Windows Phone 7 Launch Thread

DoubleBogey

Odaise Gaelach wrote: »

DjFlin wrote: »

Just though of a great feature for future updates.
Local Search. I dont mean local as in nearby, I mean on the phone. I'd love to be able to hit search, type, maybe "Eminem" the have a 'Local' Section where it lists all files on my phone that may have 'House' in the title. Music/Videos/Podcasts/Pictures/Documents, the whole shebang. The iPhone does it, as does Android. I'd love to see it on WP7, Especially since the Search client on WP7 is so nice.

Apparently, allegedly, it's coming in Tango.

Tango update to enable cheap Windows Phone 7 handsets from Nokia?

So is Tango all about Nokia? I've been holding off buying a phone thinking there's going to be a load of new Mango phones coming out, particularly Nokia. Or is Mango only a software update for existing phones?

The shops claim they have not been told anything about new Mango phones. Am I holding off for nothing?

evolutionqy7

DoubleBogey wrote: »

Odaise Gaelach wrote: »

DjFlin wrote: »

Just though of a great feature for future updates.
Local Search. I dont mean local as in nearby, I mean on the phone. I'd love to be able to hit search, type, maybe "Eminem" the have a 'Local' Section where it lists all files on my phone that may have 'House' in the title. Music/Videos/Podcasts/Pictures/Documents, the whole shebang. The iPhone does it, as does Android. I'd love to see it on WP7, Especially since the Search client on WP7 is so nice.

Apparently, allegedly, it's coming in Tango.

Tango update to enable cheap Windows Phone 7 handsets from Nokia?

So is Tango all about Nokia? I've been holding off buying a phone thinking there's going to be a load of new Mango phones coming out, particularly Nokia. Or is Mango only a software update for existing phones?

The shops claim they have not been told anything about new Mango phones. Am I holding off for nothing?

They haven't even been announced yet so shops wouldn't know anything either. There's a samsung and htc event on the first of September. Rumor has it their wp7 launch events guess we will see pretty soon then

Gearheart

What's the best windows phone at the moment?

evolutionqy7

Gearheart wrote: »

What's the best windows phone at the moment?

Depends on your definition of best

Optimus 7 is the best budget wp7 on amazon.

HTC phones I think are nicest phones In terms of how they are made and feel in hand. But battery life is poor.

And Omnia 7 has the best screen and longer battery life vs HTC HD7. Though 8gb less memory vs hd7. Better camera too.

All wp7 phones perform nearly equally. So in terms of performance its all the same.

stevenmu

DoubleBogey wrote: »

So is Tango all about Nokia? I've been holding off buying a phone thinking there's going to be a load of new Mango phones coming out, particularly Nokia. Or is Mango only a software update for existing phones?

The shops claim they have not been told anything about new Mango phones. Am I holding off for nothing?

Mango is a little of both. All existing phones will get it, and there'll be new phones released with it, some of which will have new features not available on existing phones, like front facing cameras for Skype and Lync, faster processors, and HDMI out. A Fujitsu phone with Mango was just launched in Japan, but no word on it being available over here.

GUIGuy

Omnia 7 is pretty good. I got a 16GB version contract/branding free for around €212

https://www.paketfabrik.de/mp3-player.de/index.php?page=article&ID=100629

It took around 3 weeks to arrive though. Changing the OS language from German to English is easy if you have even with only a basic knowledge of either the OS or German.

Odaise Gaelach

I can't comment on the other phones, but I've had no problems with my LG Optimus 7 and would certainly recommend it.

DjFlin

Engadget had a good breakdown of all the Launch WP7's

HTC HD7

HTC Surround

HTC 7 Mozart

Samsung Omnia 7

Samsung Focus

LG Optimus 7

Odaise Gaelach wrote: »

I can't comment on the other phones, but I've had no problems with my LG Optimus 7 and would certainly recommend it.

I'll second that.

evolutionqy7

The latest zune update took away podcasts :(:(

Wish they would hurry up and roll out Zune services in more countries :S

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On the good news side lots of mango apps in the marketplace are popping up

Multi Tasking enabled :P

As well as the new mango app functions to pin the functions to the homescreen.

Downloaded tasks from marketplace. Best example of how it should be done on every platform for your todo's list

Make a shortcut of what you need. Not just the app

DjFlin

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

The latest zune update took away podcasts :(:(

Wish they would hurry up and roll out Zune services in more countries :S

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On the good news side lots of mango apps in the marketplace are popping up

Multi Tasking enabled :P

As well as the new mango app functions to pin the functions to the homescreen.

