The ui looks very Slick, but let us take a look at how people are using phones (and i take myself as example)
My main point is that this phone is a solution in search of a problem. it is using hypes from 1 or 2 years ago and is not focusing on real functionality.
facebook or network sites on my phone!! who wants that. i do not twitter, i have no facebook account, i do not use msn. does that mean i have empty tiles on my start page?
Zune or Xbox. i do not have a zune or xbox, i do not want to play online, and especially not with my phone.
data plan needed. I do not want a data plan. all these nice options work with a data plan. show us something that does not need an internet connection.
where is the phone? is this a phone? show me how to call people. can i even enter phone numbers? can i send sms messages?
take and share pictures. who takes pictures with a phone? it is nice to have a quickcamera in your pocket, but you take pictures with your real camera. you do not make a bad picture with your phone to upload it to some website where everybody can see how terrible you look.
In short: I use my phone to make calls, send sms, navigate and some internet for hotmail or emergency need for information. I like to have an easy game when i am waiting, and some eyecandy like weather to look at. finally i want to be able to make appointments on my phone that are synchronized with my hotmail agenda automatically. that is it.
this phone is a nice gadget for young people who want to be connected to their friends all the time. not for the middle-aged who use their phone as a tool.
sandervanzijl said:
The ui looks very Slick, but let us take a look at how people are using phones (and i take myself as example)
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Being that you're on this site, you're a poor example. You aren't a normal person (nor am I or anyone else on this site). But, I'll address your concerns anyways.
sandervanzijl said:
facebook or network sites on my phone!! who wants that. i do not twitter, i have no facebook account, i do not use msn. does that mean i have empty tiles on my start page?
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I, for one, want facebook and twitter on my phone. Even HTC realizes this is popular and integrated them into TouchFlo/Sense. But no, you won't have empty tiles. The very existence of any/all of the tiles is up to you. If you don't use them, they won't be there. But They aren't really "apps" per say but they're integrated into your contacts and pictures so there really isn't even a facebook or twitter app to even pin there in the first place.
sandervanzijl said:
Zune or Xbox. i do not have a zune or xbox, i do not want to play online, and especially not with my phone.
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You don't need a Zune or Xbox. Think of Zune as the replacement for Windows Media Player + a music store. Xbox is just the branding for games. Again, if you don't want them on there you don't have to have them.
sandervanzijl said:
data plan needed. I do not want a data plan. all these nice options work with a data plan. show us something that does not need an internet connection.
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Ummmmm if you don't want a data plan with a modern smartphone I have to question why you want a smartphone in the first place. The whole point is to have data connectivity. There's no reason the phone won't work without one though. If your carrier has the data disabled (which I doubt they will do for you) the phone will still work.
sandervanzijl said:
where is the phone? is this a phone? show me how to call people. can i even enter phone numbers? can i send sms messages?
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Here's the dialer (was noted to be not done)
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Don't have a screenshot of what happens when you press it but yes, there's a button to send texts.
You can also send texts right from the person's details in the "People hub".
sandervanzijl said:
take and share pictures. who takes pictures with a phone? it is nice to have a quickcamera in your pocket, but you take pictures with your real camera. you do not make a bad picture with your phone to upload it to some website where everybody can see how terrible you look.
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LOL. Maybe you look terrible but not all of us do. Believe it or not, lots of people use their phone to take quick pictures and upload them. Do you bash windows mobile 6 because it can do this?
sandervanzijl said:
In short: I use my phone to make calls, send sms, navigate and some internet for hotmail or emergency need for information. I like to have an easy game when i am waiting, and some eyecandy like weather to look at. finally i want to be able to make appointments on my phone that are synchronized with my hotmail agenda automatically. that is it.
this phone is a nice gadget for young people who want to be connected to their friends all the time. not for the middle-aged who use their phone as a tool.
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WP7 does everything you want it to... just a whole lot more as well. Not sure why "extra" stuff is a problem. You can customize the home screen with whatever you want so you would just have the phone dialier, SMS, IE, Games (Xbox), a weather app/hub, and the calendar on yours. The rest would just be unused features that are there for you to use if you stop being so grumpy and enjoy yourself a little bit and listen to some music and share pictures with your friends/family.
sandervanzijl said:
The ui looks very Slick, but let us take a look at how people are using phones (and i take myself as example)
My main point is that this phone is a solution in search of a problem. it is using hypes from 1 or 2 years ago and is not focusing on real functionality.
facebook or network sites on my phone!! who wants that. i do not twitter, i have no facebook account, i do not use msn. does that mean i have empty tiles on my start page?
Zune or Xbox. i do not have a zune or xbox, i do not want to play online, and especially not with my phone.
data plan needed. I do not want a data plan. all these nice options work with a data plan. show us something that does not need an internet connection.
where is the phone? is this a phone? show me how to call people. can i even enter phone numbers? can i send sms messages?
take and share pictures. who takes pictures with a phone? it is nice to have a quickcamera in your pocket, but you take pictures with your real camera. you do not make a bad picture with your phone to upload it to some website where everybody can see how terrible you look.
In short: I use my phone to make calls, send sms, navigate and some internet for hotmail or emergency need for information. I like to have an easy game when i am waiting, and some eyecandy like weather to look at. finally i want to be able to make appointments on my phone that are synchronized with my hotmail agenda automatically. that is it.
this phone is a nice gadget for young people who want to be connected to their friends all the time. not for the middle-aged who use their phone as a tool.
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This is the phone you want then.....you are not the audience for the WP7.
The dialer looks really boring!
I hope they´ll put more effort in it.. and the homescreen is a no go for me! Should fill the whole screen.. but overall 7 series looks great!
Just found a video showing Text messaging.
http://vimeo.com/9525086 around 8:50 mark.
Looks super simple and easy to use. Barely shows it though so it's hard to get a full sense of how it works.
sandervanzijl said:
The ui looks very Slick, but let us take a look at how people are using phones (and i take myself as example)
My main point is that this phone is a solution in search of a problem. it is using hypes from 1 or 2 years ago and is not focusing on real functionality.
