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[Windows Phone 7 General] digger1985:
And like I have said before, why does Xbox still have exclusives? Do you think Xbox would have survived it's initial phase against PS2/3 without Halo and other exclusives?

Exclusives are VALUABLE. You don't just start handing them out to other platforms. PS3 users would sure love to have Halo and Forza on PS3. Hmm.. whatever happened to MS is a software company attitude? Whatever happened to reach people attitude? I am sure plenty of PS3 users would switch to Xbox when MS starts giving away software for PS3, lol...

Exclusive apps might not get iPhone users to jump ship, but somehow you think porting apps over to their platform is actually going to help? The key here is gaining NEW users, the people who are buying their first smartphone. What do you think they will see when they research around?

1) Oh look MS is releasing apps on iOS. They are clearly not confident in their platform and and are also sending a negative signal to 3rd party devs that developing for WP7 is not worth it. It might be risky jumping on WP7 when even MS doesn't treat its users like first class citizens.

and

2) oh look MS is releaseing apps on iOS. I could get WP7 and use the MS services, but why not just buy ani iPhone which also has all these MS apps PLUS all the apps which are not on WP7, getting best of both worlds.

And yes, apps ARE important, it's all about apps. Windows has such a large market share because of the software ecosystem. iOS is so sticky because of the app lock in. Care to explain why you think apps aren't important? The #1 reason anyone buys a smartphone today, is exactly because of apps and games.
[Windows Phone 7 General] </travis>:
Yeah right, like I'm gonna read that crap.
[Windows Phone 7 General] digger1985:
Typical response from someone with no valid points to reply back with.
[Windows Phone 7 General] </travis>:
Oh god no, all the things I've said are all valid points, you just dont get it. I didn't read your crap cuz I know its all same **** with different words on it.

So yeah, in summary you are blinded by the quantity of apps on ios and android, and a dozen of ms apps on ios surely wont change wp's recognition, but it does make a difference on microsofts name as a company, removing its stereotypical 'evil empire' label. Besides its not like everyone uses all their apps on their phone everyday.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
WP7's #1 weakness is apps. Compared to Android and iOS, there is literally no reason to waste money on a WP7 device unless you only use mainly just stock apps. If you're big into downloading apps for most of the services you use, it's horriterribad compared to the alternatives. Even Blackberry is better.

That's the biggest issue. You can comb the marketplace, but there really isn't much there and it's growing with a larger proportion of "junk" apps than Android and iOS were because those platforms seemed to pull in support from major developers a lot stronger than WP7 has thus far.

Linux on the desktop had the exact same issue. It was supposed to kill Windows and Mac, but it didn't because people wanted their apps and they were not willing to tolerate crappy ports of Windows Apps (like WordPerfect running on WINE layer) in lieu of Windows and Mac apps that just worked.

Android didn't really take off until its App Market really took off. It was a good year before people really started to buy into it. Microsoft won't get any shortcuts with Windows Phone, I predict. They need developer support. Not college basement coders making the next useless tile app that barely updates, but useful apps for useful services and portals like those that are available for iOS/Android, but not yet for WP7.

Lots of consumers could care less what actual OS their phone runs, but do care a lot that AppX for ServiceY exists for the phone they plan to use. That's why you still see people say no to Windows Phone, just cause a Skype App isn't available (one example).

This issue is even more solid when you factor in that a lot of the apps/services available on other platforms come with a price. There are people who pay for Pandora, for example, but there is no app for WP7. There are people who pay for Catch Notes. Tons of services, unusable on the platform for the most part because an app does not exist. This is the platform's achilles heel, IMO.

Advertisement can only take you so far. The phones will still be there out in the open when the customer goes to the carrier store, anyways. Did the lack of advertisement stop you from buying a Windows Phone? No.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
I'm a NBA fan, no NBA game time app on Windows Phone. That was the limit!

Cheesy alternatives or no alternative at all. Beyond the core experience its all down hill.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
This thread has long since shifted form the release of the Xbox Live app. So, I will respond here.

