Recent content by raacut

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    Day 20 with Icon and It's feeling... Limited

    People keep fooling themselves into thinking that limited apps is the only thing wrong with wp8. For me its the basic functionality that it lacks even though the OS is like 4 years old. The OS is miles behind the competition. wp8.1 is make or break for me. I feel its going to be make or break...
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    Do you guys have cases on your Lumia or go naked ?

    why would you need a case ? Nokia Lumia 920 Hammer & Knife Scratch Test - YouTube
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    Do you have random battery drain

    Had it today, first time since i got the gdr3 preview. Grossly dissapointed :( . Full charge and and within 2 hours battery was at 60 % ! . I was whatsapping and browsing the web on uc browser during that time for roughly 40 min.Opened up battery sense to find out drainage was 27.9% / hour...
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    Disable SMS Toast Notifications

    So in short , if someone asks to see my phone to check out its features and use it , Microsoft Policy is to not do that ......
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    What keeps you with Windows Phone?

    My contract is the only thing......
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    Validate my life choices

    make sure you scan through this thread http://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-8/210477-official-what-wp-needs-succeed.html , just so you know what the phone is missing .( You'll be surprised at some of the things that you take for granted on other platforms that are just not there on WP8)
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    New to WP8- need app Facebook advice

    lol , so true.
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    New to WP8- need app Facebook advice

    @above nop , my roommates facebook app works flawlessly.... of course he has an iPhone. Actually facebook apps work fine on all other platforms. Also the messaging hub facebook doesnt support group Facebook messaging. (or maybe i just haven't figured out how to use it...) its half-assed ...
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    GDR2 and Amber update August 14th?

    Thats almost as funny as WP7.8 having fm radio but WP8 not.....
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    Is WP8 a better choice?

    @11B1P Each one of the things I mentioned on their own arent too bad . But combined it becomes one big thing.
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    Is WP8 a better choice?

    It comes down to *basic* phone functionality. Screen Orientation Lock, Notification Centre, Sound Profiles, LED Notification, customizable tones for IMs (viber, whatsapp etc) functional Facebook app that actually gives you notifications, universal phone search, a way to search text messages, A...
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    GDR2 Went From May To June, July and Now They're Saying August?

    BB10 came after WP8 , Screen Orientation Lock ------------CHECK Universal Phone Search -----------CHECK Customizable sms tones------------CHECK Notification Centre --------------------CHECK Sound Profiles ------------------------CHECK Functional Facebook App which gives you...
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    Weeks after: are you still happy?

    Too many missing features , seems like a pretty bad beta compared to Android , iOS and even BB10. Knowing what i know now about WP8 and its limitations (Apps dont bother me at all , I have found all the apps that i needed ) I would never have gotten it on contract. However I'm very ambiguous...
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    Nokia: Microsoft Must Evolve to Make Windows Phone a Success

    Nokia needs to switch to android. Stop being afraid of taking on Samsung. Producing featureless phones which are 5 years behind the current competition is no way to get out of a slump. Seriously nobody buys phones just for their camera. If basic phone functionality is missing the phone sucks ...
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    More Windows phone Update are coming later this year...

    Its not about how many updates we get , its about how soon are they going to add the plethora of basic things missing.