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You're already wrong. Society is getting used to their phone doing more, and functionality is introduced here.
sandervanzijl said:
facebook or network sites on my phone!! who wants that. i do not twitter, i have no facebook account, i do not use msn. does that mean i have empty tiles on my start page?
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This shows you've paid no attention. You put whatever tiles you want on your Start page. If you don't have Facebook don't log into Facebook... Microsoft won't be angry at you. I for one have been needing this though
sandervanzijl said:
Zune or Xbox. i do not have a zune or xbox, i do not want to play online, and especially not with my phone.
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I don't have a Zune either, which is why I've been waiting for this phone. Zune on my phone! Yes! I don't have an XBox, but most people have friends and many people with friends don't mind sharing in an occasional game with them
sandervanzijl said:
data plan needed. I do not want a data plan. all these nice options work with a data plan. show us something that does not need an internet connection.
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A data plan is never usually needed on a smartphone.. but honestly, with the state of the industry these days, if you're never using the internet on your smartphone I'm not sure why you have one. The phone'll work fine over Wifi though, and it also works without any internet at all.
sandervanzijl said:
where is the phone? is this a phone? show me how to call people. can i even enter phone numbers? can i send sms messages?
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No, it's not a phone. They just rebranded it to 'Phone' for fun. The videos online of the dialer and SMS app being demoed were just flukes, and won't ship with the device
sandervanzijl said:
take and share pictures. who takes pictures with a phone? it is nice to have a quickcamera in your pocket, but you take pictures with your real camera.
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Me? All the time? The market decided long ago that phones need cameras, and Microsoft has decided that the minimum requirement will be 5mpx. Just like my last digital camera. So now your real camera is your phone, what's wrong with this? You can still carry around your 'real' camera in addition if you want, but I bet when you plug it in to charge it won't automatically sync to your PC over WiFi like this phone will.
sandervanzijl said:
In short: I use my phone to make calls, send sms, navigate and some internet for hotmail or emergency need for information. I like to have an easy game when i am waiting, and some eyecandy like weather to look at. finally i want to be able to make appointments on my phone that are synchronized with my hotmail agenda automatically. that is it.
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So do those things. Microsoft worked on the automatic syncing for you, and just because they did this for more than a calendar you complain that... actually, I'm not sure what your complaint is. What does "how is this functional" mean when you're saying that the phone has more functionality than you need?
sandervanzijl said:
this phone is a nice gadget for young people who want to be connected to their friends all the time. not for the middle-aged who use their phone as a tool.
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Because 1) once you reach middle age you have no friends and 2) young people of the social network generation don't deserve to have nice phones too
Ya it is a shame that many people don't get this phone. But I didn't get the iPhone as well at first either, but it was revolutionary and so is this device.
Multitasking won't exist in the way we are used to it, but I think services like Pandora will still be able to play music in the background. It doesn't bother me. In fact I have WinMo 6.5 set to close all apps. Only a few like Pandora are where I will just hit the home button to keep it open. There is hardly any need to keep other stuff open, it becomes complicated (most users are not gonna check their memory and close programs as needed).
But as for the start 'menu'. Its completely customizable. You can add applications as if it was a start menu and make it totally look like the iPhone (with square icons of course), or you can do a mix and match. If you don't sign into facebook, you'll never see facebook. Just think of the people hubs as your contacts. Zune is just a media player, and so much better looking than WMP and works much better.
As a Zune HD owner, I consider myself blessed in that I know how pinning something to the 'start' page already works. I also know how easy the software is to use, and even the Zune HD IE browser is great and it is based on IE6, so something based on modern IE7 and IE8 will be great.
And no you won't be able to install a shell like Xperia or HTC Sense. But the whole point is for a unified OS. That doesn't mean the phone isn't you, it just means that when a customer buys a Windows Phone that no matter who they buy the phone from, it will look and behave the same.
You need to really look at the videos again. The one on Channel 9 from MSDN is really good. It goes into depth and shows how you can move stuff around on the start screen.
Erm, I'm middle aged and I think Facebook is an excellent way to keep in touch with friends. Otherwise work and children just takes too much of my time.
Like just about everything out there, if you don't think you need the function, well, just don't use it.
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WOW!!! So far this is sickkk..I love it. I'm still checking it out, once I'm done - I'll post some feedback.
Check it out guys, It's worth it.
lukybandit said:
WOW!!! So far this is sickkk..I love it. I'm still checking it out, once I'm done - I'll post some feedback.
Check it out guys, It's worth it.
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I used it for a day or so, and then promptly uninstalled it.
I found that it killed my battery twice as fast, overall made the phone really sluggish and never properly uploaded my contacts..
But hey that's just me
Oh Yeah? I've been using it for the past 30 mins, so far so good. hmm, wierd. Actually, the first time I did the sync, it didn't sync it properly, mean it did but some of my messages were missing, i resynced it 30 mins ago i.e. once again and now it's perfect so far. Well, I hope it's something I can use and not let go because so far I really like it.
Everyone else, whoever has used it or is going to use it, please post some feedback.
P.S: I've figured out everything except visual voicemail. How does that work?
lukybandit said:
Oh Yeah? I've been using it for the past 30 mins, so far so good. hmm, wierd. Actually, the first time I did the sync, it didn't sync it properly, mean it did but some of my messages were missing, i resynced it 30 mins ago i.e. once again and now it's perfect so far. Well, I hope it's something I can use and not let go because so far I really like it.
Everyone else, whoever has used it or is going to use it, please post some feedback.
P.S: I've figured out everything except visual voicemail. How does that work?
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ive been using it for a few months..good stuff.
I use it. I'll admit it's a startup hog but worth it. It can be a life saver. Only problem I have had is one. Now I'm eventually going to get around to fixing it lol. Here is the only problem.
All of us have at least one time or another had problems with Active Sync. I had to re-sync it and Outlook also saves my contacts. What occurred for me is if you have to reinstall Active sync it will add a double amount of contacts. I'm my case 4 of each...LOL. Basically when first installing Dashwire it will give you the options to overwrite some or leave them alone.
