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Just got a Nokia Lumia 900 for free from AT&T yesterday. I love the interfaces and the way the Windows apps are set up. There aren't nearly as many , but what there is I think are a lot better then the apps I used to get for my droid. This OS is so easy to learn and navigate too. Very small learning curve. Zune was cake to set up too. I already had the Zune software so it just updated my phone to it. Sync's were fast too. 15 minutes I transferred all my music and 6 movies. Loving it so far. It is running 7.5 and hoping it updates to 7.8 soon.
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I am happy with the purchase of Zero dollars I'm not on mine all the time and I was upgrading from a Samsung Captivate with Froyo so this was a HUGE Improvement. I never spend money on a phone when I upgrade. Just to make it a little more understandable. I'm an old fart. 50+
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I want a HTC 8X so bad! But I have this damn Droid M.
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Yeah they put that ion sell for 99Cents the day after I ordered the 900. Pissed me off.
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Call them up and tell then you are having problems with it and return it. They have a 30 day satisfaction guarantee. Then order the ION
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Nah the Lumia is fine ! I'm not a phone nut. My oldest son is bad enough for the both of us.
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Yea I just got a droid razr and I am extremely happy!
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Yeah that should cut down on the scrolling ! The only thing I have ran into I don't like is you cant stream Sunday Ticket, which isn't huge because I watch all the games at home any way.
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Now if Microsoft could get Windows 8 to work on my Android phone they would have my money. Maybe I just need to find some mods to make it look like Windows 8.
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Hey Dos what features does windows 8 have that 7.8 doesn't have or has that info even been released
prior to the release of 7.8 ? Just curious why they don't just give 7.5 users the 8 update instead. |
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Hi guy's, just wondering if you could give me any info on the Windows 7.5 OS and how the older generation get on with it?
My girlfriend has just put a deposit on the HTC Radar for her 60+ yr old dad.
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It doesn't have flash player so some site can be a pain, but other than that I'd go with it. Easy OS ! Snappy too. |
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For users, they added a Wallet app that you can use in conjunction with NFC. They also added cloud backups via SkyDrive, so no more losing text messages etc when you restore your phone (and once you restore from a backup it starts installing all your apps, whereas on WP7 you had to do everything manually). The lockscreen is also more in line with Windows 8, where you can customize which notifications appear on it. EDIT: The Windows Phone Wikipedia page has a good list of everything they added/changed in WP8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...indows_Phone_8 |
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Just got myself the HTC 8S
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Ive had my HTC trophy for about 1.5 years now and I love it! Came from a dumb–phone so having a smart phone is great. I have used IOS Droid and Wp now and here is my conclusion, IOS is for ipod touches Droid is for entry level tablets and Wp is the best mobile operating system. This is of course all my opinion and I realize that not every OS is for everyone
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FYI, the LG Quantum got dropped and shattered the glass. It was replaced with a Lumia 920. Windows Phone 8 is a huge improvement over Windows Phone 7.
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He's now got his phone and was very simple to set up and get round to using as he would... well once he remembered his password
![]() I've found the speak to text to work really well, I don't always speak that clearly and tend to mumble when speaking anything than short replies but I've not had an issue at all with it! I love how the on screen keyboard doesn't take up the full screen, even though I've come from a smaller 3" screen running android I've found it much easier to type on. The only downside as of yet is I keep catching the search key and found that isn't hard to do so being really sensitive and all. Oh one more thing, when at my pc using Facebook or email I'll still get notifications to my phone however more annoyingly is when I'm away from the PC these messages have a lack of appearing.
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I had a HTC Trophy for about 1.75 yrs, but got sick of it....so I went and got a Lumia 920 as a replacement. W8 Phone OS is rock solid, and much better in terms of fluidity (and WP7.5 was strong in that as well, so that's saying something) and picture taking. The pictures are awesome!
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Speedtest.net finally released an app for WP8 http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/st...3-a786808eb49b
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Thanks you.
![]() My girlfriend, who has been a LONG-TIME droid fan, saw my Lumia 920 when I went to visit her (2 weeks ago) and she used it for about 20 minutes. She then said, I'm getting one. She even switched carriers to get a 920. Says she loves it. ^Converting the masses one loved one at a time^
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I love my Lumia 900
wish they'd release 7.8 though
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