Windows Phone 7

[woodyear99]

Good comparison indeed, wouldn't mind getting that enhanced battery life. Can you change the keyboard on WP? I can't give up swype.

I think the lack of customization is a double edged sword as it is like that for security. For example........

 http://m.bgr.com/2012/03/09/arm-devices-running-windows-8-will-have-locked-bootloaders/

 ARM devices running Windows 8 will have locked bootloaders

Published on March 9th, 2012Written by: Dan Graziano

Consumers who purchase an ARM device running Windows 8 will not be able to load any other operating system, XDA-Developers reported on Thursday. Microsoft’s Windows 8 Hardware Certification Requirements state that “on an ARM system, it is forbidden to enable Custom Mode. Only Standard Mode may be enable. Disabling Secure [Boot] MUST NOT be possible on ARM systems.” The statement means that, unless a security exploit is found, no ARM device with Windows 8 will ever run anything other than Windows 8. The Hardware Certification Requirement contradicts what Microsoft’s Tony Mangefeste previously said, claiming the company’s philosophy is to “provide customers with the best experience first, and allow them to make decisions themselves.”

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[MessiaaH]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/21/sliding-keyboard-its-like-swype-but-for-windows-phone-7/

And i dont see the need to change operating systems if u buying a windows 8 arm tablet. If u want that ability juss buy ah i7 slate or wahever. Which is what i intend to do, cuase i dont want to be limited by arm. Arm is for the person who juss want ah ipad.
That aint me.

[woodyear99]

That sliding keyboard would be a must buy for me. I would prefer having the option of installing another os, guess it is the tweaker in me hehe.

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[MessiaaH]

That sliding keyboard would be a must buy for me. I would prefer having the option of installing another os, guess it is the tweaker in me hehe.

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Thats what ah saying, if u're the tweaker type, dont buy arm, buy intel. something for everyone. It go have ample hardware, from various manufactueres, all different form, sizes, and specification, buy what suits u.

[Berzerk]

As a user of Windows Phone 7 for the past five months, I have to say that my experience is pretty flawless.

This is in no small part due to some of the apps on the Zune Marketplace.

These consist of

1.       Weave
2.       Parcel Tracker
3.       Timer
4.       HeyTell
5.       Flashlight 7
6.       eWallet Go!
7.       Xe Currency Converter
8.       Network Dashboard
9.       PC Monitor
10.   Countdown
11.   Skype Beta
12.   Lync 2010
13.   Netflix
14.   Remote Desktop
15.   Tripit
16.   Whatsapp
17.   Facebook
18.   Sound Hound
19.   Pocket Recorder
20.   Amazon
21.   Ask Ziggy
22.   Hey DJ
23.   AppoinTile
24.   Langizmo
25.   Youtube Apps : Metro Tube, Prime Tube, You Tube Pro (pick which u like most)
26.   Shutter Timer
27.   AppFlow
28.   Board Express
29.   Ebay
30.   Free Talking Alarm Clock
31.   IGN
32.   IMDB
33.   Manga Reader
34.   SC2Casts Free
35.   Torrent Buddy
36.   TuneIn Radio
37.   XBMC Remote
38.   Skydrive
39.   Zemote
40.  Kindle for WP7
41. Ediary
42. Itranslator
43. Ps3 trophies
44. RSS times
45. Tango Video Calls
46. TED
47. Battlelog WP7
 
 
Games:
 
1.       Plant vs zombies
2.       BulletAsylum
3.       Dodonpachi maximi
4.       geoDefense
5.       Hydro Thunder Go
6.       NFS: Hot Pursuit
7.       Tentacles
8.       Fruint Ninja
9.       Pacman CE DX
10.   Spider Solitaire
11.   Max and the magic marker
12.   Angry Birds
13.   impossible shooter
14.   Rocket Riot
15.   Rise of glory
16.   Bubble Bump
17.   Bejeweled Live
18.   GeoDefense
19.   Squre Off
20.   Sallys Salon
21.   Splinter Cell Conviction


Nb these are just the apps that I've  tried. there are countless others.

[MessiaaH]

Sonic the Hedgehog: Ep II to feature synchronous gaming between Xbox & Windows Phone

!

"...and one of the cool things about it is that the Windows Mobile 7 (sic) and the Xbox are going to be able to work in tandem in ways that are completely new. So when you pick up the Windows Mobile 7 and you'll be able to play Sonic Episode II, save it, stop, boot up your Xbox 360 and pick up right where you left off. And that's a really cool thing Microsoft has going between the devices and I'm a huge fan of it..."

Source

BOR!

[woodyear99]

Glad to see there is a good choice of apps.

Are there any multiplayer games for WP7? I like to play Words With Friends and Homerun Battle 3D while on wifi or edge, any good choices on Windows Phone?

