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[Windows Phone 7 General] frazell:
I doubt Microsoft would buy Adobe with the intent of killing development of Photoshop for the Mac. After all, they do make Mac versions of various products.

Not to mention the majority of Adobe (revenue wise) comes from their Creative Suite products so killing it would be just stupid.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
Oh I know they wouldn't. He just said they "could" hurt google and not apple. I just say they could hurt Apple probably worse if they really wanted to. :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] wardh:
If Microsoft wanted to hurt Apple they wouldn't have helped them out with $150 million back in the 90's. :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] MonzaznoM:
not possible to take panoramic photos
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
true but the samsung and LG phones have an app for this i believe. it's just HTC that didn't make an app for this.
[Windows Phone 7 General] munkeyphyst:
Samsung does not have a built-in panoramic photo app, but there are several in the marketplace
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
Emails (GMAIL ONLY): Can't view embedded images, only attached ones.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
i don't experience this issue though. which is quite weird. what setup are you using? i'm just going through my primary hotmail account, but i get a monthly bill from vodafone to my email, and whilst it blocks the images, i can click on one of the images and it reloads the whole email with the images in place. none of the emails are attachments, they're all embedded.

do you have a test case i can do? like start to end? to confirm?
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
Hmm....looks like its just a gmail issue. Hotmail & Yahoo work fine. My Gmail is my main account so thought this was a wp7 issue. Friends send me pictures embedded and with the gmail account, it will try to download and just says download is incomplete.

I just tested this with an image sent to my 3 email accounts, and the gmail was the only one with the issue. Wonder why this is. Any ideas?
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
interesting indeed. I have an idea that it is because gmail isn't an exchange server? I'm not completely sure though. Might be good to check Microsoft Answers and see if anyone else has reported that?

So it is a Windows Phone issue, but only with gmail accounts.
[Windows Phone 7 General] zukа:
That's not entirely surprising though, since when have google ever made anything easy with their mail suite. I've set up a lot of email accounts over the years on phones and GMail has always been the most temperamental. I'd be interested to see this issue resolved, though, as it's fairly annoying.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Not displaying embedded pictures is horribly annoying problem of the whole WP7 email system and identical to WM.

Some emails display well and some never. I regularly receive this type of emails from many sources and the issue is perfectly reproductable. I have 3 accounts.

The same problem is with attchements, some are not shown however they are loaded.
[Windows Phone 7 General] hamzie:
what app are you guys using to take panoramic photos
[Windows Phone 7 General] sid8810:
Does anyone know if there's a way of transferring HD files, in its full quality over to WP7? i mean this zune is just annoying me. All it takes is MP4 and WMV and the quality is decent but not crisp and clear as it was on my Xda. Most of us have downloads of TV shows ..(mine smallville) and they are all in MKV, or MPG format and theres hardly any options to transfer onto WP7. Even with converters like any-video it still isn't full stream its a low quality (and yes i have chosen 2 pass encoding - for better quality) Its a shame we cant transfer divx material .. because Pocket Dix encoder has a feature where you can choose "full stream" basically it doesn't compress/lower the quality . I miss the old Windows Mobile i had, on my O2 Xda IIs i could transfer full download straight from a torrent and it would play with coreplayer. Now we have this mainstream zune which is just frustrating me. They easily dilute smartphone and Pocket PC too easily in the media and by the makers, but the truth is there's a big difference. Pocket PC phones maybe outdated in the look and hardware, but the internet experience and watching movies is way better than this windows phone 7 of mine ..which btw is an Omnia 7 - i love its colors and look, just frustrated with the inabilities.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kapanak:
I think the OP post needs some serious updating...