Either way I'm going to have to stop dashwire from syncing. Then exit it. Then thru active sync uncheck outlook contacts. Then delete All of my contacts. The thing that champs my @ss is I set up voice command on some of my contacts which is a pain.
I also can't figure out the custom way to save via contacts---sim manager---backup contacts. It tells you that you need to delete them first wtf?
Put it this way I always backup my stuff. I don't want to not be prepared for a crash.
Looks good, but it seems to drain the battery a lot faster. Good stuff but I will give it another shot once my extended battery comes in.
Appreciate the write-up and the feedback!
Battery drain is an issue that we've been working on for the past couple of weeks. We're still not done, but we've added some things that should make a difference. We do really suggest our users set Dashwire to automatic sync because with manual the sync technology isn't optimized.
And sorry to hear about the contact dupes. As you've discovered, contacts added to a new or reset phone using Dashwire will be duplicated if a user attempts to synchronize with Outlook via ActiveSync after the fact. You first have to add your contacts to your phone via ActiveSync before adding Dashwire to your phone. If you start with ActiveSync first, then you won't see any problems with contact duplicates. After that there shouldn't be any issues.
Visual Voicemail works through a 3rd party application called CallWave. You have to sign-up for it first, input your credentials, and then it should work straight from the dashboard.
Any more questions or feature requests feel free to let us know. We take what user's say and suggest pretty seriously.
dashwire said:
Appreciate the write-up and the feedback!
Battery drain is an issue that we've been working on for the past couple of weeks. We're still not done, but we've added some things that should make a difference. We do really suggest our users set Dashwire to automatic sync because with manual the sync technology isn't optimized.
And sorry to hear about the contact dupes. As you've discovered, contacts added to a new or reset phone using Dashwire will be duplicated if a user attempts to synchronize with Outlook via ActiveSync after the fact. You first have to add your contacts to your phone via ActiveSync before adding Dashwire to your phone. If you start with ActiveSync first, then you won't see any problems with contact duplicates. After that there shouldn't be any issues.
Visual Voicemail works through a 3rd party application called CallWave. You have to sign-up for it first, input your credentials, and then it should work straight from the dashboard.
Any more questions or feature requests feel free to let us know. We take what user's say and suggest pretty seriously.
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First off, I would like to Congratulate you and your team for making this happen. Very beautiful concept! Your team has done a great job! Keep up the good work.
Battery Drain:
I don't know if I've experienced battery drain but if other users are, that should be your #1 concern because you want people to use Dashwire and when it comes to the battery, people will prefer a ever ready battery over battery drain. I've set my account to automatic sync as I have an unlimited data plan. If I do experience battery drain, I will post feedback here. I'm glad to know your working on it, though.
Automatic Startup:
I got rid of the Automatic startup as my bootup process was taking longer then it should. I personally noticed a slow bootup so, I'd appreciate if you could work on that. However, from nowonwards I will manually start the program so it syncs when I choose to until you can work on a fix.
Duplicate Contacts:
No comments as I didn't experience this.
Visual Voicemail:
This is a great service but it sucks to know CallWave charges for their services. Could you not offer a free service for voicemail? I'm aware of youmail but youmail does not work for International users right now. If you can look into this, that'd be great. I'd be definitely interested and I'm sure others will be too.
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Personal Issues:
Contacts
So far, everythings work as it should but my contacts are out of order.
Page 1 starts with I, J, K, L, M, N, O, H, P, R, S.
Page 2 continues with S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z, A
Page 3 ends with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
Any idea how I could fix this? Please let me know, Thanks.
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Suggestions
1) Ringtones: Right now, they are only accessed from the phone storage. Any way to access the ring tones on storage card?
2) Real-time Home Screen: Maybe you could use this to control your phone, for screen shots etc
3) Transfer ringtones: Transfer directly from websites to dashwire which will sync to the phone directly. For example, you come across a ringtone site, you right click it and it says transfer to dashwire which automatically syncs it with the phone into the right folder and you can change your ringtone from the website. This could help when you don't have wires and you want to upload a new ring tone etc.
4) Change Wallpaper: Using the above idea, you can do the same with wallpapers.
5) Backup Text messages to PC: Download textmessages as a .txt file to PC
6) Download Pictures or Videos to PC: Using this option, you can download pictures or videos to PC.
Those are some suggestions for now. Let me know what you think. Finally, Thanks for making this FREE. Looking forward to more updates in the future.
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Anyone try this? If so, post some feedback.
tried it...hate it. only backed up 1/2 of my contacts..... slow as molasses below freezing...
I just registered on the site, and went to m.dashwire.com on my phone to get the app.
I got the app and tried to install the cab but right when it finished downloaded it said. "instalation of dashwire-wm-2.0.0.354.cab was unsuccesful"
Whats the deal?
Im running on windows 6.1 kavana
i'm experiencing the same problem....can anyone upload a working .cab file?
i'm on kavana 6.1 and had no issues at all. been running it for about 20 hours now.
mjp, you think you could post your cab file plz?
kingtaco11 said:
I just registered on the site, and went to m.dashwire.com on my phone to get the app.
I got the app and tried to install the cab but right when it finished downloaded it said. "instalation of dashwire-wm-2.0.0.354.cab was unsuccesful"
Whats the deal?
Im running on windows 6.1 kavana
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Sorry about that... looks like in preparation for the release of some new features we made some changes to the server. In the process something broke down on our end and users are unable to install the mobile client at the moment. We are working on it right now, and I'll report here the moment we get everything working again.
Dashwire - I posted suggestions, comments and personal issues I was going through. Please look into it when you get a chance, Thanks.
You should now be able to download the Mobile Client.
@lukybandit: Looks like a great response that you posted that addressed a lot of key issues. I'll respond to it when I get a chance. Thanks for all the help and the feedback.
I just started using it right now and its syncing everything up. Seems pretty cool so far...lets see if it lags my phone.
I'm very unhappy with my new Desire. It is of course, also, the problem regarding "the change" from WM to Android, but... I cannot choose "My location" and now I just discovered that YOU CAN'T SYNC NOTES AND TASK with Outlook. This is unbelievable! If the problem with My location and weather shown in the HOME Screen it's not so serious (you can check the weather on line) the problem with the sync it's awful, and there is no program on the "market" to solve it.
