Recent content by amb9800

No dice- doesn't look like there's any way to unlock this (short of paying for months of Cricket service).

Well mail will work, and contacts and calendars mostly. Google Drive will be your main sticking point -- if you need to access or edit Google Drive documents on the go, there's really no good solution on WP short of remotely accessing a desktop.

Well, for what it's worth, I tweeted @Lyft last month asking "any word on a Windows app?" and a got a response saying: I suppose that's not an outright denial, as they've done in the past...

Just saw this, but yes, Outlook will manage Exchange / O365 accounts (just like any other account) in a separate file (as of Office 2010, this used to be .OST, vs .PST for local, but in 2013 it's .OST for all). You just need to move all your content over to the O365 account and get rid of the...

Yep it does.

Frankly the best solution is to sign up for MS Office 365. The cheapest plan (Exchange Online) is $4 per month per user, so for $48/year, you'll get seamless sync of contacts, calendar, tasks, and if you choose, email and more, across Outlook and Windows Phone. Not free, but works much better...

If you have a friend with an AT&T account, they can submit the unlock form on AT&T's site to get you an unlock code (5 issued per year per account, so not an issue for most people to spare one).

That's not an apples-to-apples comparison. The Broadwell U chips will have TDPs of 15W and 28W (with GT2/GT3 graphics respectively), which is in the same range as Haswell U (which are in SP2/3). Haswell Y chips have a TDP of 11.5W TDP and "SDP" down to 4.5W (e.g. i5-4032Y). With Broadwell Y...

WP8 doesn't yet have MirrorLink support-- still at the concept level: Microsoft demos MirrorLink based Windows Phone connected car solution at Build 2014

Is Visual Voicemail working?

If it says "4G," that's the HSPA (3G) network, so that's great. How about tethering, MMS, and visual voicemail?

Great, thanks! Those on T-Mo, are you having any issues with: 3G data in non-refarmed areas (i.e. does 1700/2100 MHz actually work on AT&T 1520)? Internet connection sharing MMS If only the Wifi Calling app could be ported over from the 925 / 521...

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The 8X feels awesome in hand- ergonomics are probably the best of any high-end Windows Phone. The tapered design is also striking enough that people are still amazed to see the phone ("how is your phone sooooooo thin?"). But after eight months, I'm switching to a Lumia 925. The problem is that...

WP7 seems to use the same underlying email components as Windows Mobile 6.x did, as it has all the same quirks vis-a-vis IMAP, but with even fewer configuration options. Back in 2009, I started a thread on the MS Answers site about this (for WM6.1!), and three years later, WP7 doesn't address...