I will agree that NBA Game Time brings everything you want from the NBA together very nicely.

But,

Have you tried NBA Scores by Lumos Software?

In conjunction with pinning NBA.com.

I am an iPhone 4S user, because that is what work pays for. I have an LG Quantum that I only use on WiFi at home now.

On the iPhone, one thing I have noticed is that many apps are really just wrappers around web pages. The companies would have been bettter off just making mobile sites that are fully compliant with the current state of the HTML5 CSS3 standards which would be viewable from any platform. Such is true with NBA Game Time.

I've watched videos on nba.com on my Quantum and the NBA Game Time app on the iPhone. The app does give some extra niceties, but I would not discount the platform for just this app.

If it were just a website, nothing would be lost from the experience.

Both Windows Phone 7 and iPhone 4S have ways to "pin" sites to the home screen.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
Xbox / PS3 / any other game platform

Something I have not understood for years.

Why is it that all the gaming platforms don't have some way to communicate with each other for multi player networked games.

If a game manufacturer makes a game for the XBox 360 and PS3, and it is a multiplayer game, users of both systems should be able to play with or against each other at the same time.

Long ago, when text messaging was new, the carriers could only text message in their own carrier.

When the internet was just forming, Compuserve could only "email" Compuserve and AOL could only "email" AOL.

In both these cases, it was realized that it is better to be able to communicate with everyone.

Why not with gaming?

If there is a game on XBox 360, PS3, PC, and Mac. All should be able to play against / with each other.

Now as far as the Xbox Live app.

Many people do not actually get to pick the phone they use, because their company picked it for them and gave no alternatives. This is my case. My work cell is an iPhone 4S. My options were to carry 2 phones and have a bill or port my personal number to Google Voice and use it on my iPhone getting rid of my monthly payment.

Even if I were a big gamer, I would not buy a seperate phone and have a monthly bill just for Xbox live accesss. But, if I had no access to Xbox live from my iPhone, but did have access to a PS3 equivalent, I might buy a PS3 instead of an XBox 360. Even with no PS3 equivalent, not having an XBox 360 app would make some undecideds less likely to get an XBox 360.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
First, let me say I know nothing about the NBA Game Time app or the corresponding web page. My comments have nothing to do with that issue.

In your comments, however, you give the impression that only WP7 has the ability to "pin" web pages to the start/home screen. That is not true. The same ability exists in iOS. So, if all that is needed is a link to a web page, there is no requirement that someone "must" make an app to have that page appear as a home screen icon. A simple direction to "add to home screen" would suffice.

I would also disagree that many iOS apps are nothing more than web wrappers, but the definition of "many" is obviously subjective, so it may just be a matter of semantics or degree. But to prove my point, the Facebook, Twitter, eBay*, PayPal, and numerous Craigslist apps all provide a much richer experience than a simple cloning of their corresponding web pages.

* It must be noted that there are two official eBay apps - one downloadable from the app store, and one directly from eBay. The former is a true app, the latter is just a web page wrapper.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
Being relatively new to the iPhone, I did not know pages could be put on the homescreen. After seeing your post, I looked and found the option. The middle soft menu gives the "Add to Home Screen"

Very glad it has this feature. I liked that alot in Windows Phone 7 and did not know it existed in iOS.

I editted my post now that I know that.

BOA, Chase, TCF, Citibank, Capital One, Sam's Club, and Macy's apps are all basically wrappers of the web page with almost no additional benefits. Just some push notifications.

Trimmed down my original post.

If these sites just provided a compliant HTML5 CSS3 mobile site, no app would be neeeded aside from a way to handle the alerts that get pushed to the phone. The real beauty of this would mean to make a fully cross platform app, you would only need to create an app to set up and handle push notifications. The rest would automatically just work.

There are some issues with domains, security, and licensing that would need to be addressed. And of course the handling of push notifications would require an app.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
This is one of the reasons Windows Phone won't be 2nd in the smart phone market until like 2014 if it's even around for that long. I have a WP device and I love it but the truth is the truth; Microsoft is ****ing up bad by giving away it's exclusive apps.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
There are at least 2 Pandora apps for Windows Phone 7

MetroRadio is a 3rd party Pandora app that works great.