I can't believe that I just bought a 500 euro phone and it is so useless. Is there any chance to replace the famous "Android" with a real OS like WM 6.5 (from HD2) for example???
Please I'm desperate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
buy a HD2 instead. (!!!11!1!!!)
Why did you buy an Android phone if you want to install WM 6.5 on it?
Why do people still use Outlook is beyond my belief
Why do people still sync to a computer (that can only be in one place at a time) is again beyond my belief.
I have my Desire for 2 weeks now and I never even installed the sync app, don't even know what it looks like.
But to answer your question: NO you can't replace Android to the fake ... i mean real OS Windows Mobile.
I came from Windows Mobile and I couldn't be happier i got rid of it. Stop thinking offline, and start thinking cloud sync... it'll eventually be the default weather we like it or not.
You can argue (From a technical pov) that WM6.5 is a real OS and that Android isn't. In fact even Symbian would be more of a "Real" OS than Android. The difference is that those two OSes can run native code and Android just runs everything via Java. This doesn't mean much to most users but to developers it means a lot.
someone please shut this thread before the OP gets flamed to death......
If native code means a deficiency of decent apps, where even the few good ones are jerky, clunky and Windows CE...ey then I'm all for Java - go Java.
I left the HD2 because Windows Mobile is unreliable (believe it or not) because it was never meant to handle such complex skins as Sense UI and therefore leaked memory like a teabag full of pulped brain; and also because there was a deficiency of decent apps (despite its supposed ability to handle 'native code'). If it's so great then why are most of the .cabs people install fixes and patches rather than ACTUAL apps? And why are there no decent alternative Facebook apps etc? Is Windows Mobile 'TOO GOOD' for this sort of software development? For an OS a fifth of the age of Windows Mobile, Android has ten times as many IM apps (for example). Why is this so?
Android allows for one to code/install apps for even CORE applications like SMS and Email: show me a decent email replacement for Windows Mobile? One that ACTUALLY REPLACES the native one....you can't? Android can.
And as capricious as it might seem the rubbish email client in Windows Mobile was one of the reasons I started to loath the OS. What is the point of the 'click to scroll right' and 'pictures blocked for security reasons' BS??? Is it REALLY necessary? And why is it so....ugly?
Anyway I thought I'd get my word in before this thread gets closed. If you can't move with the times then go and buy a TyTn 2 or something. Outlook syncing will soon be as dead as Windows Mobile so for Google to include it would be a backwards step, being as more necessary features are still to be implemented.
It's all about the cloud.
P.S. research before jumping in and buying a phone as you seem to have very specific requirements. Outlook task and notes syncing is a VERY SPECIFIC requirement which in the overall scheme of a burgeoning OS would be deemed unnecessary by Google. I wouldn't buy a Renault Megane if I needed a tractor.
I think it's just a case of people not liking change at all. So the different and sometimes better things that Android provides seem not so good.
Why do people still use Outlook is beyond my belief
Why do people still sync to a computer (that can only be in one place at a time) is again beyond my belief.
I have my Desire for 2 weeks now and I never even installed the sync app, don't even know what it looks like.
But to answer your question: NO you can't replace Android to the fake ... i mean real OS Windows Mobile.
I came from Windows Mobile and I couldn't be happier i got rid of it. Stop thinking offline, and start thinking cloud sync... it'll eventually be the default weather we like it or not.
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For work purposes most likely? Information that has to be stored securely in outlook on a system which they DO NOT want in the cloud? But would like to sync via hard wire or secure connection to the device?
Outlook syncing will be alive as long as Microsoft push it and businesses continue to use it and would rather not have information in the cloud, even Windows Phone 7 offers outlook syncing, it isn't going anywhere.
I havn't tried but doesn't htc sync allow to sync with Outlook?? I though that was what it said on the box....
Anyhow, i've just come from an HTC Touch HD where i have tried all the versions of windows and senses and other interfaces and i have to say i am loving my new desire!!!!
I am no developer but Android is so much better adapted to a smartphone, it's fast, fluid and allows all sorts of customization and when i had my HD, as far as i can remember, there were like 20 apps on the marketplace, i thin android market is at 30.000???? No question, no comparison!!!
An app on the Market - Touchdown allows tasks syncing with outlook. Not sure about Notes.
But to be honest, as has been said, why spend €500 on a phone and not have done any research into wether it will do what you want it to.
Not only that, but if its a problem, then in most instances you wil be able to return it within 7 or 14 days for a refund (less any charges) so you should have done that.
Whats the moral of this tale :- Always do your research!
solaris78 said:
I'm very unhappy with my new Desire. It is of course, also, the problem regarding "the change" from WM to Android, but... I cannot choose "My location" and now I just discovered that YOU CAN'T SYNC NOTES AND TASK with Outlook. This is unbelievable! If the problem with My location and weather shown in the HOME Screen it's not so serious (you can check the weather on line) the problem with the sync it's awful, and there is no program on the "market" to solve it.
I can't believe that I just bought a 500 euro phone and it is so useless. Is there any chance to replace the famous "Android" with a real OS like WM 6.5 (from HD2) for example???
Please I'm desperate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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If you had such explicit requirements, why didn't you do the research before hand?
Regarding issue with syncing tasks, use the calendar to create your tasks in outlook, use an app on your computer called google calendar sync to upload it to a gmail account, then you'll have them on your phone... simple.
Gustibus non disputandum est!
That means (I hope I write it down correct): the tastes are not questionable!!
I did my research before buying this toy, and I can return it in 30 days (10 to go), and the HD2 was the first option but the sizes ... to big for me.
At the office I use Outlook on my laptop to do notes, task, appointments (on my laptop)... and so on, and when I'm on the field maybe I need some of them, so.... I WILL LIKE TO SYNC MY NOTES FROM LAPTOP WITH MY PHONE. What is so hard to understand? That not everybody use the phone for games and billions of apps which are doing the same thing. In 3 hours of searching I found not more than 5 interesting application (and the WM has 3 of them in the original OS). That's all!