[MessiaaH]

Wheel of wealth has MP, dont know of any others cause never looked for.

http://www.bestwp7games.com/category/wp7-multiplayer-games

Wordamate suppose to be top calibur too.

[W1nTry]

I am in the early stages of testing a WP7. I got a LG Quantum yesterday and so far it's been an Ok experience, though I may have some strange requirements which thus far I am still learning to do on a wp7. The phone itself i'd rate at 6-7/10, the OS ditto atm.
There are some thing about it that really irk me atm or that I need some time to get accustomed to, but tbf I didn't even have these options before, so as with new opportunities, there are new problems. I'll name a few:

1. The first Live account added to the phone is tied to the XBL handle. This is annoying as in my case as I didn't want to mix the contact lists I have on my xbl email account with the one created specifically for this phone (work). I tried both ways and eventually compromised by adding the XBL acct first, THEN the work account and disabling sync of contacts off the primary. That being said I cannot change the XBL account now as best as I know. So I am stuck with only seeing the details of 1 account.

2. This was also a problem with android tbh. Exporting and importanting contacts into the phone. If you are a novice user this could be a daunting task going from bb to android or wp7. I do blame RIM but ah well, if there's a FREE app that does this then I lucked out and would be glad to be enlightened now. I had to export my bb contact list to csv, find a outlook template, and copy over the relevant fields, so that I could import them into Windows Live and then sync to the phone. It took a while... and some googling, wish there were a simpler way.

3. Sync - when I add an account, whether it be email, fb, etc it tries to SYNC EVERYTHING, THEN give me options to choose what... that is backwards imho. It should ask me e.g. email if to sync contacts  BEFORE it goes ahead and does it, then I have to remove it after. Also once an account has been added, even if you define manual sync  AND filter the list to only show active contacts, you can STILL SEARCH and find the other contacts that you didn't want synced to begin with...

4. I blame my phone so far for this... Whatsapp causes the phone to spontaneously reboot.. wth? really? how is this even possible I don't know. But so far each time the phone has ever rebooted itself, whatsapp seems to be in the fray... whether it be scrolling through my whatsapp favourites, using ANOTHER APP and the whatsapp notification pops up and BOOM reset, or replying to a msg, i've not seen the phone reboot whilst whatsapp isn't in the picture... weird and isolated i'm sure.

5. FB app vs synced fb account. Like it or hate it, the people/me tile/s contain A TONNE of info once a fb/twitter/g+/Live/etc account is added. Anything and EVERYthing can end up in these tiles. Sure you can disable sync, sure you could use separate apps for each, but then why use it at all if thats the case. It's an interesting feature that I like, but I am still getting accustomed and i'm looking for a way to filter through so that only certain 'interesting' updates are received through this avenue.

These are just some of the things i'm massaging out atm, and I won't let minor set backs deter me from this platform. Some ppl may wonder why LG? or why this model? Simple answer, its what I could afford at this time. I don't consider 'you should buy a more expensive phone' as a solution. MS has pretty tight control of the hardware and software requirements and I expect (unlike on android) a much more stable, comparable experience across their handsets. So i'm gonna get me a digi sim and continue testing as atm I can't have my phone spontaneously rebooting whilst i'm using it. I'm gonna remove whatsapp (my biggest gripe and reason I can't give the phone a 7-9/10) and see if its specific to the app, or the phone as a whole.

[MessiaaH]

to Answer 1. and 3. : i allow everything to sync to my phone, really dont care, i search for who i want to call, or use voice calling anyways. if it have a million contacts it doesnt bother me but i can see how this can be an issue to some.

2. Going from 1 platform to any other u will experience this if your contacts not already in d cloud. So d process of moving contacts from sim/phone to cloud has to be done once then never again. Weather it be, Google Contacts, Live contacts, Exchange contacts, you going to have to do this process at least once to get your stuff in d cloud. Once there, no worries for future phone swaps/platforms.

4. First time i hear bout that, i have no idea why that happening, id say that d phone u got is arguably d worse windows phone. So i doh know if it that shitty or what d case may be, but neither of my phones has ever spontaneously restarted on me. Try resintall whatsapp and see...dont know what to tell u there.

5. This feature *can* be tailored to suit your needs. The phone automatically makes a family group for you, which you can pin to start to see social updates for just those ppl. You can then manually make groups for wheover you like and post them. So u can make a GATT group and populate that, and pin that. So u only seeing ppl from gatt posts/etc in that. Its perfect IMO. if u want to see everything, MeTile/Poeple Hub. if u want to control d expreince, make yuh own groups.

[phoenix31tt]

ah wintry, good to see you giving the platform a run.. .although a samsung focus @ 150USD woulda be a sweet buy to trial even doh ms dictated the minimum specs, they dont have control over the implementation..

but either way ...

