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Windows Phone 7 Launch Thread

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  • #1702
    Dean_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭Dean_Mc


    DjFlin wrote: »
    What catch up? LG apps are utter rubbish.

    I have to disagree, My Optimus 7 has been a dream since I got it, even as a Dev Unit it has been a trooper!


  • #1703
    DjFlin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭DjFlin


    Dean_Mc wrote: »
    I have to disagree, My Optimus 7 has been a dream since I got it, even as a Dev Unit it has been a trooper!

    The Optimus is great, yes. But the LG app store sucks major ass. The only worthwhile app in it was the DLNA. Not to mention the lack of any updates in over 6 months.


  • #1704
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    Mango to start rolling out in the next 1-2 weeks. Tweeted by Brandon Watson from Microsoft Dev team http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2011/09/21/where-s-mango-an-update-on-timing.aspx


  • #1705
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    evolutionqy7 wrote: »
    Mango to start rolling out in the next 1-2 weeks. Tweeted by Brandon Watson from Microsoft Dev team http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2011/09/21/where-s-mango-an-update-on-timing.aspx

    Hurray, im looking forward to it. I never bothered installing the RTM when it came out. Partially out of laziness, and partially because WP7 was pretty darn good as it was!

    I've started using my LG Optimus 7 for a lot more emailing and business/college related stuff, and the email/office integration is really fantastic. It made me love the device even more!


  • #1706
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    evolutionqy7 wrote: »
    Mango to start rolling out in the next 1-2 weeks. Tweeted by Brandon Watson from Microsoft Dev team http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2011/09/21/where-s-mango-an-update-on-timing.aspx

    Hurray, im looking forward to it. I never bothered installing the RTM when it came out. Partially out of laziness, and partially because WP7 was pretty darn good as it was!

    I've started using my LG Optimus 7 for a lot more emailing and business/college related stuff, and the email/office integration is really fantastic. It made me love the device even more!

    Calendar, email and xbox live and zune for me :)

    I'm writting this of my galaxy s2, but always get a feel of joy coming back to wp7. Tbh if wp7 had a hotspots feature now I'd forget about the s2 :) only reason I really use it :)


  • #1707
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    evolutionqy7 wrote: »
    Edit. It doesn't seem to work on my Omnia :(

    Didn't work for me either, just dumps straight back to the OS with no errors.


  • #1708
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=37030415-c99d-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8
    parking tag app for Dubs :)


  • #1709
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    stevenmu wrote: »
    evolutionqy7 wrote: »
    Edit. It doesn't seem to work on my Omnia :(

    Didn't work for me either, just dumps straight back to the OS with no errors.

    It says to me that AllShare is not supported on this device and then quits. :'(


  • #1710
    Odaise Gaelach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Odaise Gaelach


    evolutionqy7 wrote: »
    It says to me that AllShare is not supported on this device and then quits. :'(

    The ShareTo app for my LG Optimus 7 says that it needs the latest version of Windows Phone 7 before it closes.

    Co-incidence? Probably...


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  • #1711
    simi956
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 181 ✭✭simi956


    Just found this very good Application for checking in for Aer Lingus flights

    http://windowsphone.com/s?AppID=614e341f-9ca8-e011-a53c-78e7d1fa76f8


  • #1712
    Trevor451
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Trevor451


    simi956 wrote: »
    Just found this very good Application for checking in for Aer Lingus flights

    http://windowsphone.com/s?AppID=614e341f-9ca8-e011-a53c-78e7d1fa76f8

    Very good? Did a 10 year old code that app? :eek: Android version just sucks as badly :mad:


  • #1713
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Trevor451 wrote: »
    Very good? Did a 10 year old code that app? :eek: Android version just sucks as badly :mad:

    Yeah its shockingly bad. Installed it and removed it 4 minutes later.


  • #1714
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056369938

    Guys add your Xbox Live WP7 gamertag here :)

    Need more friends with WP7 :)

    Its alot more fun to play games on WP7 when you have lots of friends to compete on high scores ;D

    My GamerTag EvolutionQY71


  • #1715
    cuppa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 538 ✭✭✭cuppa


    Got a weird problem on my LG optimus, I can browse web sites on Vodafone live except for boards.ie. This only started about two days ago. It works fine on WiFi.


  • #1716
    wilser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭wilser


    cuppa wrote: »
    Got a weird problem on my LG optimus, I can browse web sites on Vodafone live except for boards.ie. This only started about two days ago. It works fine on WiFi.

    I have the same problem on my samsung wave, only started a few days ago.


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  • #1717
    Dean_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭Dean_Mc


    wilser wrote: »
    I have the same problem on my samsung wave, only started a few days ago.

    Me too... 502 Badgateway....

    What are Vodafone at now.


