[Troll]

was that around the time of this video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bWQ7...layer_embedded I think he was on the rag the only reference to the reports of updates being blocked was just over 30 seconds... poor Paul being attacked so harshly p.s. Brot I've not forgotten the other gifs, I've just been in and out of hospital so have really felt upto finishing them, but I will do I promise

The guy with the grey hair is dressed like a Catholic priest.

[NeOak]

Gotta love Windows Phone and its asshole in-call button placement.

I was on a call with the customer service department of my ISP, so i placed the call on speaker. When i tried to turn off the speaker, the fucking touchscreen borked and ended the call instead.

I hate WP7 right now. Place the end call button AWAY from the rest.

[Commodore]

Gotta love Windows Phone and its asshole in-call button placement. I was on a call with the customer service department of my ISP, so i placed the call on speaker. When i tried to turn off the speaker, the fucking touchscreen borked and ended the call instead. I hate WP7 right now. Place the end call button AWAY from the rest.

Quick! Hurry and upload a photo to Facebook faster than competitors! (call button placement could be improved certainly)

[NeOak]

Quick! Hurry and upload a photo to Facebook faster than competitors! (call button placement could be improved certainly)

The guy who made the in-a-call UI should be tortured for all eternity. Its not the first time that happens, but when i had to wait over an hour because i was being transfered around for each step... ugh

[venne]

Gotta love Windows Phone and its asshole in-call button placement. I was on a call with the customer service department of my ISP, so i placed the call on speaker. When i tried to turn off the speaker, the fucking touchscreen borked and ended the call instead. I hate WP7 right now. Place the end call button AWAY from the rest.

You're holding it wrong.

[Korey]

Thanks guys, I tried both and I'm just gonna wait to see if either updates in a couple of hours.

Three hours later, and my live tiles still won't update :\

(Fake) Edit: I did once have an issue where all my tiles stopped working and had reverted back to a state from a few days previous. It seems that the issue might have been related to my carrier generating my statement, as once my bill was ready everything went back to normal.

I did make a long call yesterday and it hasn't updated in my online call records so maybe that's it, but I don't understand how something like that would affect background tasks.

[The Faceless Master]

Anyone want to start a Windows Phone blog with me?

do we get swag?

[brotkasten]

Anyone want to start a Windows Phone blog with me?

Sure, I'll be the Paul Thurott!

[VanMardigan]

I'll be Joshua Topolsky.

[Troll]

Yes to swag, yes to thurrot and yes to josh.


If you guys are serious let me know, I'll get the domain but I can't design a site.

[Commodore]

Anyone want to start a Windows Phone blog with me?

I'll be Andy Ihnatko?

[PG2G]

Yes to swag, yes to thurrot and yes to josh. If you guys are serious let me know, I'll get the domain but I can't design a site.

Will it be something more than just reposting articles from every other blog? :P

[hwalker84]

I'll be Steven Elop

[Troll]

Will it be something more than just reposting articles from every other blog? :P

I don't see why not. I am sure we can come up with original content, editorials and of course news postings. Plus, you don't even have to quit the internet for a year!

Just a bunch of jaded Windows Phone users on a blog, what could be better?

[VanMardigan]

Just go back through the thread and post our awesome long rants as articles! Can't be any worse than Josh's Lumia 900 "review".

Edit: Or you can get a transgender, mohawk hair styled, faded stain hoodie interview dressing, choke chain wearing editor like Engadget. Man, the comments on Myriam's videos are brutal, but I'm pretty sure the "controversy" over her videos isn't hurting their traffic.

[brotkasten]

Just a bunch of jaded Windows Phone users on a blog, what could be better?

So we're trying to compete with WMPowerUser and hit new lows?

[Troll]

So we're trying to compete with WMPowerUser and hit new lows?

WMPU is shit, and yet it still gets attention. Imagine what a non shitty WMPU would be!

Actually let me do it for you, it would be GLORIOUS.

Just go back through the thread and post our awesome long rants as articles! Can't be any worse than Josh's Lumia 900 "review". Edit: Or you can get a transgender, mohawk hair styled, faded stain hoodie interview dressing, choke chain wearing editor like Engadget. Man, the comments on Myriam's videos are brutal, but I'm pretty sure the "controversy" over her videos isn't hurting their traffic.

I actually ran into Myriam when I lived in SF.

[Complex Shadow]

WMPU is shit, and yet it still gets attention. Imagine what a non shitty WMPU would be! Actually let me do it for you, it would be GLORIOUS. I actually ran into Myriam when I lived in SF.

I am in, if you need someone to make you look like the fox news of WP7/8

[The Faceless Master]

I don't see why not. I am sure we can come up with original content, editorials and of course news postings. Plus, you don't even have to quit the internet for a year! Just a bunch of jaded Windows Phone users on a blog, what could be better?

and i get to be the token Android guy that used to love Windows Mobile but has hope for the future!