1. Yea i never had to do it so i dont know if u can change your xbl account on the fly.. will look into it.. but i suppose disabling the sync of the primary wasnt a big issue

3. yea i hate that it start syncing then allows u to change the options after a completed sync... especially annoying if your on gprs and have to wait lol... but as its a one time thing it hasnt really been a significant issue (and i guess ms will use the 80/20 rule there)

4. yes i would blame the phone to... i am a heavy whatsapp user and thats never ever happened to me... once or twice when i am on gprs i need to click the app a couple times to get updates but thats the only issue i have with whatsapp

5. u can also filter which accounts you want to get updates for (i.e. fb, twitter etc)

let us know when you use it more what ur full experience is

[W1nTry]

Well I did some investiquiring ala googlefoo and the synopsis is not good... apparently this phone in certain cases does exactly what it is I have been describing... spontaneously reboots. I was hoping it was just whatsapp and a re-install would solve this, however upon deeper googlefoo I found that if/when this phoen does begin to do this... it's a downward spiral O_o...

To affirm this, I can say that the phone reboots instanteously if I launch ziggy and manga reader as well.. le sighs... well if my memory serves correctly I have 7 days to get a refund and 30 days to get a replacement locally with up to 6 months from manufacturer... so I believe a refund is coming... that aside, the difficult decision after becomes whether to try again with a Dell Venue Pro (the only other wp7 they have atm) or to just put off my further foray into the wp7 experience to a later date

I have to say though, THANK GOD I bought it locally and have a warranty/replacement/refund option... better than my android snafu XD

[MessiaaH]

DVP boy? i fraid that too.
DVP Had rel issues at the start cause dell did rel shit.
They eventually fixed it with numerous firmware updates though.

But these are d Windows Phones i recommend:

Samsung Focus
HTC HD7
HTC Titan
Samsung Focus S
Any Nokia Windows Phone : 710,800,900

D LGs and d Dells is d bottom of d heap.
Much like android, Smasung/HTC is where its at. and wel now nokia of course.

Question, did u update the LG via zune? latest firmware, windows phone 7.5 mango etc? Just ah thought.
But honestly that sounds like hardware issues with d nand in that phone. But try zune updates and see.

The DVP have some nice hardware, but like i said, doggy firmware in d starting, should be sorted now though.
I sold 2 used samsung focus, (1 to berzerk), haven't had those kinda complaints, and those are used phones.

LG is rel balls imo. on any platform.

[woodyear99]

Out of curiosity where did you buy it?

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[W1nTry]

Well thing is the phone came stock wp7 and I used zune to update it to mango :s so I am hoping to get a refund on monday since they have a 2 day refund policy and well they don't work on saturday. I may hold off once I get a refund until a better handset becomes available locally.

I bought it at Let's Talk Ltd. UWI branch. They have some decent prices and you can't beat local warranty! I standing by that. I really did want the lumia 710 but the review were less than stellar and the 800 is unfortunately out of my price bracket. The DVP that I played with was running mango so it was updated, I tested the camera and it was actually not as good as the LGQ... so I may have to stay my hand unless someone else has a good WP7 for sale locally.

[MessiaaH]

I never buy anything locally.

I get my phones from one of the following:

Amazon, Expansys, Clove.

And never ever had cuase to use warranty because when u buy a good product its uneeded.
buying ah LG u almost certainly have to get warranty lol.

The Lumia 710 is very good, one of my friends in d states got his free under contract and no complaints.

D Lumia 710 is heaps leaps and bounds above the LG and DVP if those is what u comparing it too.
It has Nokia's CBD technology = Epic. It has a FFC, and is a gen 2 device, which means, faster cpu/gpu. Than d LG/DVP. And d price is nice too.

Lumia 710 is d boss, id recommend that or a Samsung Focus on deal.

Check phoenix, he mite be selling he focus soon i eh know. He eyeing d Lumia 900.

And dont know which reviews of d 710 u look at, but d ones i looked at thought it was pretty dam good.
They pit d 710 against d HTC Radar, and it was a 50/50 split between d 2. Both pwns d LG/DVP.

O yea i forget to mention d HTC Radar, very epic choice as well. Lumia 710 or Radar, get one of those. Or Samsung Focus on deal.

[MessiaaH]

Hardware Heaven 9/10 - http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1431/pg5/nokia-lumia-710-with-windows-phone-75-review-conclusion.html

PocketNow 4/5 - http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/nokia-lumia-710-review

And correction, d 710 aprantly doesnt have a FFC, but it have all other gen 2 specs.

[Spazosaurus]

One of those rare cases where I will agree with Messiaah. Like I was telling you in whatsapp, stay far far away from LG. Sam, HTC and Nokia are the least i'd settle with (my choice in reverse order the brands i'd reach for first).

[phoenix31tt]

agreed with messiaah and awesome there...

[W1nTry]

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2163587/android-smokes-windows-phone-microsoft-challenge

Poor form store, poor form.