I have a gnex and I like it, a lot. These windows phones coming out look pretty cool and their just now catching up with some hardware specs us android users are used to. What do you guys think of these windows phones? Im curious to know the app development for the OS. Thats the only thing keeping me away. Your thoughts?
So you like locked down garbage that will never actually be updated?
Good for you.
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fk.gregor said:
I have a gnex and I like it, a lot. These windows phones coming out look pretty cool and their just now catching up with some hardware specs us android users are used to. What do you guys think of these windows phones? Im curious to know the app development for the OS. Thats the only thing keeping me away. Your thoughts?
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Have a look at windowsphone.interopabilitybridges.com
Many articles point out as more users move to the Windows Phone platform, app devs will move over as well.
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Definitely shows promise, but I'm locked into Android for the time being.
Just pulled out my HD2, which has WP7.5 on it (giving to my bro for a loaner), and it is a slick interface. Zune may have flopped, but it is just nice to use.
But, I'm Google-locked for now.
-bZj
Not even remotely interesting. User interface is atrocious.
Beautiful phones softwate and hardware wise. Run extremely smooth especially the lumia 920. I like android for the freedom but if i had to choose a business phone it would be a windows phone 8 device. Apps are still far behind as their new. If you dont play games tho then they have apps for everything productivity wise.
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Lumia 920 looks pretty nice. I have an upcoming hardware upgrade and since I'm buying the Nexus 4 outright, I'll upgrade to the Lumia to give it a try. I hope that Microsoft won't pull another Windows Phone 7 not upgradable to Win8 thing.
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Beautiful phones softwate and hardware wise. Run extremely smooth especially the lumia 920. I like android for the freedom but if i had to choose a business phone it would be a windows phone 8 device. Apps are still far behind as their new. If you dont play games tho then they have apps for everything productivity wise.
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I have always thought the same way. It looks very nice as a business phone especially that Windows OS is mostly used in offices at organizations so it should pair and integrate better with Windows Phone I guess, however, they seem either more expensive or same price to high-cost Android phones, so this makes it harder to pick a WIndows Phone if I can get a similar specifications running Android which will also fit well as a business phone
Maybe Windows will go back to the top once again? :sarcasm:
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Maybe Windows will go back to the top once again? :sarcasm:
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Windows will always dominate the Enterprise market...
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I use windows 8 pro on my laptop an everyone goes on about lack of apps well they have all the popular apps that apple appstore an play store has just not as many games but at least they got street fighter lV which looks impressive on my led HD screen unlike android but then again PC games kill any iOS,android or console game out there, besides google an root apps I don't use anything else on my gnex.
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I use windows 8 pro on my laptop an everyone goes on about lack of apps well they have all the popular apps that apple appstore an play store has just not as many games but at least they got street fighter lV which looks impressive on my led HD screen unlike android but then again PC games kill any iOS,android or console game out there, besides google an root apps I don't use anything else on my gnex.
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they're taking about the mobile os...
the wp8 app store is a graveyard
slayr76 said:
I use windows 8 pro on my laptop an everyone goes on about lack of apps well they have all the popular apps that apple appstore an play store has just not as many games but at least they got street fighter lV which looks impressive on my led HD screen unlike android but then again PC games kill any iOS,android or console game out there, besides google an root apps I don't use anything else on my gnex.
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I actually had to read 3 times to understand.
But it is actually about the mobile version.
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Windows will always dominate the Enterprise market...
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Windows no doubt will continue to rule in in the workspace with windows 8 on tablets. So most people will need one. When it come s to the mobile phone market apple and Google should dominate for awhile.
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they're taking about the mobile os...
the wp8 app store is a graveyard
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I don't know how you didn't understand my post I clearly said windows 8 pro on my Pc, but I agree win 8 on a smartphone or tablet would be complete garbage compared to android, its a no brainer win8 mobile clearly sucks but so did android before ICS an jellybean came along, I absolutely despised gingerbread an anything before it compared with iOS back then.