[Commodore]

WMPU is shit, and yet it still gets attention. Imagine what a non shitty WMPU would be! Actually let me do it for you, it would be GLORIOUS. I actually ran into Myriam when I lived in SF.

Here's your blog name: SUCK IT TOPOLSKY.

[Commodore]

A new challenger appears...tried a new twitter app, twabbit today.

Gist:

Twabbit is a fun full featured Twitter client for Windows Phone. It is fun because you can customize a lot of it to your own taste, it even vibrantly changes colors according to your theme. It is full featured, and here's why, in random order - 1. Fetch tweets at lightning speed, even with just an EDGE connection 2. Persistently present new tweet button that enables you to compose from anywhere inside the app 3. Quick reply bar for replying swiftly to conversations while viewing the tweet you are replying to, at the same time 4. Support for multiple twitter accounts 5. Support for user customizable single touch as well as multi touch gestures 6. Tired of nagging hastags or other social apps invading your timeline? Just mute them using Twabbit's "under the hood" mute feature! 7. Upload pictures swiftly without having to worry about the network and just downscale them automatically Supported picture upload services - Twitter, TwitPic, yFrog Supported picture previews - Twitter, TwitPic, yFrog, Instagram, 500px, pinterest, EyeEM and virtually any link that ends with a .jpg or .png. A lot more fun features await you inside Twabbit. Download and enjoy the fun twitter experience!

TL;DR its surprisingly quick, from scrolling, to fetching tweets. Saves your spot. There's a crazy amount of options. It can pull in over 200 tweets per refresh, something Carbon still doesn't do, but what Cardon still does well that twabbit doesn't is have a nice distinct design. Twabbit's overall design is a little vanilla, but it does perform a bit better. Will see how it goes for a bit.

[Good Job Bob]

Not a fan of the app interface for Rdio.

Yeah? Which platform?

Rdio is much better than Spotify in my opinion because it focuses on letting you build and discover music in the cloud, whereas Spotify just focuses on searching and playlists for god knows what reason.

[Damon Bennet]

can someone give me a link to one of those twitter apps, i cant seem to find them on the web marketplace.

and:

My Omnia 7 Headphones broke and all alternatives I tried were either bluetooth (which i dont like) or the buttons dont work the way they should. the ones i have atm only know one action: every button increases the volume.


anyone know, which cheapish (~€30) headphones support all the functionality of the omnia headphones, or which ones work?

[Talon]

Yeah? Which platform? Rdio is much better than Spotify in my opinion because it focuses on letting you build and discover music in the cloud, whereas Spotify just focuses on searching and playlists for god knows what reason.

Android, iOS. Its PC interface is tops.

I like MOGs interface the best.

[Troll]

can someone give me a link to one of those twitter apps, i cant seem to find them on the web marketplace. and: My Omnia 7 Headphones broke and all alternatives I tried were either bluetooth (which i dont like) or the buttons dont work the way they should. the ones i have atm only know one action: every button increases the volume. anyone know, which cheapish (~€30) headphones support all the functionality of the omnia headphones, or which ones work?

Rowi

Carbon

Mehdoh

Twabbit

[Frost_Ace]

Rowi is the best one I've used!

[Brettison]

I'm using Mehdoh for now, but I hear it's like the 3rd best behind Rowi and Carbon. Mehdoh is straight free where the others are freemium though (ie free ad supported or a pay version).

That being said I sent a tweet out to the Mehdoh dev and he said he should have version "2.0" which is going to bring a ton of features and stuff out by the end of May.

[Anton Sugar]

Anyone watching the Bing Search summit?

You can go to www.bing.com/new for a sneak peak vid/notification. I'm still torn on Bing, but use it a lot because of my phone and the rewards program.

EDIT: Very social-search oriented.

[VanMardigan]

I'm on mehdoh too. Its the fastest and smoothest and "free-est". Still, it ain't perfect and I'd imagine hardcore twitter users would be highly unsatisfied with the limitations.

[SCHUEY F1]

With Nokia being able to rebrand the Marketplace, I hope they can give the option to use there own services for Local Scout. Using Nokia Maps to search for business, shopping, etc. is much better than Bing outside of Canada.

[Troll]

Anyone watching the Bing Search summit? You can go to www.bing.com/new for a sneak peak vid/notification. I'm still torn on Bing, but use it a lot because of my phone and the rewards program. EDIT: Very social-search oriented.

I really like what they are doing with Bing, it shows what Microsoft can do when they take something serious enough.

[SCHUEY F1]

I really like what they are doing with Bing, it shows what Microsoft can do when they take something serious enough.

Looks good. Hopefully these changes come to other regions.

