Windows phone 10 rant
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Somehow the phone screen got split into two. The lock screen was only half visible. I waster a good minute getting it back to occupy the full screen. And I don't know how it got back. Talk about Ux issues. And yes, I'm one of those fools who still continues to use a Windows phone.
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Count one more Windows 10 phone user. Never had a smartphone (or cell phone) before that. Got my Lumia 640 about a month ago, $122 completely unlocked and delivered to my door. As I may have written already in another post: It's a better MP3 player than every other player I've ever used in the past. It's a better camera than my $250 camera. It's a better GPS than my $120 GPS. You get the picture. This is how I use it - what's not to like?
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Somehow the phone screen got split into two. The lock screen was only half visible. I waster a good minute getting it back to occupy the full screen. And I don't know how it got back. Talk about Ux issues. And yes, I'm one of those fools who still continues to use a Windows phone.
Mobile Apps - Sound Meter | Color Analyzer | SMBC | Football Doodles
count me in as an owner... I have a Win 10 Lumina 950 and a Band 2... had the Nokia 1020 before this. LOVED that phone! with today's announcement that the band is killed, I am really feeling like an orphan. looks like it just a matter of time for the phone. it's really a shame the phone is so much better than the competition, but the lack of good apps will kill it. :( Did you know there were more features of the Band supported on Apple and Android devices than on the Windows Phones? (like meal tracking for one) It seems M$ only makes a half hearted attempt whenever they try something new. :doh:
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16-17 and 18
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HarCohen18 wrote:
I thought that was Mark Twain who said that about lies.
I did too. Apparently when he did, he was quoting then British Prime Minister Disraeli. It's still my favorite quote, even if it arrived in a trans-Atlantic manner :-D
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli
And not even that, as Disraeli apparently quoted it from another source. There is research on the origination here: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics[^] . And as the term statistics came about in the 18th century, who knows how much further back the three part division of liars goes?
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And not even that, as Disraeli apparently quoted it from another source. There is research on the origination here: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics[^] . And as the term statistics came about in the 18th century, who knows how much further back the three part division of liars goes?
Looks like it was the late 19th century equivalent of a meme... I'm good with that.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli
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17, W10 all the way!
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli
18. Never going back to apple. Can't text from my computer with an iPhone. Can with win 10 phone.
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15 - on WP 8.1.
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15 - on WP 8.1.
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"apparently people get really pissed off when you stop speaking in the middle of a "
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"apparently people get really pissed off when you stop speaking in the middle of a "
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Very similar to being a software developer these days :)
I came into this game for the action, the excitement. Go anywhere, travel light, get in, get out, wherever there's trouble, a man alone. Now they got the whole country sectioned off, you can't make a move without a form.
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Brent Jenkins wrote:
Why? Is it for a rational reason? Have you tried using their gear?
My personal phone is a Lumia 830 upgraded to 10. Work is giving me an iPhone for work related stuff and I hate that interface with a passion: -One button at bottom, I'm all confused when I need to press back to go to previous screen; -All apps are always on the desktop, WP and Android both have customized list of apps on desktop and an all apps list which makes things easier. And Android, I've got a tablet for apps I don't find on Windows Phone but I end up using it only to play games (these are basically the apps I don't have on WP).
Martin Plamondon wrote:
One button at bottom, I'm all confused when I need to press back to go to previous screen
Never found that a problem - had Android with a back button, seemed ok. Windows Phone back button was something else though, here's what I experienced: * Open an app other than IE * Open IE, go to a page (A), click a link to get to the next page (B). * Open another app * Go back to IE, click back - it takes you out of IE to the previous app. Click back again.. now what? Can I get back to page (A) in IE? If I remember right, I don't think I could, it just took me back to the previous app. Terrible design, hopefully they've changed that in later versions?
Martin Plamondon wrote:
All apps are always on the desktop, WP and Android both have customized list of apps on desktop and an all apps list which makes things easier
So your apps are displayed in a list rather than a grid? Hardly sounds like a deal breaker especially as you still like your favourite apps displayed in a grid.. :confused: It's probably a personal preference thing but I never liked the text-based screens in Windows Phone, just didn't seem to work design-wise on a mobile device. Apple isn't perfect, far from it. I hate not having proper active widgets like Android on the desktop (why do I need to open the weather app to see what the current weather is like - yeah, yeah, changed somewhat in iOS 10, but still not exactly what I was hoping for :)). The way apps are suspended on iOS doesn't seem to be as good as it was before, the battery meter is unreliable and some apps like the music app just seem to keep getting worse - Apple isn't the same since Jobs went.
I came into this game for the action, the excitement. Go anywhere, travel light, get in, get out, wherever there's trouble, a man alone. Now they got the whole country sectioned off, you can't make a move without a form.
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15 - on WP 8.1.
16 - on 10
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18! :P My rant: Cortana constantly crashes, every >4 days of use = everything becoming laggy, slow, etc.
19!! Lumia 650 FTW!!
Sore wa ore no nindo da!