Where's my big name?

This post has been edited by jonchai: Dec 29 2012, 04:50 PM

1. For the time being, use Live Tiles.

2. Not possible. There's only 1 Live Tile, so you have to decide. Either new mails or unread mails and many people prefer new over unread.

3. True, search needs improvement.

4. Volume profiles would solve the problem. Still waiting.

5. Your phone will check for updates on a daily basis. Look out for Marketplace app, you will see numbers.

6. Not possible. Bring this to Google instead.

7. In my opinion, it's a waste of space. Who wants to be looking at those unnecessary information all the time? There's an app for battery life though.

1. Obviously it's thick and bulky. Do I see reviewers complaining Note / Note 2 thick and bulky? Even this becomes an issue, goodness.

2. Heavy, yes. It does feel heavy but after using it for a week, it's not longer an issue.

3. I don't claim to be a "heavy user", I do most of my office work with the phone while on the run, documents editing, email, research, messaging and it doesn't feel hot to the point that it feels "overheat". It fact, it's about the same as my L800.

4. Mine lasts a day, from 8 in the morning to my bedtime, with the tasks done in 3.

5. Horrible camera? Now you see how biased the entire review is. And they dare call it a review.

Conclusion, it's either they have something against Nokia, or they received a faulty unit.

Whatsapp WP team is lousy

While Android had plenty of time on their hand and their only competitor was IOS, Microsoft is different. Being 2 years late to the market, catch up is tougher with IOS, Android and RIM in each corner. Yes, don't count RIM out just yet. Microsoft really has to get their acts together and merge WP8 and Windows 8. The upcoming Windows Blue is supposed to bring these 2 platforms closer, we'll see.

Edit: Given the shared kernel, I just fail to see why Microsoft can implement so much on Windows 8 (with all the API) while totally neglecting WP8 (in terms of API for the developers).

This post has been edited by jonchai: Jan 3 2013, 07:10 PM

I'd like to add, on top of that, you get Nokia City Lens which proves to be useful to locate famous landmarks / F&B outlets, something Google maps can't do. Apart from City Lends, offline maps (for the entire country) is also another feature gmaps cannot provide.

This post has been edited by jonchai: Jan 4 2013, 10:39 AM

City Lens works fine, just slightly outdated. But that should at least get you to places (or there about) with no issue.

No you do not have to reset. Just go Settings, change Region to wherever available that you want, reboot the phone. Done.

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Added on January 6, 2013, 4:56 pmWP7 had it, prior to Mango (7.5). Pressing the dedicated Search button would bring up a search context. They removed it in Mango because not to many apps support it, which made it confusing for users. Let's hope they put it back along with Search Contract Api for developers, much like Windows 8

This post has been edited by jonchai: Jan 6 2013, 04:56 PM

It wasn't a universal search. It was an in-app search, but I think it was good to have. Not sure why they decided to force Bing instead.

Yea, I guessed as much. They could've implemented something like Windows 8 with Search Contract. Those that don't, display a message, done.

I meant, display a message saying this app does not support search lol

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Added on January 6, 2013, 11:36 pmZune Pass / Xbox Music Pass

This post has been edited by jonchai: Jan 6 2013, 11:36 PM

It's not free. It's subscription based music streaming service.

Try removing your own password and kids corner, reboot, enable kids corner only, do not enable your own password. It's a weird bug.

As far as I know, 620 hasn't officially launched

Well, to avoid yet another round of litigation from Apple, square tiles would fit best. Anything with rounded corners would be a no no

While this is not to rule out that WP8 is buggy, most things you mentioned seem to point to a faulty phone rather than a buggy OS.

Not exactly. Even prior to that, Whatsapp is known to kill batteries

Yes, you do. NFC only communicates between devices, Bluetooth is the protocol that handles send/receive

It's not exactly a defect. It's a rattling sound, due to the design of the polycarbonate shell. It sounds weird, yea, but it's definitely not a defect.

2 freezes on my phone today. One in the morning (or overnight since I left it to charge via cable, it froze over and didn't bother charging) and once more in the car while driving. Anyone else experienced similar issue?