Why I use Outlook ? Because I have a job and an server e-mail and like any more than 70% of this world computers I use MIcrosoft Software. I received an advice from one forum: use Gmail notes! You gotta be kidding ! This 500 euro phone should have some real business apps. I don't use phone for music, pictures and games, instead I need a mail client which allow me to select different mails and mark them like read, or unread. I receive hundreds of mail daily and I need to organize them. What it's so hard to understand?
Give me a break with this Android OS. I hoped that will be different than Iphone but it's the same sheet. I prefer to have notes instead Facebook...social communication ! And tasks instead youtube!
When I bought this phone I never thought that the sync software will not sync notes and tasks. The 5 years old Nokia or Sony that I used then had it. MY problem is that the solution is so simple but you prefer to tell me that I have 3 billions of apps, why I need notes when I can play poker or chess?in 5000 languages.
In my opinion Android is a great software but ... for this price you should think that are some people which are trying to use it for the daily job and not for messenger to pick-up minor teenage girls.
One of you wrote: why do you use Outlook, get on-line... Some information will never go on-line... company policy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And yes Android it's more simple to use than WM, but because it's simple he does simple things, but I NEED MORE! so I guess I need WM, complicated but it has what I need; it's just like cars: some people like muscle cars (pure power and simple technology), but others prefer German or Japanese cars which are maybe a little bit complicated but they offer something different.
thanks anyway!
snapilica2003 said:
Why do people still use Outlook is beyond my belief
Why do people still sync to a computer (that can only be in one place at a time) is again beyond my belief.
I have my Desire for 2 weeks now and I never even installed the sync app, don't even know what it looks like.
But to answer your question: NO you can't replace Android to the fake ... i mean real OS Windows Mobile.
I came from Windows Mobile and I couldn't be happier i got rid of it. Stop thinking offline, and start thinking cloud sync... it'll eventually be the default weather we like it or not.
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what mail client do you use: Gmail, yahoo? are you in the kindergarden? or maybe you use phone for Facebook and Youtube. It's so cool you can see your friends on-line. Take care, maybe someday you will lose contact with the real world, and than you will be in the MATRIX... and poor me I'll be offline!
Sorry I couldn't resist ! but now seriously :WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THIS PHONE ?
So basically you're here to have a rant because you made a poor choice when buying a phone. Fair enough.
For what it's worth, I work in IT, and I use the Desire to keep a watch on my company email and calendar, sync'ed from Exchange Server. Does the job just fine. I don't use notes in Outlook because what ever you want to do, there is always a better alternative, even a note app on the phone itself would do a better job.
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solaris78 said:
That means (I hope I write it down correct): the tastes are not questionable!!
I did my research before buying this toy, and I can return it in 30 days (10 to go), and the HD2 was the first option but the sizes ... to big for me.
At the office I use Outlook on my laptop to do notes, task, appointments (on my laptop)... and so on, and when I'm on the field maybe I need some of them, so.... I WILL LIKE TO SYNC MY NOTES FROM LAPTOP WITH MY PHONE. What is so hard to understand? That not everybody use the phone for games and billions of apps which are doing the same thing. In 3 hours of searching I found not more than 5 interesting application (and the WM has 3 of them in the original OS). That's all!
Why I use Outlook ? Because I have a job and an server e-mail and like any more than 70% of this world computers I use MIcrosoft Software. I received an advice from one forum: use Gmail notes! You gotta be kidding ! This 500 euro phone should have some real business apps. I don't use phone for music, pictures and games, instead I need a mail client which allow me to select different mails and mark them like read, or unread. I receive hundreds of mail daily and I need to organize them. What it's so hard to understand?
Give me a break with this Android OS. I hoped that will be different than Iphone but it's the same sheet. I prefer to have notes instead Facebook...social communication ! And tasks instead youtube!
When I bought this phone I never thought that the sync software will not sync notes and tasks. The 5 years old Nokia or Sony that I used then had it. MY problem is that the solution is so simple but you prefer to tell me that I have 3 billions of apps, why I need notes when I can play poker or chess?in 5000 languages.
In my opinion Android is a great software but ... for this price you should think that are some people which are trying to use it for the daily job and not for messenger to pick-up minor teenage girls.
One of you wrote: why do you use Outlook, get on-line... Some information will never go on-line... company policy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And yes Android it's more simple to use than WM, but because it's simple he does simple things, but I NEED MORE! so I guess I need WM, complicated but it has what I need; it's just like cars: some people like muscle cars (pure power and simple technology), but others prefer German or Japanese cars which are maybe a little bit complicated but they offer something different.
thanks anyway!
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Yeah after reading a bit, i think that you didn't really put much research into this... On your statements i would recommend Blackberry, its for emails, tasks and sync.
solaris78 said:
it's just like cars: some people like muscle cars (pure power and simple technology), but others prefer German or Japanese cars which are maybe a little bit complicated but they offer something different.
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Show me the man who looks to buy a broken car, and I'll show you a HD2 that actually works as it's supposed to
solaris78 said:
what mail client do you use: Gmail, yahoo? are you in the kindergarden? or maybe you use phone for Facebook and Youtube. It's so cool you can see your friends on-line. Take care, maybe someday you will lose contact with the real world, and than you will be in the MATRIX... and poor me I'll be offline!
Sorry I couldn't resist ! but now seriously :WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THIS PHONE ?
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dude, the thing is, YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THIS PHONE. Period. When you bought it you know, it's running android. As for syncing with outlook, you could have research it before hand. If you explicitly use it for syncing with outlook, and your work has a lot to do with microsoft software, why did you not buy a windows mobile device? answer me, plz.
What next? ppl are gonna come out complaining they cant install windows mobile on their iphone? give me a break.
solaris78 said:
what mail client do you use: Gmail, yahoo? are you in the kindergarden? or maybe you use phone for Facebook and Youtube. It's so cool you can see your friends on-line. Take care, maybe someday you will lose contact with the real world, and than you will be in the MATRIX... and poor me I'll be offline!