Downloaded tasks from marketplace. Best example of how it should be done on every platform for your todo's list

Make a shortcut of what you need. Not just the app

Care to name a few Mango friendly examples? I'm dying to try em out.

evolutionqy7

DjFlin wrote: »

Care to name a few Mango friendly examples? I'm dying to try em out.

Well tasks is the one i noticed that supports all mango features.

Samsung Now Hub has multi tasking enabled.

Theres lots more being reported on twitter. Just dont try them all

DjFlin

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Well tasks is the one i noticed that supports all mango features.

Samsung Now Hub has multi tasking enabled.

Theres lots more being reported on twitter. Just dont try them all

Cheers. Tasks is much better than the app I was using even without the Mango goodness, so thanks for that.


gReadie and Wonder Reader are also Mango ready. I might buy the full version of one now, I've been using the mobile Google Reader site since last year.

evolutionqy7

Was just looking at HTC Radar and in specs it says it has internet sharing!!!!

Its finally coming ",

http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-radar/#specs

DjFlin

I just noticed that Xbox 360s dont recognize WP7 devices. I hope that will be remedied soon

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Was just looking at HTC Radar and in specs it says it has internet sharing!!!!

Its finally coming ",

http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-radar/#specs

If you think thats something, check out the aptly named Titan;

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/01/htc-titan-and-radar-wp-7-mango-phones-revealed-we-go-hands/

obriea3

Jasus.....Titan looks like some phone!!:o

youcancallmeal

I'm loving the look of the Titan! 4.7 inch display may be too big though?

evolutionqy7

youcancallmeal wrote: »

I'm loving the look of the Titan! 4.7 inch display may be too big though?

Same here. Like th phone. Just too big. For me 4" is perfect. As well its too big for our limited resolution.

Would love if they just brought out a lovely Desire S like phone. I was actually hoping for somehing like it. I think the Desire S is the nicest looking phone out at the moment for me. If they brough out something like with for WP7 with a 4" screen it would be a winner for me.

Right now i dont think my next phone is going to be HTC again. Which is really a shame as i love HTC design and their soap bar design that feels perfect in the hand.

Omnia 7 and the Galaxy S2 arent that comfortable to hold compared to previously owned HD2, HD7 and Original Desire

Guess ill have to wait and see what samsung and lg will deliver.

DjFlin

youcancallmeal wrote: »

I'm loving the look of the Titan! 4.7 inch display may be too big though?

Your just a wimp, I use an iPad as a phone :pac:



haha, I think something between 3.5 and 4 inches is perfect for a phone. The Optimus 7 is 3.7", and its the most comfortable phone I've held.

evolutionqy7

QQ transparent wallpapers dont really work anymore in mango

They come up all messed up.

Only work properly if pressed. But if not its a mess

Even though it wasnt an official feature. It was still a nice thing to have

Undead

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

The latest zune update took away podcasts :(:(

Wish they would hurry up and roll out Zune services in more countries :S

I asked one of the Microsoft reps about this last night and he said he has nothing to say regarding Zune Pass coming to Ireland. I was expecting that answer but it still made me sad!

He also smiled when I asked for a Mango release date, although Radar and TITAN are October so it should be then at the latest!

Sorry, forgot to mention (Shamelessly plug :P ) that I'm not just some randomer, I write for TechTV101.com

http://www.techtv101.com/gadgets_htc-radar-titan-officially-unveiled

DjFlin

Undead wrote: »

I asked one of the Microsoft reps about this last night and he said he has nothing to say regarding Zune Pass coming to Ireland. I was expecting that answer but it still made me sad!

He also smiled when I asked for a Mango release date, although Radar and TITAN are October so it should be then at the latest!

Sorry, forgot to mention (Shamelessly plug :P ) that I'm not just some randomer, I write for TechTV101.com

http://www.techtv101.com/gadgets_htc-radar-titan-officially-unveiled

How dare you! GET OUT OF HERE!


Not surprising about the Zune Pass stuff, sad sad stuff.

evolutionqy7

Zune music marketplace will not come here for years. Will be the same for bing features like local scout.

Its a shame tbh. But the only thing we can do is just keep using bing in hope that sooner or later theres a demand for their services in Ireland to be expanded.

DjFlin

Hey guys. I found two pretty handy tools over on XDA.

Firstly, a registry hack to get more Zune features on your PC, like Podcasts.