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/0caac4aa-962f-483b-9c26-76a3d8a1fd10

and Radio Controlled is another that I have not yet tried, but just installed.

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/8e43d66c-dace-40e3-98cb-bc6b5bdd7b8f
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Jvh, the only person we can have a civil conversation with. Happy New Year!

NBA scores is actually great, its straight to the point, and the live tile updates every 30 seconds. However it doesn't compare to Game Time. Watching live games while I'm stuck at work or out somewhere besides homes is mandatory for me.

Its not just Game Time, its a ton of others. Its beyond frustrating to hear people talking about a app that isn't available to you.

All OSs have the ability to save a web page to start or home screen.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
That's a good thought. However, all of these companies want you to buy their products and live within their ecosystem.

It sucks, but hey at least we choices.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Windows Phone 7 General] VegaNovus:
Thanks for taking away our exclusivity M$, you twats
[Windows Phone 7 General] 937dytboi:
They should at least flood the iOS and android version with WP ads
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
It would probably get spam reported by users and pulled from the App store in due time.

To the person above. Those Pandora apps just came over a year after WP7 release, and they're third party apps.

Many of the people who would have had that hang-up have already signed contracts with phones running other platforms.

Also, that's just ONE app. There are dozens of others with access to subscription services that aren't available.

WhatsApp wasn't available until Mango (a year later). IM apps are all pretty bad and WLM/FBC wasn't built-in until Mango (a year later). Apps are a huge issue. I dunno why people are glossing over it and coming in a year later acting like the state of things 6 months ago didn't potentially turn off thousands of people from buying into this platform.

Ciao.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
That fact that things were not available at one point is not very relevant when making a decision today.

As far as Pandora. Why does it matter if Pandora on Windows Phone 7 is by Pandora or by a 3rd party app if it works just as well as an app by Pandora on a different platform?

I don't think anyone is saying that the platform did not lose customers because of app supply. Most people that are happy with Windows Phone 7 have found that even though the app supply is less, they are still able to do the things they want to do and are happy with the OS.

Many did not adopt Windows Phone 7 on opening day.

I only experienced Windows Phone 7 because my Tilt 2 died and insurance replaced it with an LG Quantum (Windows Phone 7). That was at the end of August, 2011. There were many things I was frustrated with that Mango took care of about 1 month later. I never experienced the long wait for NoDo or no copy and paste. Prior to the insurance replacement, I was planning to buy an Android Phone. Windows Phone 7 was not even a consideration.

With my LG Quantum, I was pleasantly surprised by the smoothness and how well things integrated. Then work forced me into an iPhone 4S. Again, I was surprised, because I like it too. I came from flashing custom ROMs about once a week, sometimes more. I would spend hours tweeking things until they were exactly what i wanted. Now I have more time. Things that I actually use my phone for work. With Windows Phone 7 there are some things that can't be done that i was able to with Windows Phone 6.5.3, but they are things I rarely, if ever used.

Now is what is important. No doubt that the past has affected sales, but it does not define the quality of the platform. The now defines that.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
No harm JVH, but Official means a lot.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Windows Phone 7 General] arkavat:
considering the number of apps that seem to be popular than their official counterparts, I feel users are more interested in functionality. This observation is not limited to WP7, but all OSes.

