I found Adobe Reader to be terrible itself. How is the WP8 one even worse!?
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Liberty4all
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I know ... Its not really a good solution for me ... I refresh compulsively especially on GAF. Maybe ill try it and see if it bothers me.
No it's not there anymore. The new one is called PDF reader from Microsoft. Its a step back to the 1.0 version of Adobe PDF in performance. You also can't deleted the PDF's
Mobile GAF does have it's own refresh button at the bottom of the page in threads which is what I use most of the time, and you could just hit the address bar and the 'enter' (not sure what other way to describe it) arrow down in the bottom right to refresh.
Not ideal of course but I'd take the tab button myself over a quicker way to refresh.
Liberty4all
Banned
im so stupid you are right (about mobile gaf refresh button).
changed button to tab and bing to google ...
I hate scrolling to the bottom of the page to click "View site directly" screw google for not letting me disable their terrible transcoding!!!
terrible too, but if you search via Bing, it will find what you are looking for, then you can tap "drive" to launch navigation.
antiquegamer
Member
That's what I do usually, and I find the current way work OK. I read some complain about the way map is implement during review but so far I think it a good set up. Search for what I want then hit Drive to open drive up or use direction via Bing.
Unless I miss something? Heading out of town in a bit so I will see how all these directions, Nokia view and map work.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
The built in podcast support is trash. I have new episodes stuck in "pending", with no way to force the download. WiFi or not. I don't even know what to do anymore. Any podcast app that works flawlessly? I heard some don't keep your place, obviously that won't work for me.
Have you tried BringCast?
Cute Dragon Here
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What happened? :-/
We need dat WP8 thread.
Everything sucks, according to this page :-D
no issues with podcast management. Did find oddities in the music store where some albums and songs aren't available on Xbox console but not on phone. Hope this improves.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
its unbelievable how these idiots took one of the strongest parts of the platform, PC music and podcast syncing, and trashed it entirely. I'm flabbergasted. The desktop app says it synced some playlists from iTunes, but when I get to work.....those playlists aren't there. I'll have to try syncing my Zune playlists, which contain Zune pass music. But if I do that, it erases the iTunes video podcasts I have stored. Seriously, lastflowers, who can I punch in the face for this?
I was hoping to be able create lists of favorite places. It doesn't look like there is anyway to do that anymore in the standard Bing maps. Oh well, I'm sure Nokia Maps will improve soon.
frontieruk
Member
Tap the location then tap the star along the bottom, it adds it as a favourite
This seems to be the man in charge of managing podcasts on wp8
https://mobile.twitter.com/robgreenlee
he has been asking people to let him know what podcasts to add.
Won't help people like me in the UK having no podcast market though
That and the few 8x specific issues are my only problem with the platform. Everything else seems great.
https://mobile.twitter.com/robgreenlee
he has been asking people to let him know what podcasts to add.
Won't help people like me in the UK having no podcast market though
That and the few 8x specific issues are my only problem with the platform. Everything else seems great.
I don't see it in Bing maps, see it in Nokia maps. I do a search, find the place in local, click on the address so the map comes up, and no favorite button.
frontieruk
Member
Its even slower and less responsive than the first adobe reader from years ago. Doesn't seem to be a way to delete the pdfs. Its absolute shit
I can't see your image, but I have my Samsung Focus Flash and Lumia 920 on the same page from Bing search and the Focus Flash has a favorite button and the Lumia 920 doesn't
frontieruk
Member
Wow Nokia really can make some overarching changes that OS level stuff
frontieruk
Member
Bit harsh on yourself dude
Ok there's an option to change the default search to Google?
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Got the 8X off of Wirefly for $130! But it's backordered willing to wait though. Crazy Tmobile wants you to throw down $250 when you buy directly from them.
willing to wait though. Crazy Tmobile wants you to throw down $250 when you buy directly from them.Got the 8X off of Wirefly for $130! But it's backordered
I thought you were going with AT&T?
I ordered my Cyan from them. Leaving my phone number behind and gave it to a family member for this stupid phone haha
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Lack of credit history bit me in the ass. Tried to do it online and got declined, from there I probably would have had to put down a substantial down payment. Figured it wasn't worth this much bother
Still a little salty, I liked what I had seen from the 920s camera capabilities.Nice.
What is the app or tile you have in the 3rd image that says TV Show and has what looks like the girl from Fringe on it?
