It's finally here! Windows Phone 7 Series

**flaminio** · 04-28-2012, 14:45

Originally Posted by Moses

The phone shoots 720p video rather than 1080p video.

Talk about your first world problems. Wah! My phone isn't HD enough!

**Jimbo** · 04-28-2012, 19:42

Too little too late.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/...raded-to-junk/

Nokia is junk. Literally.

**Moses** · 06-12-2012, 14:09

http://wmpoweruser.com/what-ios-6-st...ndows-phone-8/

Apple has done its usual trick of wowing their adoring audience with features they openly cribbed from other operating systems.

Here is some of the new iOS features Windows Phone have been enjoying for a while or will be getting soon:

Facebook – Apple has added Facebook integration on iOS 6 after so many years. Yes, iPhone users will be able to sync their contacts, post & share photos to Facebook using native integration beginning this fall. Windows Phone users are enjoying these Facebook integration features since its release two years back. Windows Phone has got Facebook IM support as an advantage for now and we expect much more stronger integration with Facebook on Windows Phone 8.

Siri – Apple updated its voice guidance app Siri with many services support. You can now ask Siri about sports, movies, local whose results are powered by apps like Yelp, Rotten Tomatoes, etc,. And now Siri allows you to open apps by voice which Windows Phone devices already have. Yes, you can say "Open Calendar" to open calendar app in Windows Phone. Even though Windows Phone search is powered by Bing that integrates results from IMDB, Yelp, Rotten Tomatoes, OpenTable, etc, you can’t access them via Bing Voice search. Expect it on Windows Phone 8.

Shared Photo Streams – As the name suggests, Shared Photo Streams allows you to share your photos with certain people using Apple ID. People can comment, like your photos. I really don’t know what Apple is trying to do here, trying to make Facebook by itself ? Windows Phone users have native integration with SkyDrive, Microsoft’s Cloud Storage service. You can automatically upload photos to SkyDrive, enjoy the same across devices and platforms. And yes, it even allows commenting on photos! We have already seen SkyDrive integration in Windows 8, expect same level of integration in Windows Phone 8 as well.

FaceTime – Apple’s video chat service has now added support for video calls over cellular. Windows Phone 8 users will have native Skype integration which will blow FaceTime away for sure. Skype is cross-platform, supports voice call to phones and it works on both Wi-Fi and Cellular. More importantly, Skype already has 200 million users.

Mail – iOS 6 lets you set up a VIP list so you’ll never miss an important message from your accountant, your boss, or your BFF. This is among top 10 feature on iOS 6 ?? In Windows Phone, you can have many alternate methods such pinning the group of people you care about as a Live Tile and many more. Or you can individually pin them on your start screen for their latest mail, updates, messages, etc,.

Maps – Apple has now replaced the Google Maps app with its new own version of Maps app built on tech from C3 which it bought last year . After 5 versions of the OS in 5 years, iOS gets native turn-by-turn navigation support. It has an eye-candy feature called Flyover which lets you explore maps in 3D mode. On Nokia Windows Phone devices, you will get free, full offline, turn-by-turn navigation already. Nokia is updating its Maps, Drive and Transit apps every few weeks. By the time iOS 6 releases, I expect Nokia to have 3D mode in mobile devices as well. I’ll be surprised if Microsoft announces any "huge" improvements over its Bing Maps app for other Windows Phone OEMs.

**Budweiser®** · 06-12-2012, 14:17

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Too little too late.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/...raded-to-junk/

Nokia is junk. Literally.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...INESS13484.dtl

Apple was junk once upon a time as well.

**Jimbo** · 06-13-2012, 20:23

Originally Posted by Budweiser®

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...INESS13484.dtl

Apple was junk once upon a time as well.

Yeah, that Apple /// was a real dog.

**Budweiser®** · 06-14-2012, 02:30

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Yeah, that Apple /// was a real dog.

Hindsight is 20/20. So in all your infinite wisdom, it was ok for Apple to hit junk status but any other company who does the same is instantly doomed for failure.

Yes, Apple was just sandbagging it on purpose

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**Moses** · 06-20-2012, 06:33

Live streaming for the Windows Phone 8 summit

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Windows-Phone/Summit

**Moses** · 06-20-2012, 08:00

http://channel9.msdn.com/

**jond** · 06-21-2012, 03:39

IMO, the only way Microsoft can save their cell phone is to make it a 'private' phone. Be the only company who gives a rats shit about privacy.
Make it so twitter/facebook/pandora don't steal your contact book. Make it so Facebook can't read your SMS messages. Make it so apps can't read your phone number when you install them. Etc, etc, etc.

That would sell for a lot of people.