Fyi All windows 8 operating systems can be considered mobile now. Just depends on what hardware its on. Tablets with keyboard attachments are going to be huge in 2013.
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Fyi All windows 8 operating systems can be considered mobile now. Just depends on what hardware its on. Tablets with keyboard attachments are going to be huge in 2013.
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No they aren't. Just because companies will make them doesn't mean they will be huge. Adding a keyboard attachment defeats the entire point of a tablet and I think the market will respond accordingly.
I think Windows 8 phones might start to catch on in enterprises but for the mainstream users they will probably stick with Apple or Android. How well the phones integrate to the Office suite of products will drive the success or failure of the Windows 8 OS in my opinion.
I hear "windows" i think "virus" .... no thanks.
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I hear "windows" i think "virus" .... no thanks.
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That's funny because when I hear "infected" the first word that comes to mind is "noob.".
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Has any one put wp7 on any android phones such as samsung galaxy s's was wondering cuz wp7 seems reAlly clean compared to android and ios
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Theres an app called Windows Phone Android that makes a bad attempt at ripping off the UI. Sadly its unlikely that that would ever happen as WP7 has different hardware requirements and you'd pretty much have to reinvent the bootloader
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Has any one put wp7 on any android phones such as samsung galaxy s's was wondering cuz wp7 seems reAlly clean compared to android and ios
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The only thing I'm aware of custom WP7 running on is the HTC HD2. But it likely won't be long before a great many other phones have it. Sadly, it requires authentication and a key from MS, which will likely be useless after any update.
The good thing, though, is, MS rarely updates WP7 devices. LOL
Well that figures lol thanks anyways guys
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It's unlikely to happen because Galaxy S is on Hummingbird Platform while all current WP7 devices runs on Qualcom platform.
More likely an android port to WP7 phone can be done, though I doubt the necessity
What should i do?
Iphone 4S with contract
Galaxy SIII with contract
Galaxy SII with contract
Nokia lumia 610 withoud contract
What's the best choice???
Ow and i'm now defiently gonna leave you gio guys my phone is broken so time for a new one! Sorry everyone maybe i will ever come back but from today i will leave
GIOSIII will only get updates when new CM9 is availble the rest of my work will be closed byy everyone
Gooo with android phone . There is each separate forum in xda for every phone you listed above, read each forum see if the phone matches your choice. Each person have different needs, so list out the features you want in a phone, budget then people can suggest you a phone at matches your needs. At end of day you would be using ur phone
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Iphone for sure.
Just dont let it fall out of your hands, buy some good protection..
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voetbalremco said:
Iphone for sure.
Just dont let it fall out of your hands, buy some good protection..
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Okay iphone lolz no android anymore except for my awesome galaxy tab 8.9
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Okay iphone lolz no android anymore except for my awesome galaxy tab 8.9
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Why not? I personally can't stand iphone....
Don' get an iPhone or a nokia.
Android is open.
iOS and Windows Phone arent.
If you like to change stuff go for the SGS3 or SGS2
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i have a iphone 4s jailbreaked its a good phone go and get it
SIII would be the best choice, since it has/will have great development. Iphone is great, but not as SIII
Iphone is better.
Ios is good how it is, android isnt. You need root. Overrclock. Tweaks. To prevent lagg. And yes, also on high end devices, android laggs.
Less malware etc due to scanning of app store, more stability.
Your device will get 2 years long system updates, like the iphone 3gs still gets ios 6.
And there is way less fragmentation. Almost all device run ios 5 or higher
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voetbalremco said:
Iphone is better.
Ios is good how it is, android isnt. You need root. Overrclock. Tweaks. To prevent lagg. And yes, also on high end devices, android laggs.
Less malware etc due to scanning of app store, more stability.
Your device will get 2 years long system updates, like the iphone 3gs still gets ios 6.
And there is way less fragmentation. Almost all device run ios 5 or higher
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with me alway change new something daily. we can do everything whit android.although iphone so beaty but after time using you fell retired.you can change rom..etc.android alway interesting
I should go for an android phone,
@voetbalremco I know, ios is good, but android is just sooo customizable, ofcourse when you jailbreak ios it is even awesomer.
