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- PSA: WP7.8 update can cause huge data usage
- Weekend Nokia LOL: Just in case…
- Dear Microsoft: Get off your lazy arse and get Instagram on WP (MS, do developers hate you?) #Rant
- Weekend Watch: Topolino70 and Nokia 808 Video, Potpourri of Finnish Nature
- Name that Nokia: Beyonce sings with fan – but “what’s them there Nokias?”
- Intel Windows Phones on the way? Intel hiring WP engineers?
| PSA: WP7.8 update can cause huge data usage Posted: 03 Feb 2013 08:49 AM PST
It took a while, but the 7.8 update to older Windows Phone is finally rolling out. Everything isn't as it should be however with reports coming in of very large data usage since the update. Apparently WP7.8 changes a few values regarding live tiles and the way that they update. The one who discovered it, WP7 Root Tools, has done some investigating and it appears that when an app makes a request to a server for an icon used in app or some other data and that particular site or address is unavailable it starts an endless loop to try and get the data that is requested. What it does is continuously be browsing the web basically. In WP7.5 this process was interrupted by the OS and 'told' the app to try again in 30 minutes thus putting a stop to the loop of requests. Although it doesn't appear to be a bug per se in WP7.8, as it comes down to apps making requests to non-existing addresses, but the OS should be handling these kind of exceptions since a server that is temporarily down could also cause the problem. Mind you, this problem won't affect all phones. It will only happen when you have a 'bad' app. The problem is, you won't know you have one unless you keep track of your data. So, for the time being; be aware of excessive data usage and keep track of your data usage with the Nokia Counters app. Via: WP7.nl |
| Weekend Nokia LOL: Just in case… Posted: 03 Feb 2013 06:17 AM PST
Alternatively you may attach a Pikachu at one end for some Norse-godliness.
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| Dear Microsoft: Get off your lazy arse and get Instagram on WP (MS, do developers hate you?) #Rant Posted: 03 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PST
What am I looking at above? It’s a concept Instagram for WP8. What am I looking at below? It’s Instagram. On BB10. And apparently, it’s NOT an Android emulation. It’s rumoured to be native. If that’s the case then there’s some tables flipping this Sunday :p. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ No, we aren’t the only ones beginning to fume at Microsoft, the king of “developers, developers, developers” yet no one shows their baby any love.
What’s it got to do with Microsoft? Why blame them and not the app developer? I don’t understand writing apps at all, so forgive me if I’m taking things for granted. Is there difficulty in writing the app or do developers just hate/have-no-hope for the platform? We see folks like the TVCatchup team test a beta and in a few days have it in store…whilst (yes a more complex perhaps) BBC iPlayer doesn’t even have any mention of future existence on WP. Nokia’s doing a great job pulling in apps for Lumia exclusives attracting developers to WP? What’s Microsoft doing apart from thumbs, eating donuts and making sure features are MISSING in WP8? Why does Viber have no voice counterpart? Why haven’t we got Spotify on WP8 (it’s on WP7) and Why the damn heck do we still not have Instagram? The latter is not so much because I would like to share Sepia Cats with you. It’s because Instagram is an important social platform for others. It’s not like Instagram won’t work in Metro. Look at the DeviantArt pic at the top. What with the new owners being Facebook and Microsoft’s own connections to Facebook, you’d think we’d see a WP8 app a lot sooner. But no. They could surprise us at MWC but I HIGHLY DOUBT IT. This is Microsoft. We’re most likely going to see yet another demo of how you can resize your tile. Microsoft – do you even care about WP8 anymore? What are you doing? Get off your lazy arse and do some work. NOW. I’m not even talking about the things that need improving in WP8. What was posted by Ali yesterday is only really touching the surface and as much as I’d love to rip MS/WP team a new one, I’ve got coursework to write up. I love my Nokia Lumia 920 and I enjoy using WP8. I’d find it very easy to recommend to others (unless of course, they’re an instagram user…:p) It’s just as the competition gets tougher, you have to do something to stay ahead of the game or at the very least, keep up. Nokia does what it can on the hardware side, and even tries to bring things in software. But the one who has to do most of the software stuff, is YOU Microsoft. I know I can’t see what it is you’re doing right now, but I know I’ve seen what it is you’ve done in the past two years. Do you think that’s a significant amount? Is that progress and time scale justified? It’s not that we don’t appreciate the work of the Windows Phone team, it’s just that you are clearly too slow to do ANYTHING at the rate required today. Perhaps as well as Intel, YOU, Microsoft, can also hire out some Windows Phone engineers to work on your platform and to work with other developers to make apps work for YOUR platform to attract more consumers and thus more developers? (PS, If you just want filters, there are many apps on WP. I recommend Lomogram. Or get a lump of grease and put it on the camera lens. Does the same thing. I don’t think folks would care about having a specific Instagram app, but just one where they can use Instagam services. Like the various twitter and facebook apps). Rant closed. Work time.
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| Weekend Watch: Topolino70 and Nokia 808 Video, Potpourri of Finnish Nature Posted: 03 Feb 2013 03:16 AM PST
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| Name that Nokia: Beyonce sings with fan – but “what’s them there Nokias?” Posted: 03 Feb 2013 03:16 AM PST
Of course, as a crazy Nokia fan, what do we spot? A Nokia And not just the one belonging to the ‘singing’ fan. There’s another at the beginning (possibly more if there was a better quality video – this one’s slightly better)
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| Intel Windows Phones on the way? Intel hiring WP engineers? Posted: 03 Feb 2013 03:16 AM PST
Microsoft’s Greg Sullivan said a few weeks ago that Windows Phone 8 can run on x86 processors. Hermann Eul from Intel confirmed Intel’s support for Windows Phones too. Both Intel and Windows Phone is yet to make their presence known in the mobile world. How long before we see perhaps a Lumia device (tablet, or phone) with Intel inside? Source: WMPU Cheers Viipottaja for the tip!
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