rockstarzzz
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The built-in contact program links all your accounts if you opt in on Facebook, etc.
So you need to go to each social networking site online and set permission or opt in before the contacts are linked together?
The built-in contact program links all your accounts if you opt in on Facebook, etc.
So you need to go to each social networking site online and set permission or opt in before the contacts are linked together?
I haven't seen a Z10 in action yet, but that style of tile or widget seems more Android like to me.BB10's tiles seem more like WebOS's cards
Everyone does it, including American company's. Htc and Samsung and the rest have improved on many things. Just because someone came up with an idea doesn't mean it cant, or shouldn't be improved upon.LOL this should surprise no one.
They ripped off Nokia with the 8X.
Samsung blatantly ripped off Apple.
I hate to say it... but once you get east of Europe and West of the United States, the creativity level and originality drops to about zero.
It's just a mad culture of copycats in that part of the world. It doesn't even seem to be considered dishonorable or immoral to imitate other people's work if you can't come up with your own. It's a cultural difference which I don't really understand, but it's pretty obvious unless you are purposely refusing to see it. American and European companies have lost billions over the years because of direct knockoffs and imitators coming from that part of the world. Patent law and ingenuity is just non-existent there.
It's my opinion that the Live Tiles on my Lumia are doing what few widgets that I use on my Nexus do, they just do it a different way. And they're the focal point of navigating the device.
I get that you don't agree with me. My opinion remains unchanged.
It is a fact that live tiles are not widgets...sorry if that contradicts your "opinion"...
Live Tiles and widgets are functionally the same thing. If you want to argue semantics, go ahead.It is a fact that live tiles are not widgets...sorry if that contradicts your "opinion"...
The chassis looks more like a recolored Z10, IMO. Plus, this isn't directly WP8 related.
On Windows Phone, they basically ARE the Notification System - therefore more app developers make it a point to update them with badge counts or images, which is more than possible (and even technically superior) on Android (due to the lack of some limitations Microsoft places on Live Tiles in WP8).
I disagree with this statement. While Live Tiles are essentially widgets, they are a VASTLY SUPERIOR implementation to that in Android and it is NOT POSSIBLE to make your Android phone like a Windows Phone. Have you ever tried having a homescreen full of widgets on Android? How many widgets fit on one screen???Live Tiles do nothing Widgets haven't been doing on Android for years now. They're functionally widgets. It's part of the reason why a lot of people just aren't buying the hype behind them. They can make their Android phones "theirs" just like any Windows Phone.
You're right insofar as they play a slightly different role in the ecosystem of the phone, but wrong in what they actually do, which is the exact same thing. A live tile dynamically displays information from a program that is not currently active. Which is exactly what a widget does.