Here's how to enable all missing features:

1. Open your computer Registry Editor (start/run/regedit).

2. Now go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Zune

3. Under this key, create a new key called: FeaturesOverride

4. Select the new key and in the right-side panel, create the following DWORD values:

Music
Podcasts
QuickMixLocal
Social

And set thee values to 1

5. Start your Zune software and normally you should be able now to use the missing features

Full Post Can Be Found Here


And secondly, a list of all Mango enabled Apps in the marketplace so far.

evolutionqy7

DjFlin wrote: »

Hey guys. I found two pretty handy tools over on XDA.

Firstly, a registry hack to get more Zune features on your PC, like Podcasts.



Full Post Can Be Found Here


And secondly, a list of all Mango enabled Apps in the marketplace so far.

Woop thanks Got the podcasts back

Music wont work for me either. Its just a blank tab

DjFlin

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Woop thanks Got the podcasts back

Music wont work for me either. Its just a blank tab

Oops, forgot to mention that. I didn't bother enabling Music or Social. Both useless here anyway.

evolutionqy7

Just a quick reminder if any one hasnt casted a vote for or against a Windows Phone 7 Sub-Forum could do so.

This would help to get our own little corner to find usefull information regards Windows Phone 7 news/updates and other information that first time or advanced users could find.

Having a 1639 post doesnt exactly help to navigate certain information that has been already posted in the thread. So we could make specific threads for each topic

Every vote counts. Cause it feels like the case is being forgotten at this stage since every one stopped posting and just waiting for the decision

You can cast a vote HERE

You dont need to write anything

+1

counts as a vote

evolutionqy7

Just flashed to mango rc1 t-mobile rom on Omnia 7. Seems quite good radio improvements were made to the radio so far. Pages loads hell of alot faster over data for me no more delays for loading.

If anyone interested I could post a how to

Audio seems to be also improved through the loud speaker

stevenmu

Is data the only radio improvement or does call reception/quality seem any better?

quad_red

Anyone advise on what mapping/GPS is like on WP7? Particularly under Mango.

evolutionqy7

stevenmu wrote: »

Is data the only radio improvement or does call reception/quality seem any better?

Haven't tested calla yet. Had no problems reception before. Hasn't changed either. If the reception got stronger I would imagine battery lasting less. Its usually the case anyway.

I'll test call quality on the way to work

quad_red

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

If the reception got stronger I would imagine battery lasting less.

DjFlin

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

If the reception got stronger I would imagine battery lasting less.

Not necessarily, it could be that they've found a way to better utilize the radio in a more efficient way. Or, you could be right. I pray your not though, because my battery already gets some serious punishment from the amount of games I play.

evolutionqy7

DjFlin wrote: »

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

If the reception got stronger I would imagine battery lasting less.

Not necessarily, it could be that they've found a way to better utilize the radio in a more efficient way. Or, you could be right. I pray your not though, because my battery already gets some serious punishment from the amount of games I play.

Well don't know about battery yet I took it of charge around 11 this morning and still have half a battery left. But that's for me is an average working day

Call quality seems same it was never really was a problem, but the tuning of audio volume wasn't great on the Netherlands rom I had before. Seems to have that sorted now. Bass seems alot richer from the speaker. No cracking at top volume anymore or through the hands free in the car

Camera seems to focus better now as well. Previously in mango with old firmware I couldn't use the camera button cause focus was horrible. That seems to be fixed now. Can touch to take a photo now or use the camera button

wheresmybeaver

quad_red wrote: »

Anyone advise on what mapping/GPS is like on WP7? Particularly under Mango.

The built-in Bing mapping on Mango is only ok, it needs a network connection and would be comparible to other smartphones.

What is far more interesting is that Navigon have a full-fledged offline navigation app ready to launch with Mango that also has built-in Google Local search (very relevant for the Irish market where Bing does not have local listings).

I've been using an older version of Navigon on my HD7 running NoDo for the last few months and it is a top-class bit of software. The new version will be even better. It will be about €70 for the version with all the European maps.

wheresmybeaver

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Well don't know about battery yet I took it of charge around 11 this morning and still have half a battery left. But that's for me is an average working day

Call quality seems same it was never really was a problem, but the tuning of audio volume wasn't great on the Netherlands rom I had before. Seems to have that sorted now. Bass seems alot richer from the speaker. No cracking at top volume anymore or through the hands free in the car

Camera seems to focus better now as well. Previously in mango with old firmware I couldn't use the camera button cause focus was horrible. That seems to be fixed now. Can touch to take a photo now or use the camera button

Don't suppose there was any sign of the Wifi Hotspot feature on that ROM? I'm holding off on updating to Mango until a ROM featuring that function (or some way of adding it to an existing Mango installation) shows up. I have spare data with O2 that could be used on my laptop!

