Recent content by Immortal Lobster

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    One month in to android as a windows phone convert

    Ugh.... I forgot about the notifications. I'm my opinion the whole notification system is trash. Repeats, no order to them. The system is that I can't clear, and the train wreck of icons on top of the screen.
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    I would like to buy Xbox One S - BUT

    Yes, love my kinect, using an adapter for both my one s and one x. I can't fathom why they killed it. It's great for voice control, and love the auto log in.
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    One month in to android as a windows phone convert

    Yeah, she's definitely held back on Android, but, if you have a Samsung, you can use Bixby to launch her.... "hi Bixby!", "open cortana", "hey Cortana...." 😊
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    One month in to android as a windows phone convert

    It's no BS, it's irritating as hell. I did install on the advice of a friend an os-wide ad blocker [netguard] which unsurprisingly has to be sideloaded. It doesn't get them all, but it nails a lot. Using edge helps as well. The Spotify app was /usable/ on w10m, but in order to use the app on...
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    One month in to android as a windows phone convert

    I'm going to make an attempt to keep this short, and an honest review of the os, not the hardware. I'm no professional at this, I can't guarantee this will flow well, but I'm going to try to be direct and honest. I've been riding the windows mobile/phone bus for 18 years, starting with the HP...
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    Best android alternative to Lumia 950

    I was very close to being the note 8, but it didn't feel as good on my hands as the s8+ does. So that's ultimately why I decided on the s8+ Width wise, the s8+ was just a hair narrower than my 950, but more screen due to the narrow bezel.
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    Am i only person that thinks Nadella should go?

    No.... I agree, his constant apparent disregard for the consumer space will lead to long term issues for the company. Making money now, but they don't have a consumer platform to call home anymore.
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    Best android alternative to Lumia 950

    If it wasn't for this groove music /Spotify debacle, I'd be agreeing with you.
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    Best android alternative to Lumia 950

    That was my opinion until groove got crammed into Spotify. Spotify is fine, don't get me wrong, but groove was better. The big problem was Spotify on Xbox, it seems to rely heavily on the need for a connected smartphone to actually do anything useful with it.... Like listen to music. The windows...
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    Best android alternative to Lumia 950

    Most retailers will price match within 30 days of purchase, I fully expect to be going back to att store with receipt and ad in hand. But no line this way . 😁
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    Best android alternative to Lumia 950

    Yes, that launches it, and you can use volume up as a shutter button, but it's still only single stage. Lumias really had something seemingly special with the dual stage shutter button.
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    Best android alternative to Lumia 950

    Anybody know if cortana can be made to read text messages and parse scheduling from it, that's one feature that I do really miss. Also hey Cortana, but the long press is just as fast right now. I'm trying to use as few Google services as possible, and I find OK Google obtrusive. I'm working...
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    Best android alternative to Lumia 950

    I've set up the Microsoft launcher for now, I'll probably tinker with launcher 10 later this weekend. Keyboard is also getting to me... I thought SwiftKey = windows phone keyboard... Seems I was mistaken.
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    Best android alternative to Lumia 950

    Grrrrr.... I'm gonna miss the YouTube greatness of windows mobile.