giving up

Just became eligible for an upgrade from Three today, and I'm looking at the list of phones and I just don't care about any of them because they all have iOS or Android on them. I think I'll hang onto the upgrade until that October Microsoft event in the faint hope they announce something!

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

With apple only just catching up with the 950 this week, Microsoft has been able to coast for the last couple of years. Hopefully October wont be their Operation Watch on the Rhine.

Yeah.

Upgraded my iPad to iOS 11 this week and it's even further away from what I want in an OS, it's a nightmare of gestures and getting far too complex.

I'm hoping that Microsoft are planning to dig a little deeper on their Android stuff and maybe they can get it to a point where it is actually usable day-to-day for people who like the glance-and-forget aspect of Windows.

If you install Microsoft Launcher, Outlook, Microsoft Office and Cortana on your android device it actually becomes a quite good tool if you are still in the windows eco system with other devices and services.

Outlook still has some trouble with the way it manages contacts but it's a quite good e-mail/calendar program well integrated with cortana/launcher if you use office365 based e-mail.

Cortana is working quite well with the insider build on a workstation (good syncing, pick up where you left off, notifications synchronization, sending sms replies etc.). It also supports the new "home" functionality (nest etc.) in it's android version.

The Launcher is not bad either if you want complete integration into the Microsoft environment (contacts, onedrive etc.), latest update is a quite heavy change to the previous Arrow builds but still good. Not as customizable as other Launchers but a great work environment.

Microsoft has really got a lot of apps and features on android that make it easy to use office365/microsoft environment with android phones.

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

It looks like OS and handset development will be a bit slow in the immediate future for Windows Mobile if the following is to be believed:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/windows-phone-dead-microsoft-mobile-smartphone-joe-belfiore-a7991356.html

That's the exact same news that 28064212 posted above, but I'll repeat: this has been known since April 2017, when they moved WMobile onto the feature2 branch.

Well that's the end of my WP experience.

I have had the Lumia 800, 820, 930 and last but in no way least the 950.

My 950 has been acting up over the last few months with battery issues and restarts. 3 new batteries have cured the problem temporarily but 6 weeks each and the issues reappear and the batteries are knackered.

Have now had no option but to switch to Android and to be honest I am pleasantly surprised by how useable the latest Android is is. Things work ! I didn't realise how compromised a lot of the official apps for WP were compared to there Android counterparts.

I loved the WP interface and it had some really great features but so far the new phone is a reasonably pleasurable experience.

I actually have migrated back onto a Windows Phone for work purposes because it just works flawless with the corporate environment and is pleasant to use.

They offered me an iPhone/android but I rather use my old Windows Phone as it does everything I need for the corporate environment, sure one could replicate most with android but it just so easy to use and some programs are just better than their android counterparts.

Private I still use an Android device due to the application gap but the corporate apps are all available either as windows or internet apps.

tampopo wrote: »

Is there a radio on the 535? And where is it?


What happened to all my pics on Zunes? Where did they go, and are they gone for good? Thousands of them

There's an FM Radio app, or was anyway. I don't know what your second question means.

tampopo wrote: »

Thanks.

Several years ago, when I connected my phone to a pc, it transferred all my pics to Zunes, presumably Microsoft's photo cloud. Haven't heard of it for years and I wondered if anyone had a similar experience

Maybe try logging into OneDrive, Microsoft's cloud storage service, and see if they got transferred to that? Use whatever account you used back then, I suppose?

OneDrive is the only Microsoft cloud photo storage service still available, so if it's not there, it won't be anywhere.