Sorry I couldn't resist ! but now seriously :WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THIS PHONE ?
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I'm actually working for a global telecom company as IT, so your statement above makes me laugh.
Do you guys don't separate your work life from your personal life? Are you doing work all the time.
My phone is exactly that, MY phone, not the company's phone, not the work phone. I'm not paying MY money to have a phone for work. My company gave me a phone and that's the work phone, that's the phone i'm called when someone from WORK wants to reach me, that phone is for work mail, that phone is for the stuff you said you needed. That phone that has the features my work requires from me.
This phone is my personal phone. I don't want to be contacted on this phone, I don't want to do work on this phone, it's MY phone and yeah, I do use Gmail as a personal email, I do use Google Calendar as my personal agenda, I do use Google Contacts and many many other cloud applications Google offers and I couldn't be happier. I want Facebook on MY phone, I want YouTube on MY phone.
Oh and that outlook you so much want is just a fronted to a MTA server, be it POP3, IMAP or Exchange. If you're not working for a secret spy agency most likely those MTA's are public and accessible from the internet. Why not connect to those and insist to connect to Outlook? If your company uses Exchange you can set up this phone to use it also, and you can sync everything outlook has ... through the cloud (that is if you work in a normal company that actually lets users check their mail when not at the office), so you don't need to be connected to anything, just need internet on the phone.
I configured the Exchange ActiveSync from my work account the phone and works like a charm, if i put an appointment on my phone it shows up on Outlook after a few minutes "just like that", if i put an appointment on Outlook it shows up on my phone "just like that". To tell you the truth since I got this phone, i never once hooked it to a computer, only transfered via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth sometimes.
foner78 said:
So basically you're here to have a rant because you made a poor choice when buying a phone. Fair enough.
For what it's worth, I work in IT, and I use the Desire to keep a watch on my company email and calendar, sync'ed from Exchange Server. Does the job just fine. I don't use notes in Outlook because what ever you want to do, there is always a better alternative, even a note app on the phone itself would do a better job.
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No man, I don't have a rant here, just trying to explain myself. It's not fair what happens to me here, because I asked a question and everybody jumped on me instead helping me. Exchange Server it's a great solution but unfortunately my company will not use a server for this. And for me there is no better alternative than Outlook, WE ARE DIFFERENT, accept it. I installed 10 notes apps, but none have sync with outlook. I know that I can use notes directly on phone but it's much easier on the laptop.
I repeat: I can, and probably I will return the phone. I love how it looks, dimensions, the hardware... and I was thinking that maybe because it's a software problem it can be solved. Why are so ... LOCKED ?
I know it is hard to believe that in this day and age there are people who do not spend half their day refreshing Facebook and Twitter. I personally do not even have an account at Facebook or Twitter or any other social networking site.
This is no problem as long as Facebook access is contained in an app that I can simply not launch. In WP7 however, from what I've seen of it at least, the social networking aspects seem completely unavoidable.
Whenever I go into contacts or people or whatever they are calling it, there will be a whole "What's New" column (Facebook Wall or recent Tweets I guess?) that for me would be blank all the time. Then there is the option to "share" content with others that seems to appear on every other context menu in the OS.
I'll admit my knowledge of WP7 is so far only skin deep. It is just a lot of what I read about it talks about how well integrated it is with social networks.
So does anyone know how far this integration goes? Is it just a few features that can be easily ignored? Or is it so deeply weeded to the OS that it would be constantly in your way and difficult to remove, like IE used to be with Windows.
If it is the later, clearly the best solution would be to not purchase a phone with WP7 on it.
Clearly WP7 has a ton of social integration within the OS but I don't think it's going to be mandatory that you actually use the stuff. They are aiming the device at business as well as entertainment and I know some companies would not want their employees doing facebook on their work phones. I'm sure they've realized this and made it so those features just don't show up when you arent linked to a facebook account.
MooGoo said:
I know it is hard to believe that in this day and age there are people who do not spend half their day refreshing Facebook and Twitter. I personally do not even have an account at Facebook or Twitter or any other social networking site.
This is no problem as long as Facebook access is contained in an app that I can simply not launch. In WP7 however, from what I've seen of it at least, the social networking aspects seem completely unavoidable.
Whenever I go into contacts or people or whatever they are calling it, there will be a whole "What's New" column (Facebook Wall or recent Tweets I guess?) that for me would be blank all the time. Then there is the option to "share" content with others that seems to appear on every other context menu in the OS.
I'll admit my knowledge of WP7 is so far only skin deep. It is just a lot of what I read about it talks about how well integrated it is with social networks.
So does anyone know how far this integration goes? Is it just a few features that can be easily ignored? Or is it so deeply weeded to the OS that it would be constantly in your way and difficult to remove, like IE used to be with Windows.
If it is the later, clearly the best solution would be to not purchase a phone with WP7 on it.
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+1 with a little difference.
What do people like us do who do have facebook and twitter account but since we are based in china they are completely blocked here. Facebook, twitter, dailymotion, youtube etc are mostly blocked and hence i see the integration in Win 7 not much useful. Though i do think it will offer a lot of uniqueness but for me it would be iphone in the very future when i decide to buy the phone.
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I hate face..shi..t and I don't need twitter
but, because I do not have an account on these sites would stop using WM7
sorry for my english.. is english-google.. XD
if you dont have a account then just dont sign in..its not mandatory, just an added feature that you can turn on if you want/need
I don't understand. If you don't use Facebook and Twitter then just... don't use it. What task could you possibly be trying to do that would say"must log in to Facebook to continue"? None
If you don't have Facebook feeds coming in there is nothing to avoid or ignore.. so what's the problem again?
burnblue said:
I don't understand. If you don't use Facebook and Twitter then just... don't use it. What task could you possibly be trying to do that would say"must log in to Facebook to continue"? None
If you don't have Facebook feeds coming in there is nothing to avoid or ignore.. so what's the problem again?
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Are you sure?
In the emulator at least, the column "What's New" is always there. Whether it be right next to the alphabetical list of contacts, or right next to the single contact info screen.
