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Notifications are weak on the platform, OP picked it up within a fortnight. Surprised that others continue to defend Microsoft when this is an obvious flaw in the OS.
Notifications are weak on the platform, OP picked it up within a fortnight. Surprised that others continue to defend Microsoft when this is an obvious flaw in the OS.
Oh god, I couldn't care less about notifications. What I really don't like right now in Windows Phone is the hardware is 2 generations behind the industry leaders. How can they expect a person to want to buy a phone that is state-of-the-art for 2009 when you can get a iPhone 4S or Galaxy Nexus?
Oh god, I couldn't care less about notifications. What I really don't like right now in Windows Phone is the hardware is 2 generations behind the industry leaders. How can they expect a person to want to buy a phone that is state-of-the-art for 2009 when you can get a iPhone 4S or Galaxy Nexus?
I think the 2nd Gen hardware is right up there with both Android/iOS. If someone says their phone has a dual core processor, you should ask them, "and what does that do for you?" I bet they will have no answer.
At least describe (for the benefit of everyone's time) 'why' you think the notifications are weak...
My only question for you is there any Windows Phone that can play a game like Infinite Blade II, record 1080p video or take super high quality photos like the iPhone 4S? Not to mention you can get built-in 64GB storage and no WP goes higher then 32GB with micro SD card.
But, the hardware requirements aren't the same of the competition. Mango runs as smooth as a baby buttock, so why over do it on the hardware, whilst losing the price appeal?
After having a friendly bit of banter with a friend of mine who owns an iPhone 4, he said he would have actually gone with WP if he had known about it... and here's the best bit, when I told him what my tariff was he was kicking himself!
My only question for you is there any Windows Phone that can play a game like Infinite Blade II, record 1080p video or take super high quality photos like the iPhone 4S? Not to mention you can get built-in 64GB storage and no WP goes higher then 32GB with micro SD card.
@scottcraft you can set up a tone for emails, but yah a toast would be nice. I'm a welder, so I don't generally get urgent work emails thus it matters less to me, but the option would be nice for corporate types. With all the other office considerations WP makes, this seems like a big oversight...
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Why do you always pull the infinite blade card? The percentage of people who want to play games like that is very very small. Also, who want to record at 1080p when it looks crappy? There is not a cell phone on the market right now that has good 1080p recording capabilities. It looks no better than 720p to me.
Keep in mind, I am a huge android fan. I am giving WP a go, but I kept my droid x as a backup in case I don't like WP too much. I have been very impressed with my Trophy so far and wp is much smoother than any rom I tried in my droid x.
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Here's what I don't like about the notifications: Say I'm using board express to read wpcentral. I get a toast notification from words by post. I click on the notification, go to the game, make my move. Long-press back button and I switch back to wpcentral. What if I don't want to go to the game and make a move at that time? The notification is gone and I have to actually go to words by post. What if I'm reading wpcentral and I get an email? No toast notification, so I have to go to the start screen and open the email app. These are small details, but it would be so nice if every app gave a toast notification and they stayed in a pull-down menu similar to android. Don't get me wrong, I make do and I have no desire for another platform, but these are the things that bug me about the WP notifications.
First of all, I do agree with you, but a majority of consumers aren't tech savvy. I wouldn't even say tech savvy is the right word, most consumers simply don't do their research when buying things. They walk into a store and either go straight to the iPhone or an Android phone. If they were to walk into the store and start playing with a windows phone, a sales associate would quickly tell them that it's only a single core processor and that an android phone has dual core, along with 1080p video, a front facing camera, apps apps apps and etc. Once they hear that, its over! Most consumers don't realize that a windows phone doesn't need to have dual core to run really smooth, they just think more is better.
People like you, me and any other person that participates in the forums on sites such as wpcentral, imore, androidcentral, webosnation, and crackberry are what I call knowledgeable consumers but compared to consumers as a whole, it's only a small percentage. Thus, in order to appeal to the masses and maximize profit and recognition, I feel that windows phone would benefit from enhancing their phone specs. IT'S ALL ABOUT HARDWARE, HARDWARE sells when it comes to regular consumers, 4.3 inch display is better than 3.7 inch, dual core is better than single core, FFC is better than no FFC (EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE RARELY USE IT! My brother has an iPhone and I asked him how many times he's used his FFC, he said none, what's the point? None of my friends do it.) and etc.
Perfect example is webOS, great software but horrific hardware. If webOS and even Mango, were on phones such as the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, there is no doubt in my mind that they would be equal in market share with respect to iOS and Android...maybe even surpass one of them. If Android came out with Palm Pre hardware, they wouldn't even be around now, b/c their software wasn't that great in the beginning, but that's just my opinion.
Im very interested in seeing how the Nokia Lumia 900 will do in the U.S but the fact that it's single core makes me think it won't do as well. I'm personally waiting to get the 900 myself but once again, I know that a majority of consumers will look elsewhere. Why? Not because it has windows mango on it...it's bc 2 > 1 (i.e. core processor). Who knows, maybe Nokia will reveal something totally different at CES this week, like a QUAD CORE Lumia 1000, hahaha.
Drives me nuts when I'm using the browser and I hit the Windows button to do something else quick. Do what I need to do and hit IE from the homescreen. Now hit back, thinking you'll load the previous webpage, but no, back to the homescreen. Makes no sense and so annoying.
Tad annoying, yes. Just remember to hit 'recent'.