e.g. foursquare, twitter apps, google reader apps,
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Nipit:
****ing ****...
[HTC Inspire 4G] ags on board:
When im typing on my phone, it usually works fine for a little then starts to lag and some keys i press dont work... i dont know if this is a problem with the touchscreen or the software. if i lock the phone and unlock it, usually it will work. so im hoping it isnt the keyboard. is there a solution for this?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
I have noticed this bug on sense 2.1 roms. If you rotate the screen it will switch keyboards and fix it and you can just rotate it back. I have never experienced this on 3.0 and higher sense roms. I think its just a bug on 2.1.
[HTC Inspire 4G] shugga101:
Also it has been a reported bug on CM7 roms, I believe its CM7 roms or maybe older versions too. There is no current fix. Some users just use a keyboard from the market like swiftkey or something like that. Its an app you have to pay for, but seems to get rid of the issue.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sharksfan7:
I ran into a similar issue last night when I was typing a post on another forum. My keyboard lagged greatly and then just stop responding for a few seconds. However it seemed to only happen when I was in my browser typing on the forum page. It was happening on Dolphin Browser and the stock browser. I tested it with three different keyboards (Swiftkey X, Gingerbread Keyboard, and stock Sense keyboard). All lagged. Restarting didn't resolve. The lag did not happen with other apps like GO SMS, Twitter, or Facebook. Nor did it happen on a couple other websites I tested on. I noticed when I turned off the vibration, or lowered the vibrate time, the lag lessened. I'm thinking it's an issue with memory or processing speed, but I have no idea how I would test or resolve something like that.

I'm running ARHD 6.1.5, only slightly OC'd.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
Now that I think about it. It sounds like all 2.3.3 based roms have this bug, aosp or sense.
[HTC Sensation] 1135marcus:
So recently I haven't been able download apk from the browser.

It downloads the file but when I click install it wont let me? ??

Help

Thanks in a advance
[HTC Sensation] mattjorgs:
Is the downloaded file a .apk or does it have a different file type?

Do you have installation of non-market apps allowed? Go to Settings -> Applications and make sure Unknown Sources is checked.
[HTC Sensation] AndG404:
you can also try downloading from another browser instead of the stock one such as dolphinHD
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr.Stainedglove:
I have been having this problem with multiple roms. When my phone crashes and boots sometimes it comes up and tells me to connect to my charger and the battery is at less than 5%. If I reboot it, it comes back up normal. sometimes I have to reseat the battery.

I cleaned the battery connection and I haven't had any trouble yet.. but I haven't had any crashes since then either. I bought my phone on day one so I guess it could just be a bad battery? Anyone else seen this? In the pic you can see it happened twice.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr.Stainedglove:
are you having same issue? Did cleaning your battery connection solve it?

o I see what you are doing.. nevermind.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N00B_IN_N33D:
Bro, there are a lot of better ways to rack up your post count then spamming multiple threads with "Thanks you!"...

Anyways Dr.Stainedglove, I remember someone with a similar issue a while back. Turned out to be a battery issue. Not sure if that's what caused your issue but if the phone starts acting up again I would suggest you look into a new battery. You can get a 1800mAh batteries (400mAh bigger then our stock batteries) for pretty cheap. See here.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jasonhunterx:
Sure looks like it
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr.Stainedglove:
Thanks.. I may end up getting one of those epic batteries even if I dont have anymore issues. Since cleaning the connections its been working fine.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] Kayak83:
I've been reading that the new Transformer Prime supports Xbox controllers. I'm rooted with Overcome 2.something and want to know if I have this ability already. I also read that people have been using a USB dongle that Microsoft sells but I'd like something that is already built in to work. I also have a PS3 controller if that'll work, although I prefer the Xbox controller.

HDMI out and an Xbox controller = big screen NES!!!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] Localhorst86:
since the xbox wireless controller uses a custom wireless protocoll, you can't use it without the dongle. You can use a wired xbox controller though.

I also prefer the xbox controller, but the PS3 controller is better suited for this. Since the PS3 controller uses bluetooth, you can buy a app on the market called "Sixaxis Controller", which allows you to use a PS3 controller over bluetooth with the tab. It's really awesome :)

EDIT: I also fine the PS3 controller better suited for emulation, because the dpad is in a better position for this.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] blakrepublic:
is there anyway to do this without root? i read somewhere in 3.2 reenabled controller support for 10.1 i have a stock tablet and don't want to root unless i really really need to.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] chaosdefinesorder:
So, just to check, will the Xbox wireless receiver USB dongle work with the tab?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] nightmarebadger:
Wondering the same thing. I tried to connect the dongle to my Tab but my controller wouldn't connect to it (just flashed the green light, searching but no connection it seemed).