It's a choice, but I think android is just ''cheaper'' than ios, we have to exept that...
Ios is controlled by Apple and Android is open source, so everyone can build it..
Galaxy SII
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Check the Play Store for the new Smart Glass app. Lets you control your XBox from your Android device. It's pretty sweet.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.smartglass
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Awesome, but my Xbox became useless when my TV started playing Netflix.
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I saw yesterday the SmartGlass in a friend's house. I'll try with me soon. ^^
Awesome app, I have Xbox smart glass installed on windows 8 pro on my PC also, if you have an Xbox 360 this app is a must have for both your android device and windows 8 PC.
Is this available for iPhone?
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No, the release date is sometime next year for iOS
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vince7 said:
Is this available for iPhone?
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I don't think apple would approve of a Microsoft xbox app somehow lol, but maybe I'm wrong, it would be weird for apple to do that knowing their anti everything thats created by their arch enemy.
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I don't think apple would approve of a Microsoft xbox app somehow lol, but maybe I'm wrong, it would be weird for apple to do that knowing their anti everything thats created by their arch enemy.
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IOS already has official My Xbox Live app. Don't see why this wouldn't get approved.
Actually, iPhone had this feature before us with the my Xbox app. My friend from work was bragging about it.
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this is also going to replace in fact the
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLm1pY3Jvc29mdC54bGUiXQ..
My Xbox Live Application?
can someone share it? I can´t install it on my nexus 7
iOS version that was released yesterday has better fucntionality than the android version. Forza and Halo dont work as they do on iOS and Windows. This Is Bullsh!t. The giving android the crappy version of everything has to end. We have the most market share, the most users but we alway get shafted. Yeah we got the app first, cool, But once the iphone/ipad got it with full smartglass functionality(not to mention an ipad specific version[yes i know sideloading works on android tablets, it runs great on my N7}) it took me over the top. I just dont see why this has to keep happening.
Has anyone had trouble getting this to work? Mine goes to Getting info from Xbox services... and eventually just fails and says "Can't sign into xbox services". I've reset everything, tried over 4g and on the same local network and made sure the account is fine and Smartglass is turned on on my box. Still no go - any ideas? No many results turn up on Google. Some complain of similar problems but there's no solution.
EDIT 12/15: The next day it started working without me doing anything different. Go figure
not available in some SEA Countries. dang I have to use a workaround to install this thing
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Get yourself a deal and help charity!
https://www.humblebundle.com/
There is currently 6 games in the deal, however usually a week into the bundle they add an additional 4 games, free of charge if you've already bought the bundle They'll also give you steam keys.
Some of the games is making their Android debut; Superbrothers: Machinarium, Sword & Sworcery EP, Waking Mars, Splice, Crayon Physics Duluxe and possibly some others soon.
As an additional bonus, they're using the Nexus 4 as their "showroom device" xD
If helps the Child's Play charity and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, so you'll be doing a good deed too,.
5 Games have been added to the bundle, if you already purchased it you will get them for free. If you haven't bought it yet, make sure you beat the average to get all 11 games!
Thanks for the share.
Donated $6, got all the current games so far.
i would get those, but i got most of them already from previous Humble Bundles...
Yes but these are debuting on Android. So your other bundles wont have the Andorid copies.
Awesome just bought em. 6$ seemed fair for my current "budget"
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Six bucks well spent. I swear, missing these humble bundles seems totally illogical.
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Six bucks well spent. I swear, missing these humble bundles seems totally illogical.
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No doubt. These games are so not surrounded by profit. Never knew games such as these existed. They barely use any battery and run great. Quite addicting to. Only tried the crayon game and eufloria. Will try the others later.
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I noticed there was options for tablet and mobile. Does that mean only machinarium is the only game I can play on my nexus?
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Locustslayer said:
I noticed there was options for tablet and mobile. Does that mean only machinarium is the only game I can play on my nexus?