Also, because of the panorama display, you always see part of the next screen to your right. Then there is the fact that it is necessary to pan your way through contiguous screens to get to the one you want (there seems to be no way to skip over intervening screens/tabs).
These are the two main reasons which lead me to believe that this kind of integration is not something that can be simply disabled.
I never setup any Facebook account on the emulator.
Of course I realize that this is beta/alpha software I am dealing with. Hopefully Microsoft will be smart enough to remove social networking related tabs (screens, pages, what are they supposed to be called now?) if the appropriate accounts are not set up.
I don't see why a "share" option in a context menu or a "What's New" tab on a panel can't be shown if a person does not have social networking set up.
Take Sony Ericsson phones for example. MusicNow and stuff like a WAP browser don't simply "disappear" if you don't set it up. It's still there among the options.
Look at Nokia phones. Even if you don't set up an APN for use with internet, the option to click on a link from a SMS to launch a website would still appear. Whether you click on it is up to you.
The option to "share" in WP7 should always be there. Whether you click on it is up to you.
Hemant said:
What do people like us do who do have facebook and twitter account but since we are based in china they are completely blocked here. Facebook, twitter, dailymotion, youtube etc are mostly blocked and hence i see the integration in Win 7 not much useful. Though i do think it will offer a lot of uniqueness but for me it would be iphone in the very future when i decide to buy the phone.
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Maybe you can use a proxy or VPN service?
MooGoo said:
Are you sure?
In the emulator at least, the column "What's New" is always there. Whether it be right next to the alphabetical list of contacts, or right next to the single contact info screen.
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With the whats new maybe if you don't have Facebook/twitter linked it would just show recent SMS under peoples names or emails?
I'm going on the assumption that because the OEM developer documentation says that any OEM included applications 'must work without network/internet connectivity' that the OS will also work this way and there will be options to turn on and off the features.
It may turn out that we need to 'unlock' these features though as so far I've only seen it written in OEM info.
Interesting. Wouldn't that requirement exclude the inclusion of something like a weather application? Or does it just mean that the program would have to have the capability to cache data for offline use if necessary.
Even assuming that 'What's New' doesn't show you emails, SMS and other updates from that contact that have nothing to do with social networks...
you don't have to swipe over there.
With developers' ability to plug in, 'What's New' is at some point going to include some functionality you're interested in. Even if it's empty, that's no reason to disable it
I do hope you are correct about What's New being populated with emails/SMS etc, that would at least make some sense. But if this is not the case, I do not see why I should need to put up with an entirely worthless panel just on the off chance that some carrier may someday decide to put something there that interests me.
And why shouldn't I be able to disable it? If it is not disabled and just left empty as you suggest, I would indeed have to swipe it as the OS does not seem to provide a way to simply jump to the panel you want to see. This is another issue entirely, constantly having to swipe through unwanted content just to get the information you do want will get old very quickly.
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And why shouldn't I be able to disable it?
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Why shouldn't you be able to multi-task?
Why shouldn't you be able to develop in any language for any API that you want?
Why shouldn't you...
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Hey guys!
It's 2011, so if you haven't already taken a step into the cloud, it's time to get started! This guide shows you how to take all your data automatically in the cloud to free your phone storage for things like apps and games, which cannot be accessed through a cloud (yet).
Before I start, I just want to make it clear that this thread should NOT be used to discuss what things are safe in the cloud and all that privacy related stuff. If you have passed your ego and realized that you are not the most important/secret person on this planet with all your documents and stuff being soo secret, then go on, the cloud is waiting for you. If you have problems concerning privacy related topics open a new thread and simply CTRL + W out of here right now.
A second note concerning availability of Internet in some areas:
Before you synchronize everything through a cloud you have to ask yourself how often you loose your internet connection with your mobile. If you find yourself often in areas without coverage or poor connection, or if you have a limited data plan you maybe only should sync your Contacts & Calendars, but not Movies since it would become unusable, or at least very frustrating. In Germany and U.S.A. (I guess) you don't have to worry anymore, I've got full speed connection no matter where I go, but you have to know this for yourself.
Personal Stuff - Contacts, Calendars and more
First of all, let's start with the obvious stuff. Things like Calendars, E-Mail, Contacts not only can be stored in the cloud, it would be foolish not to do so! In a time when people have more than one device that can access the internet and are "smart" (i.e. can display calendars & stuff, don't blame me for calling that smart, blame the ads ) it would be terrible when devices can't communicate with each other to sync changes. When your appointment get's delayed it should show up directly on your PC, shouldn't it? But enough of the reasons, let's get this started.
Setting this sync up maybe the easiest of all, because Android is all about syncing these stuff almost by default. You simply have to use the Google Apps GMail for your mail and contacts, Google Calendar for your schedule and so on. Feel free to discover all of the Google Apps and decide for yourself what you need and want.
To set the sync up on your phone simply
Goto Settings -> Accounts and sync -> [email protected] -> Sync Contacts, Calendar, Gmail, ...
And boom! there you go. All your information is now synced between your devices, no matter where you change any of it.
Photos
The next thing to sync would be your pictures. For this media type, I have chosen to write a guide about setting up a sync with Google's Picasa Webapp. Although you might choose other Photohosting sites like Flickr or SmugMug, Picasa enjoys a deep integration in the Android system. To set this sync up, you need to go through 2 steps:
1. (Automatic) Upload of your pictures
Like fruit-fanatic Jobs said: "There's an app for that". For this task (and the movies later) the app "Pixelpipe Post and Upload HD" seems to be perfect, since it also got a feature to automatically upload your pics to your Picasa web albums right after you've shot one.
Set-Up Guide:
1. Create a Pixelpipe account
2. Create a "pipe" for your Picasa account
3. Enable "auto upload" in Settings (works like a charm on the Galaxy S)
4. Shoot some pics and try
2. Sync your Picasa web albums to the phone
After we got our Photos up in the cloud, we need a way to view them on our device. Thanks to Google, we can integrate them in our SNS sync in the settings menu:
Goto Settings -> Accounts and sync -> [email protected] -> Sync Picasa Web Albums
After your next sync (i.e. immediately ) you can find all your Picasa web albums in the Gallery app indicated with a small Picasa logo. This is the major advantage of Picasa, because with your photos being integrated in the gallery, every third party app can use them to modify or distribute your images.
