cgk
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Just to give another perspective, in the UK it is perfectly legal to record your phone-calls as long as they are for your own use.
update on the backup SMS.
If you have an exchange account you can set it to also save text messages.
i had this on for a bit but didn't want it to mix with my emails.
Not sure if that helps but if you have exchange it is an option. You can turn it on in your Outlook webmail options.
if you don't have exchange, you can also get an exchange 2010 account for 5.00 a month.
Microsoft Exchange Online Pricing
Just giving you an option
Its insane of microsoft to think that they will take any marketshare from android and iphone when there are so many things you cant do with a windows phone. The availability of a recording app is so standard. The fact that you cant do this is stupid.Are there any application in the Windows Marketplace that would allow me to record my phone conversations and back up my text messages. I am moving from an Android phone to the HTC Radar but if I do not have these two options with the windows phone I will be returning it. I was really looking forward to trying out the new operating system until I couldn't find any information on a recording app and a back up app!
Thank you for you help.
Its insane of microsoft to think that they will take any marketshare from android and iphone when there are so many things you cant do with a windows phone. The availability of a recording app is so standard. The fact that you cant do this is stupid.
Other strange issues:
1. When in a call you dont see the top part of a website in the web browser. if you try it wont let you.
2. The font size in task list is insanely large. you can only se 2-3 words
3. pdfs freeze and not able to scroll page by page..
I love microsoft but you cant hold features back when you compete with good companies... You have to be innovative. For example skype is the best there is. why dont you integrate it into the phone, outlook, windows. wherever you can. Even dynamics crm would be fantastic. imagine being able to call a customer straight from crm with skype.. without complicated plugins.
I do not want to void the warranty on my phone the moment I get it. I do not want to have to "unlock" it. If I wanted to do that I would have stayed with android.
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As I said in the other thread, I don't think it's because of legal issues, it's just the limitation that third party apps can't run in the background. I believe that Android call recorders just capture directly from the microphone and speaker. Since apps can run in the background on Android, you can use it to record calls. That's also why you can't do it on WP or iOS, since you can't record from the microphone while on a call.To all of those who imply that lack of a call recording app is somehow due to legal issues, explain why there are so many for android ?
Oh, and there was at least one app for WP 6.5 that would record calls.
No, it's just another reason not to buy WP.
As I said in the other thread, I don't think it's because of legal issues, it's just the limitation that third party apps can't run in the background. I believe that Android call recorders just capture directly from the microphone and speaker. Since apps can run in the background on Android, you can use it to record calls. That's also why you can't do it on WP or iOS, since you can't record from the microphone while on a call.
That's my guess anyway. I could be wrong.
you CAN record phone calls on wp7. I just tried it out making a voice mail call and it seemed to work pretty well. Its an app called Call Recorder. I think you can even send the recordings to skydrive