And TouchXplorer is not a solution for most...
[Windows Phone 7 General] bdotr:
I hope BT transfers come in the Mango update. If so, that update will make my Arrive a beast like my Pre 2!
[Windows Phone 7 General] mmuntean2:
Hello,

You have forgotten to mention that WP7 does not have USSD support. I have tried to check my costs via USSD command: *115# for example and the phone stops at Waiting..., no other answer. This problem I have encoutered, manifests on HTC Mozart, network: Orange Romania and HTC Trophy on T-Mobile DE.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Boby-HRZ:
I have the same problem with my Mozart.
[Windows Phone 7 General] alexeyGE:
USSD works fine on my Samsung Omnia 7
[Windows Phone 7 General] peacekeeper05:
what no BT file transfer?

i always use bluetooth to transfer small files from my pc to my phone.

i would not want to be bothered by emailing it instead.

and no usb mass storage and file explorer? :(

does that mean i have to install some apps first on my pc to be able to sync and organize files on wp7?
[Windows Phone 7 General] mmuntean2:
Features...

Seem that after getting the pre-NoDo update I am able to use USSD commands on my htc trophy...

And for all of us with WP7 devices, sounds that Microsoft has made an announcement at a conference (someone told me but forgot to mention where he read about this) that File Explorer and BT OBEX will come along with next updates. Not sure about this but I hope they will do it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] xsteven77x:
Amen. Best thing I have read all week.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Andrew Symington:
Disadvantage

But the biggest disadvantage is not having direct interface with Outlook via Zune, **** you would think MS would write in a script to support it, after all it is there own product. Even Android and I-Yuck can do it.:mad:
[Windows Phone 7 General] munkeyphyst:
I'm using ztitch. It isn't really automatic, but it works well.
[Windows Phone 7 General] chemeng:
So, are we getting Flash and Silverlight support with Mango??? Yes, we get HTML5, but Flash is still the major player, and it is unspeakable that MS does not have Silverlight browser support, for its own product and developing platform.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jpijper:
No, it means you cannot sync and organize files on wp7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
I guess with these shortcomings in Mango the choice is even easier.
[Windows Phone 7 General] demoneyes905:
Yeah thats probably not going to happen for a simple reason: control.

If Microsoft allows users to run Silverlight in browser, then there would be less incentive for silverlight devs to port over their web based apps to WP7. Why register for a developer account, pay the fees, unlock the phone, test it, port it and then publish when its easy to just maintain the webapps that they have and make it more mobile friendly?

Also:

- I wouldn't have to go through their approval process.

- I wouldnt have to work through their cut down version of Silverlight (this might not seem like a big deal but for silverlight devs that work on enterprise applications like me, it makes a difference).

Less maintenance and probably less testing.

Of course, all these points mostly apply to advanced scenarios such as complicated SharePoint applications but they still hold nonetheless.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Kans:
Hi,

I was looking for an wired-headset with remote control of music playlist and unfortunately, I can't really find one, which is compatible or very few.

I have a HTC HD7.

I have order a HTC REC 160 which is said to do the job; I'm waiting to receive it and test.

I know Nokia has also a dedicated Nokia Monster.

I think this is also missing unless you have a list of compatible devices or solutions.
[Windows Phone 7 General] XxAndrexX:
Solution for every WP7 problem. go back, put WM 6.1 in it, put a legacy keyboard and a mini touchpad. that's all. you got he perfect phone and dektop remplacement, and ready to improve.

a hybrid Metro/WM 6.1 system.
[Windows Phone 7 General] taruian:
I agree :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] truffle1234:
this is another thread where ppl want to say that WP7 will fail.... guys if you all don’t think it’s worth it please buy APPLE or ANDROID phone.... the OS was just launched and the phones started to sell yesterday onward....

Almost all of us have not tried it our self, and the reviews I have read on cnet were very positive and the other review I have read here was very positive as well...

All the OS have issues, and as this MS product is from scratch so give it a break and if you want to buy a WP7 device base on what u hear on the web than forget it, as for people I know like to buy devices as they like the brand or the OS...

there will always be ppl *****ing about features they will like to have and those they don’t care about, this is life if everyone wanted exactly the same features then there will be only one brand in this world, so stop dragging the WP7 through the mud before you use it/try it/see it and feel it....
[Windows Phone 7 General] truffle1234:
i think you have to buy an android phone soon as Apple also took 4 years to get the multi tasking done on iphone....
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
is this list really accurate ? usb mass storage fail is one huge fail. there is no way i'm going to install a software application on every computer just to copy/paste files.