  • #1718
    DjFlin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭DjFlin


    Me to folks. VF are up to their usual wackyness.


  • #1719
    wilser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭wilser


    its working for me now


  • #1720
    danger_mouse_tm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 992 ✭✭✭danger_mouse_tm


    So I use the wireless sync most nights. I run zune on the PC before i go to bed and it downloads the latest edition of my podcasts. I set the alarm on the phone and plug it into the charger. After about ten minutes it starts to sync. The only time this fails is when the battery is very low in the phone. The sync fails and even the alarm doesn't go off in the morning until I unplug it from the charger - then it goes off immediately.


  • #1721
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=6786a592-4b51-455b-8913-8986301a2108

    One 2 One

    Found a nice free app that does a very good job at translating :)

    Have a look at it. Just tried one language there and it seems to do it pretty well :)

    Handy if your going traveling :)


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  • #1722
    wheresmybeaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭wheresmybeaver


    Well it's been almost a year since I got my HTC HD7 and got started with Windows Phone 7.

    For others that jumped onboard right at the beginning, what are your thoughts? Are you happy with the platform and how it has evolved?

    Personally I found WP7 to be practically feature complete from the start (ie it did 90% of what I really need from a smartphone, and it did it really well, but it completely ignored about 10% of the niche / minor features that I do ocassionally need).

    However over the last year we now have a fully-fledged Navigation app, so that's one of my key demands met. Multitasking is now a reality with Mango, although I've gotten by pretty well before without it so I'm not sure how much of an impact it will have.

    The marketplace is now remarkably mature, with a great selection of well-designed apps from the key players in this space. The Metro design ethic has led to a wide variety of apps that are instantly recognisable and fit together excellently. Non-metro apps (such as that appalling Aer Lingus thing) stick out like a sore thumb and highlight how Metro is the way to go. Copying Apple or Android is actually a terrible idea in this respect.

    Most importantly: Reliability, ease of use and security have been unparalleled with WP7. Over the last year, can anybody think of a single security issue? This is a secure platform that works out of the box and can be depended upon. Will this change as the platform becomes more complex? With Android now looking more and more dodgy every day (malware, premium number diallers, backdoors etc) will this drive numbers away from Android to WP7 (and / or back to Apple I suppose)?

    And we now have the next generation of handsets coming out; some so-so units from HTC, but a fine new Samsung, a brand new selection of manufacturers (ZTE, Acer etc) and of course the holy grail of Nokia. I'm still very happy with my existing HD7, especially since it's getting Mango as a free upgrade, so what are everyone's thoughts on upgrading their handset? Will these new models encourage more people to buy in to WP7 do you think? Are O2 / Vodafone/ Meteor / eMobile / Three etc really committed to WP7 in this country

    I just want to get some more discussion out there on WP7.5 and what is certainly the next major milestone in the WP7 journey, the make-or-break next version ;-)


  • #1723
    Odaise Gaelach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Odaise Gaelach


    This is my first smartphone but I've been damn happy with my Windows Phone. It did feel a bit underbaked when it first came out, but Mango's going to correct that wonderfully. It feels more cohesive and much more like a whole unit than a bunch of parts.

    My phone - an LG Optimus 7 - is already very fast and been very reliable too, so I think my next smartphone will be a Windows Phone 8.

    Pinning tiles to the Start screen is a great feature, and it's because I found myself using it for something that I didn't forsee: I'm in the habit now of pinning important documents or things to the Start screen instead of my most-used apps. For example, if I'm going somewhere new I'd usually find the location in Maps and pin it to the Start screen. I sometimes have a shopping list pinned there too. Or a contact I might be meeting soon. They're little bits of information that I need for a specific short-term purpose, which is really really handy. SecondaryTiles in Mango is going to expand on it in a great way if we can pin things like, I dunno, train journeys to the Start screen...

    With regards to the Metro UI and apps, I think that the Rugby World Cup app is a prime example of what a Windows Phone 7 app should look and feel like. The Aer Lingus app is a great example of how NOT to do it: a back button (on a phone platform that has a hardware back button as standard), large buttons at the bottom instead of an application bar; in fact no Metro style at all. This is a Windows Phone after all.

    I'd also like to wax lyrical on the .NET Framework and Silverlight and MSDN - my God, but development for it is smashing (though the ScheduledActionService and IsolatedStorage often give me some problems :D ). I'm having fun with the new APIs too. :)

    It's a contender now, through and through. If the new phones give it a bit more exposure it'll give iOS and Android a run for their money. It's like what Ars Technica said in their initial review: "Microsoft doesn't often get version one releases right, but this time, it has got the release very right indeed. Windows Phone 7 looks great, works well, and is a treat to use. Market success isn't assured, but judged on its merits alone, this is a platform that absolutely deserves to succeed, and I really, really hope it does."


