
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I think the only embedded video I've come across that didn't play was this one. I'm sure there are others, but it seems to be minor issue. http://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/14/head-over-heart-no-sleep-video It says it's unavailable but is fine on a desktop/tablet.
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Feb 11, 2015 03:59
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sbaldrick posted:I just switched to windows phone from my Nexus 5 as a test, and I honestly haven't noticed IE not playing videos, but I run it in desktop mode plus I haven't tried to watch videos I wish my lumia 930 was capable of not playing videos. The Arseholes who designed the website for my city's newspaper decided it would be good to have Autoplaying embedded videos. Nearly every article has one and trying to get it to not play when you're browsing on your phone is a nightmare. Seriously, If it were up to me it would be a capital crime to create a webpage where video or sound played without you explicitly clicking on something to make it happen.
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Feb 11, 2015 10:58
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Paul Thurrott wrote a review of the Lumia 930quote:...Which is fine: the Lumia 930 isn’t just the greatest Windows Phone of all time. It may in fact be the perfect smart phone. 
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Feb 11, 2015 19:31
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Paul got real angry on twitter too over lovely phone preference clickbait this week.
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Feb 11, 2015 19:43
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The Lord Bude posted:I wish my lumia 930 was capable of not playing videos. The Arseholes who designed the website for my city's newspaper decided it would be good to have Autoplaying embedded videos. Nearly every article has one and trying to get it to not play when you're browsing on your phone is a nightmare. Seriously, If it were up to me it would be a capital crime to create a webpage where video or sound played without you explicitly clicking on something to make it happen. I actually removed a newspaper's site from my Favourites because every time I went there, I'd forgotten the auto-playing videos that hijack the audio on my phone, causing podcast / music to suddenly cut out.
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Feb 11, 2015 22:45
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My Nokia worked under our too moving internal cranes today, I almost crap myself when my phone rang.
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Feb 12, 2015 00:24
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Verizon finally updated my Icon. Now I guess I can find out why everyone hates the music app.
Anonononomous fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Feb 12, 2015 |
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Feb 12, 2015 02:06
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Anonononomous posted:Verizon finally updated my Icon. Now I guess I can find out why everyone hates the music app. An update from Developer Preview or an actual W8.1/Firmware update? I'm still on the 8.1 Preview and Lumia Black.
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Feb 12, 2015 03:56
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Charles Martel posted:An update from Developer Preview or an actual W8.1/Firmware update? I'm still on the 8.1 Preview and Lumia Black. I've not done any preview stuff. They actually put out the update and it has Denim.
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Feb 12, 2015 04:29
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Holy poo poo. I actually managed to update from the Dev Preview right to 8.1.1/Denim. I finally got the update!
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Feb 12, 2015 07:56
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