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No don't be misguided, the "tablet" apps just sport higher textures and scaled up buttons. These games are brilliant and the steam keys alone are worth more than the average.
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Locustslayer said:
I noticed there was options for tablet and mobile. Does that mean only machinarium is the only game I can play on my nexus?
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All the games should work on both phones and tablets.
Only issue I found so far is crayon physics won't save your progress I'd you close the app.
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I've bought just about every humble bundle so far, and I've just bought another one. I bought this one pretty much just for machinarium on my N7. I've played it lots on my laptop, but I'm pretty pumped about it on the tablet.
I keep buying the bundles regardless of the duplication, it's nice to support the indie developers that are developing for linux. I think I may have bought Crayon Physics about 4 times now
There goes another 10$ and I didn't get a chance to play all the games from the previous bundles yet.
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Only issue I found so far is crayon physics won't save your progress I'd you close the app.
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THIS is pissing me off. Humble Bungle. This is the primary game I'd play, the rest I'd tinker with a bit.
I've sent an email to [email protected]
Got a response back from the Humble Bundle folks, they're fixing Crayon Physics.
Hello there,
Thank you for purchasing the Humble Bundle. We’ve been able to reproduce this issue on Crayon Physics Deluxe and fix it, and we’ll released this fix in the next update. This update will release sometime in the next 24 hours. Thanks for your patience and for reporting this issue!
Christina
Apportable
Humble Bundle
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Anyone else having issues with waking mars? It crashes on EVO LTE.
Swords&Sworcery is the dopest game by the way. Graphics are nintendo, but music is DJ Spooky.
I hope they add bit. Trip beat
Several game updates available using the Humble Bundle app.
Sadly Sword & Sorcery hasn't been fixed, still on reverse landscape on the Nexus 7 )-:
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Sadly Sword & Sorcery hasn't been fixed, still on reverse landscape on the Nexus 7 )-:
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I don't have that issue, are you using a custom ROM?
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Is this possible? Getting Galaxy note 2 running WP8? I feel WP8 is a lot better than android. Anyone thinking the same thing?
then why didnt u buy a windows phone ? u could still return within 14days and I dont think its possible to port wp8
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then why didnt u buy a windows phone ? u could still return within 14days and I dont think its possible to port wp8
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That's the thing with the Note (I or II) - they are UNIQUE and every other ecosystem will be jealous until they get their own "Big Daddy" of phones
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then why didnt u buy a windows phone ? u could still return within 14days and I dont think its possible to port wp8
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Nokia phones suck. Galaxy Note 2 is dream phone. oh by the way, it dropped in price today to 250 on amazon.
The hype lol.
"I think wp8 is alot better than android"
But I go out and buy a android lol.
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This post makes no sense...that Nokia phone is one of the best built phones on the market. If youre a fan of Windows then that should be your dream phone...hands down.
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HD2
Buy the HTC HD2 and get a dual Windows/Android boot.
Also the the Exynos chip details being released, the chances of a sd card dual boot could be a reality. The type that might allow WP/Android dual boots.
get an hd2. we even got f'king meego working on it lol.
yeah HD2...my last phone before the Note 2...
No way. All windows phones use snapdragon processors. Someone would have to do some serious hacking to get it working with exynos
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Has everyone seen the Samsung ATVIA? Which is similar to the Galaxy S 3.
the Nokia Lumia 920 is a gorgeous phone. If I were a big fan of Windows like the OP I would be all over that. I'd love to see Windows perform well in the smartphone market. More competition the better.
While we cannot get Windows Phone 8 on this device, we can make your phone look like Windows Phone 8. Check out Launcher 7 or Windows Phone 8 launcher. I think there is one for Windows 8 also.
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I used my Note 1 with Launcher 7 almost exclusively. But it's oudated now - no small tiles, which would be great on the big screen. I'm waiting.
The Windows 8 mentioned above, if it's the same one I've tried, it's an ad fest (you get notification for ads even with adfree installed, terrible, disgusting app.