evolutionqy7

wheresmybeaver wrote: »

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Well don't know about battery yet I took it of charge around 11 this morning and still have half a battery left. But that's for me is an average working day

Call quality seems same it was never really was a problem, but the tuning of audio volume wasn't great on the Netherlands rom I had before. Seems to have that sorted now. Bass seems alot richer from the speaker. No cracking at top volume anymore or through the hands free in the car

Camera seems to focus better now as well. Previously in mango with old firmware I couldn't use the camera button cause focus was horrible. That seems to be fixed now. Can touch to take a photo now or use the camera button

Don't suppose there was any sign of the Wifi Hotspot feature on that ROM? I'm holding off on updating to Mango until a ROM featuring that function (or some way of adding it to an existing Mango installation) shows up. I have spare data with O2 that could be used on my laptop!

Nop. I'm not sure that's coming with mango. Probably the next small update after mango.

As it was added as a function at last minute and OEMs didn't have time to include it.

So only after mango I think. Or maybe with new mango phones

danger_mouse_tm

HI,
I want to subscribe to home theater geeks podcast on the twit network. http://twit.tv/show/home-theater-geeks/78

The problem is, when i use the drop down menu on the left Zune opens up and asks me if I want to subscribe to "triangulation", which is another show. I know the links must be busted. But how do I find the proper rss link to manually add it to Zune. When i put in http://twit.tv/htg Zune tells me that the link is not formatted correctly.

Any help would be most appreciated,

Thanks

LG on vodafone

Digitalism

Just noticed Minesweeper is free on the market place for WP7. Its an xbox live game, which means its got achievements too.

stevenmu

Weave (decent feed reader) seems to be free at the moment too.

evolutionqy7

stevenmu wrote: »

Weave (decent feed reader) seems to be free at the moment too.

I thought that was always free

DjFlin

Digitalism wrote: »

Just noticed Minesweeper is free on the market place for WP7. Its an xbox live game, which means its got achievements too.

Yup, it came out along with Sudoku in the states a few weeks back, then here. Sadly Sudokus not out here for some reason

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

I thought that was always free

No, its just insane....Seriously, it was free for LG Users for a while, then it was free for a week or so, and now its free again. But hey, I ain't complaining, free stuff is free stuff.

obriea3

stevenmu wrote: »

Weave (decent feed reader) seems to be free at the moment too.

Glad now I held off buying it a week or so ago.

Trevor451

You guys should check out the easytube app on the marketplace. The ad free version is free in september. Its way better than the crappy default youtube application

moonboy52

Trevor451 wrote: »

You guys should check out the easytube app on the marketplace. The ad free version is free in september. Its way better than the crappy default youtube application

Many thanks for the heads-up Trevor. It is much better than the default app:)

evolutionqy7

Trevor451 wrote: »

You guys should check out the easytube app on the marketplace. The ad free version is free in september. Its way better than the crappy default youtube application

html5 version of YouTube mobile is working now. Works great on mango who needs an app. Its alot faster and easier to use than any YouTube app I uses on wp7.

Only one worth I think is the supertube cause it can download and store videos. Handy if your going for a long journey to keep ya entertained

Terrontress

Digitalism wrote: »

Just noticed Minesweeper is free on the market place for WP7. Its an xbox live game, which means its got achievements too.

Thanks for the heads up.

The first day I played it, it was ad free. Now a fifth of the screen is taken up with ads. Are others experiencing the same?

Terrontress

Terrontress wrote: »

Digitalism wrote: »

Just noticed Minesweeper is free on the market place for WP7. Its an xbox live game, which means its got achievements too.

Thanks for the heads up.

The first day I played it, it was ad free. Now a fifth of the screen is taken up with ads. Are others experiencing the same?

What I didn't mention was that I was in Ireland yesterday, UK today. Interestingly, when I was out of signal today and played minesweeper, there are no ads. So it seems that being on a UK network brings the ads. I also checked Weave on UK network and it is not free.

obriea3

Looks like Microsoft could release Mango officially this week. A lot of rumours on the net saying Sept 15th.

Daniel S

obriea3 wrote: »

Looks like Microsoft could release Mango officially this week. A lot of rumours on the net saying Sept 15th.

Looks very likely alright. I have my phone on the open firmware so hopefully I'll get the update on the day its released.

Odaise Gaelach

That's towards the end of Microsoft's BUILD conference. I wonder if we'll hear anything about Mango or Windows Phone from it...