Windows Phone 8 review: Str8 up

29 October 2012
Windows Phone 8 is officially in the race. It probably isn’t time to count the horses just yet but Team Windows seems ready to bounce – major OEMs have backed Microsoft up with flagships and mid-range options. Redmond is doing its part with what looks like one of the biggest OS overhauls this year...

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  • 30 Oct 2012

Anonymous, 29 Oct 2012even iphone dosnt support bluetooth...still it is top selli... moreIf Bluetooth supports piracy, Wifi too supports piracy??? nfc supports piracy, even cellular capabilities support piracy! Why dont u suggest to remove them! They want us to depend on their market place or app store for file transfer except ms included usb mass storage. U know how apple tightens its claws around you.

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    • PFj
    • 30 Oct 2012

    W8 RT support DirectX?? w8 will beat the game on ios and android for a while longer (a few years later) . Hahahaha

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      • Anonymous
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      • 30 Oct 2012

      Alexei, 29 Oct 2012Apple has iTunes and Microsoft has Zune Store. Still, Googl... moreyeah..agree

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        • YQT
        • 30 Oct 2012

        no word on bluetooth file transfer yet? It is a make or break deal for most of us in india :-)

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          • Anonymous
          • uHQ
          • 30 Oct 2012

          There is turn-by-turn voice navigation on the Nokia Lumia series of Windows Phone.

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            • kAm
            • 30 Oct 2012

            Anonymous, 29 Oct 2012Ugly ui , no true multitasking , no true Bluetooth , no tru... morelol ... fandroid .... be happy with ur android, why r u bothered about this then. why r u even looking at this post ...if i was a true fandroid i would not care what other platforms launch .... probably i wouldn't even have known that win phone has something called tiles.
            Go and have fun with ur phone

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              • kAm
              • 30 Oct 2012

              Bruce Lee, 29 Oct 2012can anyone explain me why in the hell it doesnt support suc... moreTo support the copyright act .... microsoft does not want to support sharing of music files between two devices that is same as piracy.
              Guess thats the reason .... nokia was developing their own custom app for sharing files via bluetooth ... guess it shud be out soon

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                • kBH
                • 30 Oct 2012

                Bruce Lee, 29 Oct 2012can anyone explain me why in the hell it doesnt support suc... moreIt supports Bluetooth. It allows you to pair with Bluetooth headsets. Also you send files using NFC.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • nxS
                  • 30 Oct 2012

                  I'm an Android fan, but I admit WP8 has some good features, has a different some sort of magazine looks which I kinda like. Hope Android will steal some ideas and implement them into OS :)

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                    • Cod3rror
                    • ppj
                    • 29 Oct 2012

                    Same garbage as before. Doesn't even have an orientation lock, and that UI... ugh....

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                      • heyguysityaboyksi
                      • mp1
                      • 29 Oct 2012

                      isnt the dandelion wallpaper the same one as the one on the samsung galaxy s3

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                        • 29 Oct 2012

                        Anonymous, 29 Oct 2012even iphone dosnt support bluetooth...still it is top selli... moreApple has iTunes and Microsoft has Zune Store. Still, Google does have a service to buy music from as well, but the transfer via bluetooth isn't blocked. So it's just a choice of policies.
                        I was hoping that WP8 would enable an unrestrained BFT capability since I need it and I'm quite fond of the quirkness of Windows 8 (finally on par with Linux distributions)

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                          • 29 Oct 2012

                          greg, 29 Oct 2012some question? 1)Can i play directly (without re-compressio... moreI don't know the answer to No.1.
                          But, for No.2 - no, you can't set a custom MP3 file as a ringtone, unfortunately. All ringtones need to be downloaded from the Marketplace.

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                            • 29 Oct 2012

                            yeip, 29 Oct 2012Either Google wanted to overshadow MS or not, they just did... moreIm with u...google got crazy w the prices..

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                              • Anonymous
                              • t7X
                              • 29 Oct 2012

                              a big big change... i like the USB Mass Storage thing. , bluetooth multimedia transfer btw is present ( i read it somewhere),m not xur.

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                                • greg
                                • ntd
                                • 29 Oct 2012

                                some question? 1)Can i play directly (without re-compression) files: ogg,flac,ape, wv (places on sd card)? 2) may i set my mp3 music as a ringtone?

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                                  • 0WX
                                  • 29 Oct 2012

                                  Guys, WP8 has MULTIMEDIA Blueetooth transfer, and also you can transfer your songs (using MTP) directly to the folder ringtones.

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                                    • 29 Oct 2012

                                    Bruce Lee, 29 Oct 2012can anyone explain me why in the hell it doesnt support suc... moreeven iphone dosnt support bluetooth...still it is top selling phone of the world....90% bluetooth transfers support piracy...this could be the reason

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • t}4
                                      • 29 Oct 2012

                                      android took many years in establishing its market but windows phone standing neck to neck with top os of world in just few months...so you guys can see the popularity of windows phone..love u microsoft..

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                                        • 29 Oct 2012

                                        DaMan, 29 Oct 2012Not if it means having a bad user experience. The main cr... morebluetooth transfer, people complain about. option to choose what you like interms of browser is important. i like chrome and dolphin. plus hardware better and can handle it. if i want easy, i'll go apple. nothing beats their simplicity