no divx/xvid ? wthell ? so everything you want to watch on the fly/drive/ has to be transcoded to wmv ? no freaking way.

no bluetooth transfer ? what ? hello, it's 2011 almost microsoft !

the only excuse i can think of for not letting people move files is..... dum dum dum RIAA.

microsoft maybe wants everyone to subscribe to Zune Pass and forget about the days (today) when you could just share an mp3, mov, mp4, avi, xvid, txt, pdf, bin, apk (helllllo android!), zip, exe (ohhhh, virus scanners on a mobile phone? ouch!) and such ?

this list is really surprising to me. a phone that requires software to move a file to another phone/computer, and hard resets to replace an sdcard is a failed phone. failed ecosystem for a phone also.

i wonder how many people remember M$ touting 'squirting' music to a friend being a better way ?

lol @ microsoft
[Windows Phone 7 General] interqd:
i think microsoft has done the same thing which apple has done 3 years ago....
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
You miss the point. What are you talking about?

The OS is launched what means it is made to sell and gain as much feedback as possible.

I'm the customer so they eventually ask for my money. This is my right to judge.

So WP7 wlll get as much feedback as possible because THIS IS THE MARKET!!!.

And the reviews are the things to discuss. And to help decide.

This is their role.

So if you see another thread like this think this way:

THERE'S A HYPE surrounding WP7, which part of is made by Microsoft itself.

They want a huge success. They WANT HUGE HYPE.

So with huge expectations, there is also huge disappointment after so many shortcomings introduced.

This is freaking normal. So stop this silly "go somewhere else".

Plus I'm the Microsoft customer so.....

And we have 2010. So users require DIFFERENT attitiude than iPhone launch time.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Great82:
I was really excited about this windows phone 7.

And now, after reading some reviews I really feel like WP7 is a downgrade from 6.5 :-/

Ms wants to conquer some apple users and for that they seem to want to make it more "idiot friendly" because the grandparents and the 15 years old girls dressed in pink don't understand anything about a file manager in a phone, will never copy paste a file or install a .cab

They want something fashion so they want the iphone.

If MS is going this way there is nothing good for people like us.

I have an HD2 and I see that some are talking about bringing WP7 on the HD2.

In a year, we will probably need to bring WM6.5 on the new HTC. :(

I've never want an iPhone and never liked it and its restrictions.

I'm scared to be still using WM6.5 in 2013...
[Windows Phone 7 General] efjay:
There's really nothing stopping you sticking with WM 6.5 for as long as you want. WP7 isnt for everybody and the items listed wont matter as much to some people making WP7 a good fit for the things it does provide. And its really incorrect to think MS wants to win iphone or android users, seems to me they want to sell their product to ANYONE who might be interested. The world doesnt consist entirely of iphone and android users.
[Windows Phone 7 General] crow26:
The lack of file system access or at least a shared folder for all apps is the only limitation that is a big issue.

Unfortunately it is also the only limitation that will never get fixed.

That makes WP7 absolutely useless.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lugi93:
Not missing a thing on WP7 so i'll get it :eek:

Well multitasking.. the only thing i might miss but i can live without it too:rolleyes:

I just want a smooth snappy not laging OS.. android on SGS failed on me..

And browsing experience was awful :mad:

Well other device are better for sure.. like nexus or desire but i want to try something new now:cool:
[Windows Phone 7 General] Omega Ra:
Only useless for you. Personally a file explorer isn't really that needed in my opinion as the OS organizes the stuff for me, sure I can't get at the registry and tweak stuff, but that doesn't really matter to me. Copy/Paste...it's coming, but again...doesn't matter to me. Multitasking...the way it is currently implemented is fine for me, if they expand on it in the future, great, if not I can live with it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] blanket:
just like to point something out

i believe the lack of bluetooth file transfer, usb storage mode is linked

it's like.....why would you need ANY of them if u don't have a file explorer built-in into the phone,or rather, why would you need any of them if there isn't root access in the first place?

but yeah, they would be nice to have them

my touch pro was my thumbdrive for 2 years
[Windows Phone 7 General] Omega Ra:
Exactly, without the file explorer, those options aren't really usable.
[Windows Phone 7 General] manlisten:
I thought the rule of thumb was if you could load a video into the Zune player it will work on WP7? That's how it works with the Zune MP3 player anyway. And I have DivX 5 videos loaded in my Zune player right now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Great82:
Since few years I'm used to use my "phone" as a small computer and not only as a phone.

