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[Windows Phone 7 General] suroor969:
waiting for skype integration in windows phone

eagerly waiting for the skype integration, that will be awesome in the windows phone and will probably make windows phone more popular
[Windows Phone 7 General] pexer-abc:
Actally it says in the Intro to the thread:

"The purpose of this list is to fully educate current and prospective owners about any features that are missing and will be added in a future update as confirmed by an official source"

I'm just curious in how official that source is...? Wouldn't bet any money on it though... ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] drupad2drupad:
Official would be - Microsoft, Windows Phone Team, Joe, etc sort of people I would have thought. So if it comes from any of those, I would bet my money on it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Windcape:
Yeah, Skype's going to be awesome.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
Apparently you do not have access to Google.com, WPCentral.com, or any other site that talks about Windows Phone 7.

Although I am against spoon feeding, I am posting some links found with Google. It took longer to type this sentence than it took to find the links.

http://www.digitalspy.com/tech/news/a363737/windows-phone-apollo-update-details-leak.html

http://www.theverge.com/microsoft/2012/2/2/2766809/windows-phone-8-apollo-features

http://www.theverge.com/microsoft/2012/1/14/2706859/microsoft-skype-for-windows-phone-is-coming-soon

http://www.whistleout.com/blog/skype-is-coming-to-winpho-soon

http://zunited.net/2012/02/windows-phone-8-apollo-details-leaked/

It took less than 5 minutes to find those links.

There are also links in many other posts on xda to credible information.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1477384

Search is your friend. Hoping I didn't just feed a troll.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jessenic:
Like this? http://www.wpcentral.com/first-look-windows-phone-tango-content-search
[Windows Phone 7 General] down11:
I hope system wide search is part of Tango update. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] spartacus84:
tango- date release???
[Windows Phone 7 General] pexer-abc:
Exactly! Looking forward to Tango :D

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Rumours (once again) says Tango in Q2 and Apollo in Q4.

We'll see....
[Windows Phone 7 General] tuansyaz:
@pexer-abc: Hope you're right. I'm using Mango. It's OK but Tango gives more, hoping...:o
[Windows Phone 7 General] pexer-abc:
Well, actually it now seems to take a twisted turn. Reading from wmpoweruser and paul thurrots site, tango seems to be more of a side by side product to mango aimed for the lower market phones with 256mb instead of 512.

Anyway, hope that features from tango will appear in mango if thats the case... :confused:
[Windows Phone 7 General] Kives:
In a Finnish mobile forum a guy found a new update for LG-E900

"Tango Early Preview", version 7.10.8757.81

Update fails to an error code "8018001E"

http://www.matkapuhelinfoorumi.fi/f...ws-phone-7-a-60848/index8.html#post1058436365
[Windows Phone 7 General] 008Rohit:
Well, Eldar Murtazin tweeted that only current Nokia WP7 phones will get the WP8 update.
[Windows Phone 7 General] graycorgi:
I'm looking for this tweet and can't find it. Do you have a source for that?

It would be a bummer but not unexpected if only Nokia devices get upgrades to WP8.
[Windows Phone 7 General] neo2k12:
WP has a huge lack of Bluetooth functionality. Hoping this will be fixed.
[Windows Phone 7 General] pexer-abc:
Totally agree even if You could be a bit more specific.

I'm missing BT transfer of files/contacts etc

Also the BT is not very stable, sudden disconnects, reboot of Phone when disconnecting phone from BT during call.

Bt music streaming seems to not be compatible with all equipment.

So, yes: I also would love to get more BT Functionality.
[Windows Phone 7 General] VNavratil:
I'm missing ability to download music from web or email into the Zune player. Its awful to have another player for web-downloaded music. This is a must!
[Windows Phone 7 General] WooDoo.CZ:
I hope, that Microsoft will listen their customers. You can help to show them way and vote on this site.

windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions/suggestions/2518832-apollo-wp8-for-1st-generation-devices

I don't own any WP device right now. I like to buy some, but if i buy one and it don't get Apollo, the phone will lose price for me.. :( I think, that i am not alone so MS is loosing their customers waiting for their statements.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JPSavard:
Can't wait for Apollo, we will see what surprises they have for us!
[Windows Phone 7 General] rikyulin:
Hope that Tango can share file over Bluetooth.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dub123:
May be these are posted so far but based on my usage of 2 week

Support for EAP-TLS authentication, Caldav, Native Skype or Google Voice app
[Windows Phone 7 General] dirtymagic86:
Well if Eldar Murtzain said it, it MUST be true.. Because he has such a great track record with WP7 info..

