Recent content by Jim Harle

One of my colleagues has the Icon, and we've been playing around with a "work room" in the people hub. I would go with an Icon over my 1520, if an AT&T version were available. I like my 1520, but it's just too big and bulky at times...like caring for a baby. I think the Icon is the "sweet...

After installing 8.1 today, the metadata is being passed to the car stereo over bluetooth, using the three music apps I have (builtin, Pandora, Metro Radio). It also still worked when I switched between them, for the most part, but I did manage to get things into a state where the music was...

So I tried the Metro Radio (Pro version, and I do have a Pandora One subscription btw), and it didn't pass metadata to my car stereo over bluetooth. Then later (after dinner at a restaurant), it magically started working, and then when I switched to the builtin music app, that one didn't pass...

@Ordeith - cool, thanks, didn't know that app existed (WP noob here), will give it a shot and report back. @DennisvdG - thanks for the confirmation, and indeed the WP 8.1 is the driver for my conversion. Still, I've been pleasantly surprised by WP 8 just in general, and there aren't any...

Update: Looks like I won't be testing Spotify, as the current iteration of the app only works for paid subscribers. From the reviews, the app is crap on WP anyway.

I have a Subaru with a Harman/Kardon stereo, and just switched from iPhone to WP8. Using the iPhone, Pandora metadata worked via both bluetooth and USB, although I intermittently couldn't skip tracks from the steering wheel controls. With WP8 (Nokia Lumia 1520), Pandora metadata doesn't...