  • #1724
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    Well i started of with HD2 windows mobile. eventually put android on it once the Rom chef moved to wp7.

    then once the hd2 got a port of wp7 i couldn't go back to android, everytime i did it felt boring.

    So i moved to the hd7. Was a nice phone but i found the battery life horrible.

    After moving to the Omnia 7 I was pretty happy. As above I had a few missing features, but they got sorted out with mango.

    The only things I'm still waiting on is wifi and usb tethering, for ms to update bing maps cause irish roads database is quite out of date I think (my housing estate still doesn't exist, but that can be solve via third party app.
    As well as waiting for full zune marketplace.

    After that just give me more high quality games and ill be very happy.

    Id definitely wouldn't go back to android.

    Maybe have a trip to apple route but that depends on what iphone 5 will be.

    I still have a galaxy s2, but I wouldn't trade it for my omnia :)

    Generally wp7 I sell in the shop get positive feedback. Only a few come back usually only with corrupted software. But you will get that on any OS.

    Now on Mango. I'm in love with Facebook integration. Multi tasking and voice to text feature. Particularly when I'm driving. Dictating a text is a killer feature.

    Galaxy s2 has it as well. But it doesn't do it as good as wp7. Keyboard is also excellent. Had to buy a third party keyboard for the s2 cause I kept misspelling everything.
    I'm total its a great consumer product :)


  • #1725
    Odaise Gaelach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Odaise Gaelach


    evolutionqy7 wrote: »
    for ms to update bing maps cause irish roads database is quite out of date I think (my housing estate still doesn't exist, but that can be solve via third party app.

    I noticed recently that Maps show places in Maynooth as, well, Maynooth instead of Naas like they used to. It's not much, but definitely a step in the right direction. :)


  • #1726
    Trevor451
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Trevor451


    I would defiantly not go down the android route again either. Fragmentation is horrible. I had a HTC tattoo (which was a expensive phone when it was first released) and due to the small resolution most applications on the android marketplace did not work correctly :mad:

    With windows phone 7 you are pretty much guaranteed that all applications on the marketplace will function properly due to the hardware requirements set out by Microsoft.


  • #1727
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    Seems as Windows Phone Web Marketplace is going live. WPcentral said there were still some errors. But its obviously still testing waters :)

    Follow the Link :)


  • #1728
    Odaise Gaelach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Odaise Gaelach


    Definitely a few bugs. But it looks quite good as it is. :)


  • #1729
    ChairmanCow
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭ChairmanCow


    Is there a new wave of phones just around the corner? I was thinking of an picking up an Omnia 7 this week but not sure if I should wait and see what new handsets come out now. Its just that 8gb storage that holding me back!

    I take it the Mango update will be a free update for the current phones?


  • #1730
    DjFlin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭DjFlin


    ChairmanCow wrote: »
    Is there a new wave of phones just around the corner? I was thinking of an picking up an Omnia 7 this week but not sure if I should wait and see what new handsets come out now. Its just that 8gb storage that holding me back!

    I take it the Mango update will be a free update for the current phones?


    Mango is free for everyone.

    Look up the Samsung Omnia W. It should be out soon,and has better specs than the Omnia 7. Its also supposed to be quite affordable compared to others. €310 before tax is what I've heard.


  • #1731
    Daniel S
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,533 ✭✭✭Daniel S


    OMG! When is LG sending out Mango?


    :eek::eek::eek::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::(:(:(:eek::mad::mad:


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  • #1732
    billgates
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭billgates


    Looks like Mango is getting ready to rock and roll today!

    http://mango.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-gb/howto/wp7/new-features.aspx

    On another note, has anyone received any of the pre Mango updates for people running the developer Beta yet? Thats the so called “Mango Friends and Family Bundle: Pre-Cleanup” one?


  • #1733
    Odaise Gaelach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Odaise Gaelach


    They've also updated the Where's my phone update? page. :D


  • #1734
    wheresmybeaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭wheresmybeaver


    I would say unlocked / unbranded owners will have Mango before the end of the week? Everyone else here (except Samsung) in a fortnight?

    HTC updated the Flashlight app this morning for my HD7 by the way. Prepping for a change in Mango perhaps?

    On another note, any thoughts on whether O2 Ireland will allow the Wifi Hotspot feature on the new devices / updated old devices? Are they ok with this feature on Android / iPhone?

    New HTC WP7 phones will have Wifi hotspot / tethering available if the carrier allows it, whilst older phones (eg HTC HD7) will also get this feature at a later date, again only if the carrier allows it. Fingers crossed.


  • #1735
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    wheresmybeaver wrote: »
    I would say unlocked / unbranded owners will have Mango before the end of the week? Everyone else here (except Samsung) in a fortnight?

    HTC updated the Flashlight app this morning for my HD7 by the way. Prepping for a change in Mango perhaps?

