Recent content by Stadifer

It does seem that Xbox Music didn't get very good treatment in this update. I'm also not a big fan of how I now have to be on the "get music" section of Xbox Music to be able to search the store for new tracks to add to my phone. Some of the changes in this app are a bit odd compared to how it...

I think it's more just a jarring experience because everyone is used to a specific set of sizes for the tile. Squeeze on an extra row of icons everything is going to have to scale down to fit them onto the screen. At first I wasn't sure if I'd like it or not. My biggest concern was fat...

Another odd thing I noticed since installing Windows Phone 8.1. It seems that the live tile for Xbox Music no longer works nor does it display the album/artist art on the lock screen while playing music in the Xbox Music app. Seems be a few these odd little things that worked in 8.0 but for...

I was test driving the new built-in podcast application that comes with Windows Phone 8.1. Much to my surprise many podcasts I usually listen to show up in the search but are tagged with "We can't open this result." Is the catalog of podcasts that are available to the MS app that limited or is...

I'll be curious to see if Nokia and their Windows Phone kung-fu team will be able to take Cortana and their current hardware (925, 930, 1020, Icon, etc..) and provide some Moto X style always on capabilities. Until I changed over to the Lumia 925 a few weeks ago I had been using a Moto X and...

From what I saw at the BUILD presentation it looks like Cortana is far better than I ever thought it could be at launch. It really does seem like Microsoft has managed to meld the intelligence of Google's Now Cards with the voice integration of Siri and one-upped both platforms. Seems also that...

Rumor has it that you should also be able to grab the 8.1 update via the Preview for Developers app around the Build conference. Which means WP 8.1 goodies but no vendor optimization so everything may not work 100% correct. Should be interesting to see if that actually happens. I've managed to...

I'll stick this under the 8X forum since that is what I'm using for hardware. I'm not sure if this is firmware specific or just a problem with podcasts on WP8 in general. Has anyone else as of late had problems streaming podcasts? It doesn't matter what podcast I stream they all arbitrarily...

Maybe I'm looking at this incorrectly... I'm stuck in oblivion with my gamer tag attached to a different email address than my Windows Phone/Outlook account. I've been holding off on buying any games on my WP8 device because it seems to me I need to make sure that my gamer tag is attached to my...

Anyone else see the free purity headphone offer for Nokia US customers? http://www.nokiaholidayheadset.com/ The downside is anyone that pre-ordered is basically left in the code. I ordered on the 7th and will still send in the form in an attempt to see if they still cough up a free set. Kinda...

Re: lumia 920 Battery Issues My battery seems to be getting worse as time goes by... Most days I'm up with the phone 100% charged by 6:30am and by the end of the day I'm running around 15-20% charge left with relatively light to moderate use... I don't do any gaming at the moment because I have...

I seem to suffer the most battery drain when my phone is idle as well.

After I fully discharged my battery and then fully re-charged it I've had no problems with my 920's battery life.

If they didn't have their phone numbers in Facebook and you don't have their phone numbers in your Outlook contacts you won't have any phone numbers to actually call or text your friends with. I went through a few nights ago and added any missing contact info from my iPhone Contacts to my...

Verizon won't sell you a phone off contract either.