July 2013 Update / GDR3 (or whatever it will be called) Info

[andrelamont]

According to the latest post on the windows phone blog

Nokia?s first metal Windows Phone arrives

- FM Radio
- Data Sense on more carriers (why not just make a lite version thats just a plain old data meter)
- Select, download and pin tunes in Xbox music
- Accuracy is improved for song meta data
- Support for CalDAV and CardDAV

 

[phonohead]

Thanks for the info.

 

[Tomanband]

According to the latest post on the windows phone blog

Nokia’s first metal Windows Phone arrives

- FM Radio
- Data Sense on more carriers (why not just make a lite version thats just a plain old data meter)
- Select, download and pin tunes in Xbox music
- Accuracy is improved for song meta data
- Support for CalDAV and CardDAV

and

The update includes hundreds of other small quality improvements.

:wink:

 

[AngryNil]

Does clearing the cache count as a "small quality improvement"? Surely Microsoft can't be waiting until October / November to fix this?

 

[fardream]

- Select, download and pin tunes in Xbox Music

this is available today.....

By the way where is GDR2?

 

[andrelamont]

this is available today.....

By the way where is GDR2?

I may be confused as to what is GDR1,GDR2 or GDR3?

It looks like it going to be called GDR2(?)
Microsoft shares details about its next Windows Phone 8 update | ZDNet

 

[fardream]

I may be confused as to what is GDR1,GDR2 or GDR3?

It looks like it going to be called GDR2(?)
Microsoft shares details about its next Windows Phone 8 update | ZDNet

The rumor goes that the last update with WiFi continuously on is GDR1, and there will be GDR2/3 before the so called blue (or blue is one of the GDRs)

 

[cory1717]

they should throw us some more theme colors

 

[pressstart]

With the 2 new Lumia 925 and 928 being oled, I hope they give the music app the black background again, just like it was in WP7 and the Zune HD. I adjusted my album art to have black backgrounds since leaving it transparent or empty made it white in WP7 and Zune. The nasty gray gradient messed that all up

 

[CaptainChunk41]

What about gapless playback??? I'm dying for it! And I wish they make music app more stable,I don't want it to hang when ever I hit shuffle play ~_~

 

[anon(5914335)]

What about gapless playback??? I'm dying for it! And I wish they make music app more stable,I don't want it to hang when ever I hit shuffle play ~_~

+1

 

[cgk]

Nothing too interesting - Datasense i can see being useful if you are capped but if you are on unlimited - who cares?

 

[Al_2]

The list of updates and features in GDR2 is rather disappointing. They're all fairly minor and it does seem like we're moving at a snail's pace when we have quite a lot to catch up on. Don't get me wrong these are welcome additions (I hope my carrier gets DataSense!) but in six months I'd have expected to see a bit more progress...

 

[Tomanband]

Interesting video demoing some of the new features of the GDR2

Windows Phone 8 update to include international podcasts, FM radio | The Verge

 

[Robert Carpenter]

It took 5 years for iOS and Android to get to where they are now. So I suggest you wait until 5 years has passed for Windows Phone. You cant just copy and paste this stuff. You don't understand the hundreds of things that needs to be analyzed and planned for each single new feature.

A notification center is a large feature. It takes time to code. And EVERYONE here should understand by now that Microsoft is focusing on the entire ECOSYSTEM as a whole. Do you want a lousy notification center now? Or do you want a notification center that's innovative, a notification center that syncs across all your devices like Windows 8 and Xbox?

My guess is you want the second one, as do I. So if you want a central notification center across the entire ecosystem, that means you have around a month of development for Windows Phone, a month of development for Xbox, a month of development for Windows 8, etc.

MS is doing everything correctly. They are doing everything the RIGHT WAY. Let the PROFESSIONALS do what they have been doing for YEARS.

 

[ttsoldier]

All of a sudden, no one cares about the notification center anymore?

 

[ttsoldier]

Also, according to THIS video. Vodafone UK WILL have data sense

Windows Phone 8 update to include international podcasts, FM radio | The Verge

You can see it in the settings @ 00:56

 

[Geddeeee]

It took 5 years for iOS and Android to get to where they are now. So I suggest you wait until 5 years has passed for Windows Phone. You cant just copy and paste this stuff. You don't understand the hundreds of things that needs to be analyzed and planned for each single new feature.

A notification center is a large feature. It takes time to code. And EVERYONE here should understand by now that Microsoft is focusing on the entire ECOSYSTEM as a whole. Do you want a lousy notification center now? Or do you want a notification center that's innovative, a notification center that syncs across all your devices like Windows 8 and Xbox?

My guess is you want the second one, as do I. So if you want a central notification center across the entire ecosystem, that means you have around a month of development for Windows Phone, a month of development for Xbox, a month of development for Windows 8, etc.

MS is doing everything correctly. They are doing everything the RIGHT WAY. Let the PROFESSIONALS do what they have been doing for YEARS.

Perfect response.... Totally agree. Apart from that damn 'Notification/Toast Centre'. I'm sick of hearing about it. I wish people would learn to use their phone properly.... Jeez!!!!!

 

[nessinhaw]

It took 5 years for iOS and Android to get to where they are now. So I suggest you wait until 5 years has passed for Windows Phone. You cant just copy and paste this stuff. You don't understand the hundreds of things that needs to be analyzed and planned for each single new feature.

A notification center is a large feature. It takes time to code. And EVERYONE here should understand by now that Microsoft is focusing on the entire ECOSYSTEM as a whole. Do you want a lousy notification center now? Or do you want a notification center that's innovative, a notification center that syncs across all your devices like Windows 8 and Xbox?

My guess is you want the second one, as do I. So if you want a central notification center across the entire ecosystem, that means you have around a month of development for Windows Phone, a month of development for Xbox, a month of development for Windows 8, etc.

MS is doing everything correctly. They are doing everything the RIGHT WAY. Let the PROFESSIONALS do what they have been doing for YEARS.

100% this! AND i'd like to add i think are they keeping notification center and other major features to be released with Blue update! So it will cause a great impact together with Windows 8!

 

[a5cent]

IBut I do feel like I'm continually holding out for Microsoft to sort some of the basics that are missing, so an announcement about an update that only includes the features announced today is a bit disappointing.

You just said you're holding out for MS to deliver the basics. But then why are you expecting Nokia to announce those basics which are up to MS to deliver? Makes no sense and seems like an obvious way to set yourself up for disappointment, no?