Posts by Imorital

Nokia earnings pain masks intact war chest, brewing counterattack

Re: Never under-estimate idiots however

Colour me an idiot then.

I have every app I use on my Android on Windows Phone. I've purchased upwards of 100 Android apps (including games), of which I use very few.

I must have paid for about 25 apps on Windows Phone (including games) and don't really feel I'm missing anything.

I probably use about 10 apps regularly on each platform (Google news readers, twitter client, facebook, tasks, games, etc).

More choice is good, as long as it's a quality choice. I've wasted money on both platforms with hindsight, but both offer enough quality apps for me, and I welcome more appearing for both platforms to keep me interested.

The bigger issue for Windows Phone is not that it doesn't have 50 facebook apps and 80 fart apps, but that the apps it does have tend to be more expensive (on WP) than other platforms.

Still, as somebody who remembers paying £10 for games on cassette in 1985, I don't begrudge paying £4 for the occasional excellent game now and then. That's a pretty good inflation rate for the comparable quality offered, on both platforms.

As a Lumia 800 user I was disappointed we're not getting WP8

But frankly the phone doesn't have the hardware to use most of the new WP8 features anyway.

Of more concern will be if Apps start to be released that don't use the missing hardware features, but also won't run on WP7.x. I doubt that will be common though, since WP8 can run WP7 apps, and new WP7.8 phones are still going to be released into the future. Windows Phone 7 is not quite dead any more than Android Gingerbread is (well, apart from the user-base size)

So until I upgrade I'll keep using my current phone without regret (and it is going to gain *some* functionality with WP7.8 after all), at least until it's time to upgrade.

I find Windows Phone a nice OS. It's a decent tool.

I also run a Desire HD and an original Xoom tablet, and whilst I run Jelly Bean on the Xoom (hacked it to be a GED - otherwise I'd still be on Gingerbread), the fact I haven't bothered rooting my DHD means it's stuck on whatever the hell the last update was all those many months ago, so a similar situation to where I'll be with the Lumia 800 (or possibly even worse?). I could probably root the DHD to JellyBean, but I'm underwhelmed by the Xoom running it - But that's just me. Just because I'm not bothered, doesn't mean everyone else shouldn't be too. Don't follow me, You are all individuals!

Microsoft's Bing bods exploit fanbois' Apple maps misery

Re: Wow to Mr h4rm0ny

Hey AC,

I've just performed the same search on my Lumia 800 and it's got the closest branches (7 of them, including the HQ clearly labelled as such - I'm in Canary Wharf), so that's a 66.666666666% success rate for WP7.5. Is that approaching iOS6 levels of reliability yet?

I'm afraid I can't afford the air fare to HK to test there. I hear the iOS 6 maps are working great for china, so perhaps that's a solution?

"Most people will stop using it if it only works 99% of the time."

As a user of both Android (Google & Co-Pilot maps) and Lumia (Bing and Navteq maps - although I think Bing is powered by Navteq data) I'd be ecstatic if they were as much as 99% reliable!

Either way, I'm glad to be a part of this scientific survey.

Windows Phone 8: What Nokia and Microsoft must do

Just a quick point about editing the middle of a word...

I was frustrated by this too, but keep a finger pressed over the word to be edited for a second or two and a caret appears. Now just slide your finger until it's in the desired location, and edit away.

I have to agree that it's well hidden though, it was a while before I discovered this. I now much prefer it to the approach I have to take with my Xoom (JellyBean). It's not as fast, but more accurate.

Swings and roundabouts.

Nintendo trades blows with The Sun over 3DS returns

You've all got it wrong

Surely the highlight of the Scum (in these internet enabled times) is Dear Deidre?

It's like Jeremy Kyle in print.

If I want to see a pair of jubbs I'll turn on my internet connection.

Brazilian cult condemns USB

Ah! It makes sense!

That explains why every time you try to plug in a USB device it turns out the plug is upside-down!

Damn you Satan!

T-Mobile imposes swingeing cuts on fair use data limits

Are you kidding me?!!!

Is it April fools day already?

I'm 2 months into a 2 year contract taken mainly for the 3GB data cap. Angry doesn't even begin to describe how I'm feeling at the moment. I feel like I've been ripped off.

I was planning on moving my girlfriend over to T-Mobile, they can kiss that one goodbye.

Windows Phone 7: free tools, captive Marketplace

Second thoughts for WinMo 7 then...

I understand that MS want to keep app quality high, and the marketplace is one way to achieve this, but they could still allow crappy apps from other sources. Sure it will tarnish the platform image if junk gets released, but if the marketplace became the "go to" place for quality apps then it will quickly establish itself anyway.

This just doesn't make sense.

And what about the fact I develop apps for personal use… will they work?

Gaaa!

I wanted WinMo 7, now I feel the lure of Android getting stronger....