    On another note, any thoughts on whether O2 Ireland will allow the Wifi Hotspot feature on the new devices / updated old devices? Are they ok with this feature on Android / iPhone?

    New HTC WP7 phones will have Wifi hotspot / tethering available if the carrier allows it, whilst older phones (eg HTC HD7) will also get this feature at a later date, again only if the carrier allows it. Fingers crossed.

    I think they will have it. O2 has a tethering plan so if they remove this feature their losing out the potential of making money. Meteor has never had any problems with tethering even through their T&C's say its forbidden.

    Not sure about vodafone. Three will definetly get it. Dont think they care about who uses it or not.


  • #1736
    Charlie Haughy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,855 ✭✭✭Charlie Haughy


    Is the LG Optimus 7 that lots of us here bought unbranded or vodafone? As in the settings it has "vodafone" written beside carrier I think, but others say the phone is unbranded.


  • #1737
    simi956
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 181 ✭✭simi956


    Mango is being pushed worldwide :) Brillant everyone gets it in one go


  • #1738
    AntiVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,395 ✭✭✭AntiVirus


    Charlie Haughy wrote: »
    Is the LG Optimus 7 that lots of us here bought unbranded or vodafone? As in the settings it has "vodafone" written beside carrier I think, but others say the phone is unbranded.

    It's still Vodafone branded, to unbrand it you need to flash it with the Euro Open firmware. Once you've done that it will show OPN in settings under carrier.

    Anyone who has unbranded there LG Optimus will get the Mango update today! :)

    EDIT:
    Here's a link to all LG Optimus 7 fireware's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=935578


  • #1739
    InvisibleBadger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭InvisibleBadger


    updating my lg optimus now!!:D


  • #1740
    Odaise Gaelach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Odaise Gaelach


    simi956 wrote: »
    Mango is being pushed worldwide :) Brillant everyone gets it in one go

    **** me, I expected a staggered release! :D


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  • #1741
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    WOW they actually did it. Their releasing the update. All at the same time lol

    Well me and the rest of the world didnt expect it lol.

    So any one on meteor or three running NoDo received a notification for an update yet? :D


  • #1742
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    AntiVirus wrote: »
    It's still Vodafone branded, to unbrand it you need to flash it with the Euro Open firmware. Once you've done that it will show OPN in settings under carrier.

    Anyone who has unbranded there LG Optimus will get the Mango update today! :)

    EDIT:
    Here's a link to all LG Optimus 7 fireware's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=935578

    Correct me if i'm wrong, but you should be able to just change an entry in the registry for the update.
    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005788

    I just tried updating and nothing yet....


  • #1743
    AntiVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,395 ✭✭✭AntiVirus


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Correct me if i'm wrong, but you should be able to just change an entry in the registry for the update.
    [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005788#[/URL]
    I just tried updating and nothing yet....

    That doesn't work, try it, the only way is to flash the firmware.


  • #1744
    AntiVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,395 ✭✭✭AntiVirus


    evolutionqy7 wrote: »
    WOW they actually did it. Their releasing the update. All at the same time lol

    Well me and the rest of the world didnt expect it lol.

    So any one on meteor or three running NoDo received a notification for an update yet? :D

    I'm on 3 but I was running the RTM Mango before I updated my phone.


  • #1745
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    AntiVirus wrote: »
    I'm on 3 but I was running the RTM Mango before I updated my phone.

    Well im on Meteor running engineering build of Mango. Ive no idea weather to roll back or just wait for a Mango ROM to be released :)


  • #1746
    gman2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    Updating right now - I had checked about an hour ago and nothing then!!!!
    Happy daze!


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  • #1747
    AntiVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,395 ✭✭✭AntiVirus


    evolutionqy7 wrote: »
    Well im on Meteor running engineering build of Mango. Ive no idea weather to roll back or just wait for a Mango ROM to be released :)

    You shouldn't need to roll back, just make sure you're running the latest version of Zune.


  • #1748
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    AntiVirus wrote: »
    You shouldn't need to roll back, just make sure you're running the latest version of Zune.

    See im not running beta. Its an engineering ROM from samsung. Not a generic rom. So ive no idea whats cooking :D


  • #1749
    simi956
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 181 ✭✭simi956


    @evolutionqy7 If your phone is dev unlocked it should update even with the engineering ROM (So your ROM is 7720.68)


  • #1750
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    AntiVirus wrote: »
    That doesn't work, try it, the only way is to flash the firmware.

    Boo-urns!

    So if i follow the instructions you kindly provided i take it i'll lose everything???


  • #1751
    AntiVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,395 ✭✭✭AntiVirus


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Boo-urns!

    So if i follow the instructions you kindly provided i take it i'll lose everything???

    Unfortunatly you will. :(


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