/sarcasm
[Windows Phone 7 General] NairobiWP:
Eldar is a tool. Take his tweets with a grain of salt

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Native Skype integration is coming in the Apollo update (Q4 2012).

Don't expect native Google voice integration. There are tons of Google Voice apps out there that you can use

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Tango should be released during MWC2012 Barcelona next week.

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SIM Toolkit is on certain global phones. If you have a carrier subsidized phone you may be out of luck if your carrier doesn't support STK. in WP7, STK is built in, but is locked unless the carrier wants it.

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Touch Pro?? That was running Windows Mobile 6.1 and the original Sense way back in 2008. This post about Windows Phone! Completely different OS.

Keep up with Windows Phone news with this excellent app (from the makers of Weave):

WIndows Phone News http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/apps/4cfd516a-0e3b-e011-854c-00237de2db9e
[Windows Phone 7 General] narta:
And then all the WP7 users will storm the stores to buy Nokia WP7 and throw away their crappy *insert WP7 make/model*

That's defenatly what Microsoft needs to push their marketshare from single digits :rolleyes:

<end sarcasm>
[Windows Phone 7 General] EgoMaximus:
What I want to see is IE9 improvements, we need faster way to access tabs and open new links in the background.
[Windows Phone 7 General] pikacz:
i would be very very angry if MS went the google way and stop supporting the phones after a couple of months, but i think that they will keep supporting them for a reasonable amount of time (2-3 years). after that i would gladly replace my mozart for something better just to avoid getting bored with it, regardless of the OS version
[Windows Phone 7 General] steve10:
I think they should support the devices for 3 years, as that seems to be Apple's timeline and it works well. Customers seem satisfied with that support lifecycle; and regardless of the years of legacy support that Apple offers, they continue to sell new iPhones to previous iPhone model users. Moreover, in Canada many people are on 3-year contracts, and thus do not have the opportunity to upgrade (at a reasonable cost) more frequently than that.

That being said, I initially planned to replace my Samsung Focus with the Lumia 900 when it becomes available next month, but I'm not eligible for an upgrade despite buying the Focus the day after launch. Since I'll have to wait a few more months, I'm not sure if I'll upgrade at that time. Or likely knowing more about Windows Phone 8 (and hopefully whether or not 7.x devices will be upgradable), I may wait until October/November when the third-generation devices with Windows Phone 8 come out.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Windcape:
You should really post sources for comments like that :-)
[Windows Phone 7 General] rupi99:
I would like to see an equalizer for music player
[Windows Phone 7 General] newabv:
One of the many reasons I drop Android. I have Nexus S and still no ICS :mad:

When I was choosing a phone I take it because of the updates and now I am feeling tricked.
[Windows Phone 7 General] LoganNowak:
I'd be happy with a two year update cycle, at least by then you are able to upgrade your phone here in the US.

Three years is, of course, more desireable.
[Windows Phone 7 General] eddy4823:
Features I miss in Windows Phone

1. BlueTooth File Transfer

2. Different volume control for Media Player & Ringtone

3. Loud Ringtone volume

4. Mass Storage

and will Windows Apollo be available for all the existing Windows Devices ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] borikuapr:
What I would like...

I think the ability to personalize the "Search" button to use other methods instead of the default Bing would be great. Google, MSN Search, even Wikipedia muchin the same way Internet Explorer and Firefox does it.

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Agreed. IE is great, but could be so much better! Especially the ability to go between tabs. i think there must be a simpler method for this. Perhaps a hold and swipe.
[Windows Phone 7 General] text1:
this Cases fıx?:D what? please link :o
[Windows Phone 7 General] black_falcon90:
I don't know if anyone brought this up, obviously I cannot read all the posts in this thread, but I think the search button on my device shouldn't jump to Bing search, more like it should search the page you are in, as in android devices.