So removing the file manager, the multitasking and the copy/paste, it's just unbelievable...

I'm just wondering "why did they remove that ?"

Is there any good reason ??? In my memories, even my 486 (yes before the pentium) was doing it.

If next year Ms announces Windows 8 without multitasking, file manager and copy/paste, nobody would even think of installing it.

I want a ppc, not a phone, otherwise I would use my old nokia 3310.
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
I am honestly not sure seeing we can use ssh just like apple iphone users have for ages...should it honestly be that different? It's not glamorous but it is a way to access file system
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dr.Mazika:
File Explorer - USB Mass Storage - Bluetooth trasnfer .. is very important missed part
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dr.Mazika:
o multitasking ...

Microsoft will allow third party developers access to multitasking, but only if the developer can give a good reason. This may seem like Microsoft trying to control your life, but it’s really Microsoft wanting the experience to be good from Wmpoweruser.com - This also means there is no task switcher at all in WP7, so you will have to exit to the home screen before launching any new apps
[Windows Phone 7 General] gom99:
I haven't tested this or anything, but I suspect that lack of USB mass storage will be alleviated with Skydrive integration.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Omega Ra:
sounds like it. I don't think skydrive is fully integrated YET, but mostly photos and documents at the moment.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Sledgeman:
They havn't removed anything! This a a new OS so there was nothing to remove from. They are trying something new and innovating, at least i think so. If it's not your cup of tea then get something else. There are alot of other solutions out there.
[Windows Phone 7 General] rruffman:
fast app switching comes in jan update.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Omega Ra:
along with c/p and from what I hear turn-by-turn nav.
[Windows Phone 7 General] NitroNitrous:
So they sell an OS with a nice bunch of limitations that even an old phone from the 90s can do. After few years, instead of releasing a new OS/Phone, they just release an update that fixes all the previous limitations.

Why is Microsoft ding that?!! That's Apple's strategy, and it sucks.

Hopefully WM6 devices will decrease their prices...
[Windows Phone 7 General] tboy2000:
Actually mutli tasking is simulated very well now. When you launch an app and then hit home to launch another app, then hit home to launch another app, you can use the back key to go back to the previous state of the previous apps. So its kind of multitasking. :) It will have to do for now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] pikacz:
indeed, this is a very nice feature. hopefully we'll also get a nice feature to quickly switch between apps
[Windows Phone 7 General] ericc191:
The core apps do support multitasking, such as playing music while surfing IE.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Sir. Haxalot:
And developers can ask Microsoft for Multitasking access (RunUnderLock permission in marketplace)
[Windows Phone 7 General] feygor:
I've been really excited about windows mobile 7, thinking a brand new OS with new features and a great new look. I feel like the more and more I read into it the more I actually don't want it, it feels like I'm converting to iPhone. There's huge lock-downs in everything you want to do, I can remember discussing with a friend about iPhone vs. WM6 and saying I couldn't imagine not having access to files on my own phone, not having removable storage, not having bluetooth transfers. For me WM7 just feels like it's a step backwards, i feel like iPhones are simple fashion toys for 6 year olds, with so many restrictions so you can't cause too much trouble, I fear that Microsoft are starting to go down this rather gloomy alley. I know it's more user friendly, but if I wanted something easy to use that just does calls and texts I wouldn't spend £400 on a PDA phone, they are meant to be like a mini computer, why turn them into an under powered glorified games console where you can only do as much as Microsoft can imagine, the whole idea of open source is that an OS is not limited by the creativity of a corporation like Microsoft, developers can really open up the potential of a phone.