[Klocker]

Anyone watching the Bing Search summit? You can go to www.bing.com/new for a sneak peak vid/notification. I'm still torn on Bing, but use it a lot because of my phone and the rewards program. EDIT: Very social-search oriented.

nice

I converted to Bing after geting my Windows phone in 2010 and have not looked back... really well done

EXCEPT I opt out of al the social connection searching... I'm sure it's fun for some (younger users ;)) but I'm out on that

[Frost_Ace]

Any alternative to the official facebook app? It's pretty awful.

[Troll]

Any alternative to the official facebook app? It's pretty awful.

People hub, that's about it.

[SCHUEY F1]

Any alternative to the official facebook app? It's pretty awful.

There is supposed to be an update soon. I mostly use the People Hub though.

[Troll]

There is supposed to be an update soon. I mostly use the People Hub though.

Yeah the update sounds good.

- Threaded messaging Full Facebook threaded messaging including group messaging, all in a beautiful Metro style design. - Tagging Now you can tag friends and locations in your posts in the ‘with’ and ‘at’ format. - Delete posts and comments Use the tap and hold context menu to delete posts and comments from your wall. - Active links in posts Tap on links in posts to go directly to the content. - Updates to the photo comments and likes page The photo comments and likes page has been updated to match the posts comments and likes page. You can see a hint of the image at the top of the page, pull down and you can see the whole thing. - And finally, by popular demand… …you can now ‘like’ comments

Oh, yeah this makes me jealous.

[frontieruk]

I'm using Mehdoh for now, but I hear it's like the 3rd best behind Rowi and Carbon. Mehdoh is straight free where the others are freemium though (ie free ad supported or a pay version). That being said I sent a tweet out to the Mehdoh dev and he said he should have version "2.0" which is going to bring a ton of features and stuff out by the end of May.

Mehdoh 2.0 is a bit special ;) very close to Gravity

[Firestorm]

The messages part of Facebook showing you if you were the last person to send a message is such a terrible design decision.

[Troll]

I am still trying to find a person that's decent at web design and willing to work for free.

If you are serious about blogging about windows phone, pm me a couple people already have just need a couple more.

I'll get the domain and all that boring stuff, they are cheap anyways. Don't fight it, it will be fun.


<3

[SCHUEY F1]

It weird with Zune on my phone, when I would listen to an artist that didn't have an image it would still show the last artist that had pic on the tile. Now it just shows the generic tile with some artists. I wish they would update the artists in Canada.

[brotkasten]

[SCHUEY F1]

:lol

Cook is going to slap Siri around I think.

[derFeef]

I never believed the Apple fans, but Siri really works!

[Brettison]

Mehdoh 2.0 is a bit special ;) very close to Gravity

Are you close the project or something? :P

[Brettison]

I am still trying to find a person that's decent at web design and willing to work for free. If you are serious about blogging about windows phone, pm me a couple people already have just need a couple more. I'll get the domain and all that boring stuff, they are cheap anyways. Don't fight it, it will be fun. <3

Get a domain

Make Sure it has CPanel

Install Latest Version of Wordpress

Install a Theme You Like

Find someone good at photoshop who can create a nice banner

Install WP Addons

Create Content

Go!

PS: Having someone familiar with HTML/CSS is nice tho as you can edit the theme/template you choice to really fit your needs.

[Troll]

Get a domain Make Sure it has CPanel Install Latest Version of Wordpress Install a Theme You Like Find someone good at photoshop who can create a nice banner Install WP Addons Create Content Go! PS: Having someone familiar with HTML/CSS is nice tho as you can edit the theme/template you choice to really fit your needs.

Can I recruit people off GAF to help with that stuff or would it look bad?

[Brettison]

Can I recruit people off GAF to help with that stuff or would it look bad?

Just install wordpress on your own since it's basically a 1 step install, and then in the wordpress control panel you can basically preview a big ass list of themes or use the standard default theme. It also lets you basically click one button and install a new theme.

So you can do that on your own. GAF is usually pretty good about Photoshopping skills though. Just ask around I'm sure someone can create a pimp banner for you. Hell just look at all the shit Brot did for the OP.

[Troll]

Just install wordpress on your own since it's basically a 1 step install, and then in the wordpress control panel you can basically preview a big ass list of themes or use the standard default theme. It also lets you basically click one button and install a new theme. So you can do that on your own. GAF is usually pretty good about Photoshopping skills though. Just ask around I'm sure someone can create a pimp banner for you. Hell just look at all the shit Brot did for the OP.

Thanks man, WaitingforApollo.com will be better for it.

[woahitsreeo]

My HTC Titan rebooted by itself today and now it's on an endless boot cycle. Tried using the hardware button method for factory resetting (vol up and down + power), but after the reset the boot cycle/loop persists. Only way to shut it down is by removing the battery. Anybody have any ideas as to how to fix the darn thing? XDA and google search aren't being too helpful. BTW it's totally stock and needs the updates that AT&T have been holding out on; no modifications, rom flashes, or forced updates on it.