Sometimes I find myself in some places and I don't know how to get to what I need fast, as in example when I am in the zune player looking for a song to play! It's unbelievable that I have to look for the song like that even with the quick letters access method!

The search button functionality should change, especially when you're in an application or you're in the dialer or when you're even looking for a song!
[Windows Phone 7 General] steve10:
I agree. The sad thing is that it used to be a context-sensitive search button, but in Mango they changed that because apparently the "inconsistent" functionality confused people... :confused:
[Windows Phone 7 General] brummiesteven:
Judging by the Windows 8 Consumer Preview I'd say we'll at least have this in Apollo:

- Some kind of wallpaper behind the tiles, even if they are predefined.

- More themes

- Tighter syncing with Windows Live Account

- Ability to kill apps on the multitasking screen by dragging them down.

- Shared Apps, Although his has been mentioned it's painfully obvious to see it now, open iCookbook for example and you can see how it would work on windows phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] muffasa:
Microsoft should solve it, in my opinion, by differentiating short and long press of Search button. Short press could enable searching within the page, app etc and long press could take us to Bing search, this way it would be possible to find something on page and look for something that just came to our mind without much of a hassle. It is not breaking the whole Microsoft's concept of simplicity and adds important features.

I think they should add the "Edit colours" function from Paint (;)), then there would be tons of different colours to choose from. It is not impossible since WP7 phones' screens display over 16M colours.
[Windows Phone 7 General] irfanindian:
This functionality is added with the advanced configuration app ;)

Though adding it to the base firmware would surely help!
[Windows Phone 7 General] muffasa:
Try to explain to girlfriends and mothers unlocking their devices, when all they want to have is new "fancy' colour. Especially when it's not always possible due to the newest firmware etc. ;)

Of course I understand what you are saying, I would think the same, but this function should be built in the OS.

Cheers :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] range152:
dont have time to read all 51 pages lol. but just wondering isn't tethering already on the phone? I could share my 3G connection on my HTC Mozart. (or do you mean tether the WiFi connection? or connecting to AdHoc networks)
[Windows Phone 7 General] fengjch127:
i have a stupid question, does 12:10AM mean 00：10 or 12：00？
[Windows Phone 7 General] AndyFZ1S:
00:10 and that was a stupid question lol
[Windows Phone 7 General] n73gamer:
im so looking forward to windows phone apollo :D

im so wondering how it looks :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] deviantenator:
want to see camera panorama mode on my WP. :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
So download a panoramic camera app. It's been a while since I used Windows Phone, but I used an app to do this in November.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lamborg:
I would like to have the function of search button which it had before 7.5 update.

Like search in contacts, search in music etc.
[Windows Phone 7 General] steve10:
Agreed.
[Windows Phone 7 General] madphone:
NO APOLLO FOR CURRENT DEVICES!

so how is microsoft planning to sell current high price phones (at least in europe they are expensive) without a single real update?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Kaiser137:
That website when translated reads as broken English. We should all just wait until some official announcement.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sermann:
Seems very unlikely. With the low market share Microsoft has at the moment, they can not really afford to do something so stupid. Nokia can not allow something this stupid to happen...

The article you mentioned is based on an article of The Verge, which seems to be based on a "trusted source close to Microsoft". Which means in plain English: "someone I know, who knows someone at Microsoft thinks that..."

Maybe we should wait for more substantial information before worrying?

Cheers,

Stephen
[Windows Phone 7 General] jerome snail:
Oh just stop with all those ****ing rumors, it's just getting old.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
The thing is, those rumors are good. They are taking down the WP reputation. People will hold the buy until they are sure that their devices will receive the update.

It will be great if every blog says that, because it will force MS to say something. If they are not stupid enough, of course (which I dont doubt at all).
[Windows Phone 7 General] shardnet:
Expensive? I've seen the l710 for roughly 200EUR that's super cheap compared to phone prices here.

Plus there were update hints from indian nokia reps so there's a possibility nothing is final of course.