*sigh* I'll still be getting the Mozart, it's a nice looking phone, i'm sure afraid i'm not gonna like it anywhere near as much as my TP2, lets hope someone ports WM6.5 for the new devices, just incase WM7 really sucks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dr.Mazika:
Now i wanna to play music .. i choose my album .. then wanna to edit some doc in office part .. butnow wanna to change the song played ... but i didn't pin the zune in start page ... this will take alot of time from me :D ...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Phone Titan:
Yeah.

This will have to do for now but due to Microsofts limited window to create and launch their new OS... A few missing features are expected. Its good that they are working to add these features into the OS though.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Yunabeco:
MS has been developing WP7 with the focus on switching from a mini-computer (WM) to a dumbphone, which is more accessible to the big majority. They drop the 10 power users to gain more than 1000 Bill & Joes, who pay the same bucks, as they've always done; their actions are understandable and not exactly surprising. They'll just tell the power users to get a goddamn laptop or netbook.

Though, yeah, I used to send files to buddies through Bluetooth, so the lack of file support is going to be a pain in the ass for me.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Omega Ra:
ah, what you do is, while editing the doc...you click the volume toggle and it brings up the overlay of controls for ZUNE. then you hit next song from there ;) At least that is how I Think it works.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dr.Mazika:
can we make the phone silent ?how
[Windows Phone 7 General] styles89:
push the volume button then comes a popup there is a button
[Windows Phone 7 General] lqaddict:
Yep, try listening to Pandora or any other third party app while doing that
[Windows Phone 7 General] Omega Ra:
well for now they want you to use the zune for music streaming. But I am sure at some point apps like pandora/slacker will have rununderlock abilities.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lqaddict:
That only is the reason alone I will never buy into MS lies and products
[Windows Phone 7 General] Omega Ra:
I can't blame a company for wanting you to try their software, however, that being said, if they don't eventually remedy that (from what I hear the update in Jan. will) then it would be a problem. Only time will tell and we shall see what the first update brings.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jo.dalton:
The first answer on google about "microsoft windowsphone sd cards" is from microsoft website, it may clarify some questions about SD cards :)

And you may browse the "how to" to find more ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] jwkicklighter:
You are sadly mistaken about the lack of HTML5 use. Many many mobile sites use HTML5 for the special effects & other features that make the mobile site seem more like an app. even Google.com (on iOS & Android) uses HTML5.

Sent from my Samsung Captivate
[Windows Phone 7 General] cx1:
I was at a developers conference in Chicago this week and saw many demos and played with a handful of pre-release units running 600mhz chips.

Bing app most definitely had Navigation.

Silverlight is down the road and Flash is completely up to Adobe. Ms is waiting for them to do it.

1st set of things open to devs is very limited, they want to make sure the phone stays close to their vision. It is anyone's call at this point as to what the OS will allow. I heard talk of a lot of additions by spring 2011. Which is when chassis 2 is due out.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
I heard MS wants to purchase Adobe, it would be a great investment.
[Windows Phone 7 General] pimppoet:
Idiocracy of the mobile world :( I dont see why we cant have the best of both worlds. I dont see the point of having supped up hardware for a dumbphone os. They just couldve "hide" system files/settings from the less techy types as they do on da pc.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ericc191:
I have a feeling I'm going to use my T-Mo family plan and buy a Dell Venue Pro AND an Android device. Waiting for them to show off something similar to the Nexus One or Desire. A simple 3.7-3.8in slab phone. An HTC Desire with the newer MSM cpu that's in the G2 would be awesome!

Like I said earlier, the File Explorer/USB Thumb Drive issue is really worrying me. Also, someone on another thread posted said they couldn't download a file from IE Mobile and save it to their device.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dr.Mazika:
can i put the phone in vibration only mod?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Sharkaat:
Anyone knows status of ringtones? From mass of sites I've checked reviews and most mention only predefined ringtones - aka - user is unable to place his own? True/false?

Regarding MT - I can live without it, though I'd really like to listen to music while browsing...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dr.Mazika:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzrgGWYYZwU[/YOUTUBE]

acc to this video yes u can't