Liberty4all
Banned
yep. Its in the settings (bottom right when in explorer)
The app is TV Show. It keeps track if shows you watch. The front tile will show what is on that day or a random show and the back shows what episode is coming up. The app is really nice.
antiquegamer
Member
I was at Microsoft store today and of the five people looking at Windows Phone, 4 picked Lumia 920 (and I didn't know Microsoft store carry Cyan in store!). One person (female) said 920 is too big and was looking at 8X but changed her mind and decided not to get any phone at all. I feel bad for HTC. May be the phone will do well on Verizon.
jossueinacoma
Member
I think they're doing rather well. The 8x seems to be sold out on a lot of sites.
920 pic/vid/cinemagraph thread here
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=44465653#post44465653
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=44465653#post44465653
NeOak
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Only emails and texts. Not the rest.
what's your weather app?
Amazing Weather. In the pic, that is the back of the tile.
Whew! Finally checking in after a long week of first time parenthood and working extra hours at night.
I've had a week with my 920 now. A few impressions/general thoughts.
That first time taking the phone out of its box, after laughing at how silly complaining about the phone's weight, well there is an immediate heft coming from my OG Focus. But I wouldn't come close to calling it a possible deal breaker. I don't see how anyone could decide it wouldn't work because its too heavy, but I could see how someone might not like it because of its size. That was my second impression, the first was the color. Holy hell, I can't get over how distinct the phone is. I work at a charter school with a bunch of junior high kids and every time I pull my phone out of my pocket to check the time within eyesight of any of them, they immediately burst out asking what the hell it was I was holding. The effect is immediate for anyone that sees it. I work at a local retailer nights at an electronic department and it turns heads all night. Feels good. A heavy good.
Battery has been a concern the whole week. Its been up and down all week, it'll barely lasts half a day, and the next day, it'll last the whole day. I keep messing around with the possible culprits of background tasks and NFC settings and GMail pushes, to try and find what's causing most of the problem. But today I went to work in the morning (11 am) and turned off GMail to manually sync email and by the end of the day at 9pm, my phone was still at 50%. That's the best its ever gotten, and at least its not consistently bad, but its not consistently good. Hopefully as the battery starts getting a little more conditioned it'll get better as software tweaks get released, because I don't think its really a battery issue but more a software issue.
Built quality, call clarity, low light camera performance, and OIS are all seriously impressive. And I can confirm how awesome it is to not have to rip off my gloves during a cold morning to start some music on the way to work. Just really really pleased with the phone.
I am not pleased with the downright gimped software I'm using to sync content from my PC to my phone. Playlist support is utter shit. They have some serious work to do to get it to usable levels, its barely a skeletal framework of basic function. The transition from Zune to XBOX music, and getting Zune playlist content onto XBOX Music to my new phone has been pretty frustrating. I can't sync my autoplaylist that contains all my rated music, the autoplaylist support is nonexistent in XBM. Means I have to manually choose thousands of songs I like versus a playlist I've set up and used for years to keep the good stuff with me. Very disappointed.
Cool stuff: Cinemagraph. I love this little function. And I've created a ton of little looping pictures so far, but being able to share it has been stilted. For some reason it won't upload to facebook, and it doesn't animate when I share it via email or skydrive. Any of you found a way to show a cinemagraph off easily?
That torch effect that happens when the phone is in direct sunlight? So good. Best I've ever seen on a phone.
Windows 8 specific new stuff: I'm really liking the new home screen, being able to just get more easily accessible tiles on the start screen itself makes me happy.
Here's mine so far:
What's with still not being able to use a custom sound with text messages? For some reason I thought that was in for Apollo. What a dumb oversight. How long do we have to wait till we get some basic user customization options Microsoft?
But generally I'm pretty pleased with the OS upgrades, its still crazy smooth, Kid's Corner will be useful in about a year or so, I've already shown it to someone at work who was buying a Nexus 7 to keep her kid off her phone and she asked how she could get that on her Android. Gladly informed her of other platform options.
So I think overall, I'm very pleased with what Nokia has brought to the table and kinda disappointed with stuff MS should have pulled off far far better. So uh, here's to over the air updates? I expect MS to get their software shit together over the coming months.
I've had a week with my 920 now. A few impressions/general thoughts.