Best to wait and see.
[Windows Phone 7 General] steve10:
Paul Thurrott seemed to have some thoughts on it a few weeks ago on Windows Weekly. He said it seems as though (his speculation) Microsoft has not decided if it will offer all devices an upgrade path, which would explain the conflicting rumors. If they do not, I would assume this would be due to performance issues with the OS on older devices, as it would not make sense for any other reason from a reputational standpoint. So, if that is true, we don't know if there will be an upgrade path to WP8 because that would mean Microsoft would have had to at least, internally, commit to an upgrade path.
[Windows Phone 7 General] narta:
I call BS. Windows 7 was up and running on a f*****g Asus P835 (Qualcomm MSM7201A

528 MHz ARM 11 with 288MB RAM)

Windows 8 kernel is leaner and METRO UI is light. So no inadequate hardware sh1t

The only thing that will block the update is the carriers. And they have shaft us too many times before
[Windows Phone 7 General] steve10:
I'm sure Windows 8's kernel/core (MinWin) runs on the first-generation hardware in the sense that the software compiled for the ARM instruction set works. But whether it performs well enough that Microsoft considers it acceptable to run on that hardware on devices that currently run a lean, fast OS might not be the case. I can put Windows XP on a 400 MHz PII with 128MB of RAM. It will work, but it won't work well.
[Windows Phone 7 General] red12355:
Completely fake. Windows 7 doesn't run on ARM.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dicoluc:
I'd like to see these features:

- An integrated system audio EQ, better if it comes with customisable presets

- Multi selection of the elements in the photo gallery

- Some new functions available when entering the multi tasking screen, by long pressing the "back" button, like a download area in wich I can take a look at the download progresses from the marketplace (instead of reaching that page from marketplace --> downloads in progress).
[Windows Phone 7 General] narta:
don't take my word for it...

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/microsoft_had_windows_7_running_arm_two_years_ago
[Windows Phone 7 General] BooR4dley:
Word on the street is that they are currently noncommittal because they are trying to work out the software to do the upgrade. Since WP8 is based on the NT kernel versus CE there is no straight upgrade path. The phone must be backed up, wiped, flashed with WP8 and then have all data and apps restored. It's like upgrading from widows XP to Win 7, they call it an upgrade, but really it's a clean install.

If I'm not mistaken, this is pretty much unheard of in the portable device world.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sitizenx:
Most users don't care. Actually there is probably a large contingent that aren't even aware of updates. If the software works and there aren't major flaws the average user in my experience doesn't even know about updates. Seriously my mom, dad, brother, girlfriend, roommate, etc don't go look at a phone and ask about possible software upgrades eight months from now. Plus there is no reason MS can't do a Windows phone 7 update AND release Windows phone 8. If they need to fix a bug I'm sure they will.

I've flashed several new ROMs provided direct to the public by HTC in the past. Like I said the average person probably will not know or care about any software upgrades unless the carriers really advertise them. The power users that want the software will flash the ROM. This forum testifies to that fact.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ukicar:
just get a big update on my HTC Radar ... does anyone know what this is?

last update was in January

-------------------------------------------------------------

changed only firmware version

22 feb .. 1600.2200.20103.401

now .. 1600.2200.20501.401

rest is the same
[Windows Phone 7 General] BooR4dley:
Yeah, users on XDA have flashed ROMs and put android on devices it was never intended for etc. We're talking about a large scale flash for multiple devices from multiple OEMs on carriers all across the world, without some serious fail safes in place there will be 100s of thousands of bricked devices. This is not the same as "you do this at your own risk" stuff downloaded from github
[Windows Phone 7 General] foongsoon:
My HTC HD7 new upgrade!! os version 7.10.8107.79

22 April 2012

this new..??
[Windows Phone 7 General] lexxir:
7.10.8107.79

No it`s not new.

Since January......

:)
[Windows Phone 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
Windows Phone 8 to RTM by July? from wmpoweruser

Claiming a reliable source, WP7Forum.ru, who has leaked early Windows Phone info before, says that Windows Phone 8 or Windows phone Next will be released to OEMs in July, less than 3 months from now.

There OEMs will be able to customize it for new devices, or work on updating their current stable.

