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More specifically, it seems to be headed the same course as Windows Mobile, why should any user believe that Cortana won't go the same route as Groove and Windows Mobile? Why not still make an effort with consumers, even if it is small?

I can now tell Cortana to "set my office lights to blue," without it saying "I don't have any devices I can control," back to me. However, the lights still don't go blue.

I had originally been planning on buying the Surface Book 2, but the price seems a little high. What would be a solid alternative in the range of about $1000 give or take a few hundred? Ideally I'd be looking for something that is a 2-in-1 or convertible with the possibility of Inking support...

My issue with Groove going away is it seemed like it was the only honest to god part of Windows 10 that Microsoft even cared about. It was constantly getting updates, I think it was still the only mobile app that let you swipe in from the side (wtf Microsoft, every app on android and iOS lets...

I have an Original Surface Pro (1) that I still use regularly. I believe I bought it just over 4 years ago. Battery life on it is still pretty decent. I can easily still get a good couple hours of it with light to medium use. I mainly use it for web surfing, video streaming, the occasional...

Just dropping my two cents in. I would like another Windows Phone, and I know the Alcatel has been on sale for occasion around $250, but I'm not sure I'd be willing to commit to that knowing that it likely won't be supported past this fall. I really would like the Elite x3, but not for the $700...

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I feel like that pretty much sums up my current situation. I'm not set on Android and don't intend to fully leave the ecosystem, I just needed*something to get me by and spending less than $500 was way more justifiable than spending $700 on the Elite x3.

I long ago edited my host file when W10 first came out and that has made the experience very good. Even without that, there seem to be very few sites that just don't work in Edge. Even on most insider builds it's pretty solid, but then again that means I'm seeing the almost weekly improvements...

As a follow up, I ended up purchasing a OnePlus 3T. I really wanted to go with the Elite x3, but due to the huge difference in price between the two phones, it was too hard to justify the cost difference. I am however hoping for some sort of new HP pro-sumer device or Cerulean mobile device as...

This one is a two part question revolved around MSFT's focus on Windows 10 Mobile. First, do you think MSFT should have released some refreshes of the 550/650/950/XL this year and does not doing so reflect on a lack of focus on mobile? Nothing major, but something with a newer CPU, slightly...

AI certainly seems the way to go and from some of the more recent developments regarding the release of the Cortana development kit (I don't remember what it was actually called), it seems like they are taking it seriously. This is also something that Xbox and Home Hub likely will help benefit...

In my experience though, the app gap isn't a big deal. I downloaded Snapchat, but have launched it one other time*after logging in, but didn't even do anything. I ended up using 2 fairly specific apps at work today, but I survived perfectly well without them for a year on my*950XL, so I don't...

If you got to about:flags on*W10M build 15014 the option is there to enable push notifications. Anyone else see this? Any idea when that got added?

I'll start it off with the reason I had to switch. I use the dual SIM functionality of the 950 XL and one of the carriers I had was AT&T which got rid of their 2G network, rendering my phone not necessarily useless, but more difficult to use when I got used to switching between the main SIMs...