That first time taking the phone out of its box, after laughing at how silly complaining about the phone's weight, well there is an immediate heft coming from my OG Focus. But I wouldn't come close to calling it a possible deal breaker. I don't see how anyone could decide it wouldn't work because its too heavy, but I could see how someone might not like it because of its size. That was my second impression, the first was the color. Holy hell, I can't get over how distinct the phone is. I work at a charter school with a bunch of junior high kids and every time I pull my phone out of my pocket to check the time within eyesight of any of them, they immediately burst out asking what the hell it was I was holding. The effect is immediate for anyone that sees it. I work at a local retailer nights at an electronic department and it turns heads all night. Feels good. A heavy good.
Battery has been a concern the whole week. Its been up and down all week, it'll barely lasts half a day, and the next day, it'll last the whole day. I keep messing around with the possible culprits of background tasks and NFC settings and GMail pushes, to try and find what's causing most of the problem. But today I went to work in the morning (11 am) and turned off GMail to manually sync email and by the end of the day at 9pm, my phone was still at 50%. That's the best its ever gotten, and at least its not consistently bad, but its not consistently good. Hopefully as the battery starts getting a little more conditioned it'll get better as software tweaks get released, because I don't think its really a battery issue but more a software issue.
Built quality, call clarity, low light camera performance, and OIS are all seriously impressive. And I can confirm how awesome it is to not have to rip off my gloves during a cold morning to start some music on the way to work. Just really really pleased with the phone.
I am not pleased with the downright gimped software I'm using to sync content from my PC to my phone. Playlist support is utter shit. They have some serious work to do to get it to usable levels, its barely a skeletal framework of basic function. The transition from Zune to XBOX music, and getting Zune playlist content onto XBOX Music to my new phone has been pretty frustrating. I can't sync my autoplaylist that contains all my rated music, the autoplaylist support is nonexistent in XBM. Means I have to manually choose thousands of songs I like versus a playlist I've set up and used for years to keep the good stuff with me. Very disappointed.
Cool stuff: Cinemagraph. I love this little function. And I've created a ton of little looping pictures so far, but being able to share it has been stilted. For some reason it won't upload to facebook, and it doesn't animate when I share it via email or skydrive. Any of you found a way to show a cinemagraph off easily?
That torch effect that happens when the phone is in direct sunlight? So good. Best I've ever seen on a phone.
Windows 8 specific new stuff: I'm really liking the new home screen, being able to just get more easily accessible tiles on the start screen itself makes me happy.
Here's mine so far:
What's with still not being able to use a custom sound with text messages? For some reason I thought that was in for Apollo. What a dumb oversight. How long do we have to wait till we get some basic user customization options Microsoft?
But generally I'm pretty pleased with the OS upgrades, its still crazy smooth, Kid's Corner will be useful in about a year or so, I've already shown it to someone at work who was buying a Nexus 7 to keep her kid off her phone and she asked how she could get that on her Android. Gladly informed her of other platform options.
So I think overall, I'm very pleased with what Nokia has brought to the table and kinda disappointed with stuff MS should have pulled off far far better. So uh, here's to over the air updates? I expect MS to get their software shit together over the coming months.
Cute Dragon Here
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If it's anything like the Windows Phone 7 viewer, the viewer has a bit of a preview compression problem. Almost everything looks better while zoomed in or exported.
If you guys missed the latest news.
Lumia 920 apparently to launch with Grey (no Cyan) in Singapore
WP7.8 has gone RTM
Life after 7.8 for WP7.X and WP8 getting updates
Would they switch to pushing smaller update packages rather than have a major release every year? They seem to have the OTA update thing down for WP8 anyway with their promise with a minimum of 18 months support for each phone. Plus the base OS is pretty much stable now except maybe for the lack of a notification center.
Good thing there's only HTC and Nokia making WP8 phones eh?
Lumia 920 apparently to launch with Grey (no Cyan) in Singapore
WP7.8 has gone RTM
Life after 7.8 for WP7.X and WP8 getting updates
Would they switch to pushing smaller update packages rather than have a major release every year? They seem to have the OTA update thing down for WP8 anyway with their promise with a minimum of 18 months support for each phone. Plus the base OS is pretty much stable now except maybe for the lack of a notification center.
Good thing there's only HTC and Nokia making WP8 phones eh?
Cute Dragon Here
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Can't wait for WP7.9. Can I dream, huh?
Still, given that there are handsets releasing with WP7.8, seems like there's still a lot of life in 7.x.
Still, given that there are handsets releasing with WP7.8, seems like there's still a lot of life in 7.x.
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