Is there a way to make the Xbox360 controller work if you connect the dongle to the Tab (or without it for all I care, just want it to work :P)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] totomototo:
I just bought the 30 pin to USB and so far haven't been able to get a wired 360 controller to work but I am running stock so that might be the problem... If I were to root and get like 3.2 or something would this work?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] sendan:
You would need pershoot's kernel with the appropriate modules.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] nightmarebadger:
Which modules are the appropriate ones? :)

I feel like an idiot, asked this same questions (what do which modules do?) 3 or 4 times now, never got an answer... :S
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] iofthestorm:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...oller-support-on-the-samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1/

I just did this, although I haven't tried it yet. Not sure what they show up as when connected though? Going to test it right now :D

Edit: Blah, the only wired 360 controller I have is a third party one, it showed up but I'm not sure how to use it. I tried the "USB/BT joystick center" app and it wanted me to make a driver by selecting bits of input data directly O_o.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] ThomasClancy:
Re: Big NES if XBOX controller works.

Pick up a WII controller - cheaper and closer to the old school NES experience :o)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] lior1986:
hi,

i have motorola milestone. today i tried to replace rom from miui to The froyomod.

the installation failed couple of times so i tried to reboot the system.

the rboot has failed and now the phone is showing me only the Bootloader screen and it writes me this text: (ERR: 1A, 23,35,23,00)

what can i do to bring the phone back to life??? please help me
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] tennyleaz:
So are you in fastboot mode?

Try using SBF to stock.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] lior1986:
fixed!

thank you :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] wampuscat:
How? Can u link the files u used
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] markv99:
me too, please link files
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] od666:
http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] alexp1289:
Did you try an SBF or XFZ?
[Atrix 4G General] agnaw:
:mad::mad:

AT&T, SOB!!!!!:mad::mad:

Does this happen to any of you?:confused::confused:
[Atrix 4G General] veno77:
yes I received an email that it is canceled, but on their website it is still showing as "in progress"
[Atrix 4G General] ifalldownalot:
wow.

they give any reason as to why they cancelled the order?
[Atrix 4G General] agnaw:
I don't think so...

The email said "unable to verify the information you provided or you have exceeded the number of lines of service that we allow customers to purchase online."

I am using Atrix on AT&T, and they cannot verify my information? What the hell? Why not just simply call me to "verify"?
[Atrix 4G General] LifelessRaptor:
It hasn't happened to me but I didn't sign in to order it. On the website it still says "In Progress" for me as well.
[Atrix 4G General] KH_Lionheart:
I haven't gotten an E-Mail from them about it being canceled, but I noticed earlier that the $50 credit was canceled from my card before it even went through.
[Atrix 4G General] LifelessRaptor:
I just checked my bank account and I saw that I had my $50 back as well.

Upon detailed inspection of my account the order still says Shipment Pending but in my bank statement the transaction doesn't exist. Like it never happened. On another note, if you check the AT&T store it now shows the lapdock as $99.99 and it is currently "Out of Stock."
[Atrix 4G General] resqman:
They have taken the money from my account and haven't put it back yet. Maybe good news for me? Time will tell! Still showing shipping pending
[Atrix 4G General] facetubespam:
I suggest if you all really want the Lapdock, to go get the $75 refurbished one now!

Sure you pay $25 more, but it's still a great deal and if you don't get a confirmation email with tracking # on your current order, then you are most likely SOL just like the whole HP Touchpad and Blackberry on Black Friday incident a while back.
[Atrix 4G General] jrbaker624:
I called them they told me they were on back order and when they ship they are going to charge my card
[Atrix 4G General] Jtu89:
Mine's cancelled also. I'm actually glad about it; almost got a buyer's remorse. Oh well, no more conflicts between blur or CM7. Cyanogenmod ftw.