They also claim that updates are definitely on the way for current devices, saying there is almost no doubt, of course contrary to most whispers from Microsoft at the moment.

They still expect new devices will only reach the market by Q4 2012.

Read more at WP7Forum.ru here.
[Windows Phone 7 General] OndraSter:
I have never doubted them :-* :D

But yes, like I said in the other thread(s), I was told by WP Team Leader here in Prague MS HQ that "you will be pleasantly surprised" to the Q about Apollo update availibility. (There was some event where they've shown and lended us to play Lumia 900, 610 and ZTE Blade before they were sold, just as some ASUS (Acer?) tablet (x86).)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Korupted1:
I would imagine late July sounds about right to ship Apollo of to oems, that would be around the same time that Windows 8 will RTM. I would imagine also sometime in June MS will announce the upgrade path for current 7.5 devices and show of some of the new WP8 devices to the world and it will be big news for sure.
[Windows Phone 7 General] pandadistro:
I hope there are any feature updates such as :

- custom ringtone

- flash player

there are my wishlist for the next WP :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] Localhorst86:
custom ringtones have been available since mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] zolhof:
Rotation lock and Printscreen feature. Definitely would love to have these.
[Windows Phone 7 General] meechieballer:
my list would be

auto rotate option

different lock screen

the ability to delete multiply messages at once

an official file manager
[Windows Phone 7 General] pMyn.Lab:
My whishes is unlock C++ code and custom shaders for XNA.
[Windows Phone 7 General] eltonada:
Flash for mobile was been discontinued by adobe itself. :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] Alcoholic:
Just got an HTC update for my phone on AT&T. Anybody else get it?

No idea what the update was for. Still on 7720.
[Windows Phone 7 General] AndyFZ1S:
May be the update for Zune, If you have a Titan then it will be a new bootloader to allow better update experience. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] engineerr:
i hope its gonna be great!
[Windows Phone 7 General] :
What phone do you have?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ctiger:
1. Why can't it group the phone call history list together? the history now is just BS. totally unmanageable!

2. the stupid volume buttons, it was not locked down with lock screen. and Why?
[Windows Phone 7 General] schettj:
I see a single history list under the phone app. I also see history for each person in the people hub. seems manageable to me.

Vol keys are locked on the HTC titan until you power it on with the power button, then they work even when locked. So you can change the volume and mute settings without having to unlock the phone. Seems reasonable to me.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ctiger:
click the phone icon, the history is the list of all income and outgoing calls, not grouped to one number, why is that useful, when it is for one number, it should be grouped to show the last call time, then if you want to know every call, click the number, and it will show the history for that number, that's what it was done in WM6.5 and that makes much more sense than list every single call, and you'll have to try looking for a different number buried in all the same numbers. Unless you create every number you called or called you into contact list, you can't use people hub. And in many cases, I don't want to add those customer service phone numbers into my contact list, but want to find it after two weeks.

For the volume, that's exactly what my problem comes with, it should be locked until I unlock the screen, or at least setting changeable, otherwise, one incoming text message will wake up the phone, when you try to remove the phone from a case or your pocket, you need to be careful not hold on the volume buttons, which is hard in many cases, or, you will mute the ring or max the volume unintentionally, and I was confused why there's no ring at all or can't hear it at all, only because I touched the huge volume buttons on the side of my Arrive when I took it out of the case. Somebody's treat could be others' poison.
[Windows Phone 7 General] alveena6:
Nokia 8210

Nokia N82

Sony Ericsson K750c

HTC HD2

Samsung Focus

Samsung D108
[Windows Phone 7 General] maatn:
According to a german news Mango phones won't get updated to Windows Phone 8 but will get a feature update with some features of Apollo. Like 7.6 or 7.7. That's because to the new Kernel Apollo uses.

Those informations come from a source in Nokia/MS.

(in german) Source
[Windows Phone 7 General] meechieballer:
Nope not believing it one bit, i want it to be said directly out their mouths 100% confirmed by Microsoft!
[Windows Phone 7 General] maatn:
i'd say we have to wait until 06/22...
[Windows Phone 7 General] hv010293:
when will windows phone 8 release?