There's more, I only listed the important ones.

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Added on December 12, 2012, 12:29 amVenue is Pavilion. All other details are unconfirmed.

This post has been edited by jonchai: Dec 12 2012, 12:29 AM

I'd rather wait than have them release yet another half-assed app. Let's see

I heard it's a rewrite, using native code this time. We'll see.

Your UK set is probably a carrier set which doesn't recognize Celcom. Well, it shouldn't happen, usually it's recognized from SIM card / broadcast. Doesn't matter, as long as you can use.

No and no idea.

Apparently, local sets come with a purity headphone.

As for wireless charging, wait for its official launch event, which I believe falls on the 21st, to be confirmed.

Ok my bad. Just checked again, it's not Purity. I must have misread. It's a headset, Nokia Headset WH-208. The Purity is else where

Edit: Let's hope that they give out Purity / Monster at launch like L900 launch did.

This post has been edited by jonchai: Dec 17 2012, 11:46 AM

No. You can move on to Outlook.com without having to rename your email address. That way, you get to keep your original Hotmail address and enjoy the new interface. The statement only applies to people who wish to rename their email addresses entirely, like mine, renaming from xxx@hotmail.com to yyy@outlook.com. Yea I had to do a factory reset and download all apps again, but it looks more professional bearing a outlook.com.

In case you or anyone else wishes to rename, do so when it come times to upgrade. It's just a 5 minutes process.

To enjoy the new Outlook interface, all you need to do is logon to your Hotmail, change url to outlook.com. Bam, you'd be using outlook interface.

This post has been edited by jonchai: Dec 17 2012, 03:13 PM

In b4 aspire comes and asks if you can do airview, if you have S-pen

Google is also doing away with POP3. It will be replaced by self-signed certificates, I don't really know what it means, but meh.

The IMAP from Google isn't an industry standard IMAP protocol. Google has tweaked it so much that Microsoft really has to study (like Apple did) its API in order to implement a Google IMAP on Windows Phone. Standard IMAP protocols are supported on Windows Phone, that's not an issue. Google is a different beast altogether.

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Added on December 19, 2012, 5:23 pmOn Windows Phone 7.5, you can only have up to 5 apps running at a time. 10 is a little exaggerated LOL.

Anything more than 5 will be terminated in a first open first close basis.

From 7.8 onwards, it's 8 I believe.

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Added on December 19, 2012, 5:25 pmThere's no need of a task manager like Android requires. All apps are suspended when you navigate away, using minimal resource (simply put, not enough to impact your experience on other apps). So, you don't really need to close an app. You can keep apps running and still won't feel a thing.

This post has been edited by jonchai: Dec 19 2012, 05:25 PM

no wonder

That's a wise choice

Afterall, I find Outlook to be more intuitive. It's just so much easier to use compared to Gmail, which hides all the damn buttons after the updates. On top of that, I find Outlook to be more responsive and fluid

Well, since most units in Malaysia / Asia aren't carrier bound, it should arrive much earlier than that

Why is it really a bad taste when it is confirmed coming, only slightly later?

Instead, I'd like to ask back, what apps do you use? That'd be easier for us to answer.

Well, in case you didn't know, WP8 bypasses carrier and allows OTA updates now. The ball is at the manufacturer's feet. Put simply, as a user, would you rather receive multiple updates (say, you get Portico now and PR1.1 months later) or receive them together and enhance your experience altogether?

In my own view, I expect an update to fix several issues at once, not half ass here and half ass there (again, as an example, I'd really hold a grudge against Nokia if they decide to release Portico now and fix WiFi and months later to fix the camera saturation).

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Added on December 20, 2012, 6:58 pmWell, if you truly can't live without Google services, then my advice is to stay there

This post has been edited by jonchai: Dec 20 2012, 06:58 PM

Hey stringfellow, what's the 4GB thumb drive you mentioned earlier? Anything special? I'm still contemplating because I'm expecting a full launch very soon which we'll probably get much more out of it.

Yes, because Xbox Id is tied to your Microsoft Account and you can only have ONE MAIN Microsoft Account.

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Added on December 21, 2012, 6:13 amSo ... Of the 3, which one is the best?

This post has been edited by jonchai: Dec 21 2012, 06:13 AM

On WP8 is different, I believe. You can change region anytime (with just a simple select and restart), not sure if it works for Xbox Live games though.

Update: Just dropped by Gardens Mid Valley, grabbed 2 units of 920

This post has been edited by jonchai: Dec 21 2012, 03:09 PM

Black and white. The other 2 no stock.

Did you try with super sensitive touch OFF?