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#26 |
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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Was already happy with my 920 but 8.1 makes it even better. Apps missing for me boil down to PayPal integration with eBay, the rest I am happy with.
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Recently got myself a Windows phone (Lumia 920), just as change from my usual Iphone 4s that I have been using for last few years, and on the whole I have been pleasantly surprised.
There are more apps available than I thought there would be. Yes there are notible ommissions, namely a couple of banking apps and Sky, as previously mentioned, but apart from those I cannot see anything I am desperate to have. Couple of minor grips: - there seems to be lag when taking photos on the camera of a second or two, whist it autofocuses. A bit irritating especially when trying to take photos of my kids as they inevitable move and end up with blurry photo. - the 'copy' and 'paste' functions are very clumsy - not sure if its the phone or the software but was much easier to do on the iphone. Looking forward to the 8.1 update - maybe will help out with these minor quirks ? |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
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Plenty of major apps still missing including many UK banks, Sky TV. Apps that are there are usually not as good (examples include Whatsapp and BBC iPlayer).
These are major apps. Updated to 8.1 on the 1020 yesterday. It is almost subtle in its changes, but overall it makes a massive improvement over 8. Swiping left in the browser for back is simple and effective, finally having battery percentage (via the swipe down) means one less app. Weather forecast in the calendar - again, simple, but effective. |
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I updated to 8.1 dev preview the other day and its made me love windows phone so much more.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: moon
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Recently got myself a Windows phone (Lumia 920), just as change from my usual Iphone 4s that I have been using for last few years, and on the whole I have been pleasantly surprised.
There are more apps available than I thought there would be. Yes there are notible ommissions, namely a couple of banking apps and Sky, as previously mentioned, but apart from those I cannot see anything I am desperate to have. Couple of minor grips: - there seems to be lag when taking photos on the camera of a second or two, whist it autofocuses. A bit irritating especially when trying to take photos of my kids as they inevitable move and end up with blurry photo. - the 'copy' and 'paste' functions are very clumsy - not sure if its the phone or the software but was much easier to do on the iphone. Looking forward to the 8.1 update - maybe will help out with these minor quirks ? You know all about long pressing and holding down on text to get that large caret? The caret is deliberately set apart from where you are touching so your thumb doesn't obscure anything. This became simpler and worse in 8.1 though. |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Buckingham
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iPlayer at least now has live TV access. Apparently radio may be spun off into a separate app.
I normally use my Android tablet for TV while out and about as that lets you download programmes (as well as being having a much larger screen) which means I do not need to rely on getting a good mobile or wifi signal and can park up anywhere to watch. |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: the wild world web
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And for talk type radio I use YourMuze.fm set to the lowest setting (approx 5MB per hour) for mobile.
That will work too on WM. |
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