Movies
In syncing movies, we take a similar way like Photos, also using the Pixelpipe app. Our destination will be Youtube because it delivers us unlimited space. Disadvantages of Youtube are a 15 min limit, but if you don't have a problem with that, Youtube is fine.
To set the sync up, simply add a "pipe" in your Pixelpipe app to Youtube and enable autosync. I recommend to set the video to private or not listed, because but that is again your own choice. You have to choose wether you want to have the whole Youtube Community watching your pretty vids or not . You can choose to opt-out on autosync, and only upload when you are on Wifi, since this could really take up some bandwith. The advantage of uploading with the Pixelpipe app over the built in "Share to -> Youtube" option is that you can upload HD video. The built in share option uploads your videos in minor quality.
To view your videos simply fire up your youtube app and enter your Username. Your videos will then be displayed under the "My Videos" tab. To download them again, simply use any of the Youtube video downloader apps available on the market.
Music
For our favorite tunes, we will use mSpot to access and stream our whole library directly from our phone. First of all you have to download the sync app for your Computer from www.mspot.com and select what you want to send up into the cloud. Note that free Users gain 2 GB of storage, so maybe you need to make a selection on what you want to take with you and what not.
After your music is placed in the cloud you can download the mspot Music app for Android, enter your Username and PW and gain direct access to your music. The only lag I encountered was when starting a song, it takes about 1-2 seconds longer than a local media player like Winamp, but mspot can also access files that are directly stored on your phone.
NOTE: Galaxy devices are having a playback issue right now, where the song sometimes just goes silent and you have to tap on pause and resume to hear something again. Mspot is aware of this issue and working on it.
Data
Tired of connecting your phone through USB to copy stuff to your device? The answer to that is "Fiabee"! This works best with Google's Browser Chrome since you can directly put images and more into your Fiabee space or send them directly to the device (Link). The advantage of Fiabee is: Space. They are throwing free space away like hell, I just got 16GB because I was an early user -> Try it!
Another service of choice could be DropBox. Here you have a volume that syncs to every device that is connected the cloud, wether it is a desktop computer, netbook, mobile or tablet. An extremely reliable and fast service, which makes sharing with specific persons or groups very easy.
That's it! If you have any suggestion, comment or question, feel free to share your thought!
bye, Smirny
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Smirny said:
If you have passed your ego and realized that you are not the most important/secret person on this planet
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Well, this leaves me out.
w98seeng said:
Well, this leaves me out.
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Don't be sad, I'll send you a golden USB cable for next christmas
for Galaxy S owners all of the above are optional
as it requires either an unlimited 3G plan, or wifi access all the time
for Nexus S owners, it's almost a must to have everything on the cloud
well I have quite unlimited 3G here @Vodafone. And my HD videos only get uploaded through Wifi, it simply would take too long through 3G sometimes.
1) good one, thanks!
2) Does pixelpipe delete the uploaded photos? Otherwise you would see them twice. Picasa and on the phone ?!
MrBusiness said:
1) good one, thanks!
2) Does pixelpipe delete the uploaded photos? Otherwise you would see them twice. Picasa and on the phone ?!
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No it does not delete the photos. Currently you have to do it manually :/
Smirny said:
well I have quite unlimited 3G here @Vodafone. And my HD videos only get uploaded through Wifi, it simply would take too long through 3G sometimes.
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Is it sad that my upload bandwidth from 3G+ is faster than my Wifi at home?
AllGamer said:
for Galaxy S owners all of the above are optional
as it requires either an unlimited 3G plan, or wifi access all the time
for Nexus S owners, it's almost a must to have everything on the cloud
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Are you saying this sure to the nexus s memory limitations or for some other reason?
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Is it sad that my upload bandwidth from 3G+ is faster than my Wifi at home?
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No, of course not ^^ At some places even I reach faster cellular upload rates than at home, but it still takes some time, so I don't want to walk around the Munich airport in circles to upload my videos =)
Thanks, any chance of a fiabee invite?
of course. Isn't registration open any longer?
https://sync.fiabee.com/i/4d210e4c11af1
thanks, just read somewhere that invites get you more space? but it doesn't seem that is the case anymore But still 1gb storage is better than nothing
well then maybe you should rely on dropbox, fiabee syncs well, but for some images you can't do stuff with them in other apps because you can't put them in the gallery :/ but in combination with the google chrome webapp it's beautiful.
btw. just realized that I forgot to link that chrome app in the original post ^^
Smirny said:
To set the sync up, simply add a "pipe" in your Pixelpipe app to Youtube and enable autosync. I recommend to set the video to private or not listed, because but that is again your own choice. You have to choose wether you want to have the whole Youtube Community watching your pretty vids or not .
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Is there an option to automatically make the uploaded videos private on YouTube or does it take a manual setting?
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Is there an option to automatically make the uploaded videos private on YouTube or does it take a manual setting?
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I haven't found an option yet, I'd be curious about that too :/ Right now you have to set it to private manually, and the particular bad thing about this is that you can't do that neither in the app nor the mobile website, you have to go to the desktop website to do that :/ Or maybe I have missed a setting ...
great news:
the mSpot App now got rid of the Playback issue and it works perfectly on the SGS now =)
I've been looking all over for a comparison between Fiabee and Dropbox. Anyone?
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bump this great thread.
Is there any way to control what pictures are used on the people hubs live tile? For some reason this thing alway grabs the same few people out of Linkedin that I haven't talked to in years. I have no interest in seeing these people's mugs every time I turn on the phone.
Anyone know how to control this other than de-friending the people in question?
Thanks
Don't use Linked In, but on my Focus with Mango, I select a picture as a favorite. Only pictures I select as Favorites show up in the Live Tile. I have about 200 photos on my phone. Currently I have 10 of those as Favorites. Not one picture outside of the Favorites has shown up since Mango upgrade.
Is that for the photo's hub or people hub? I know I can do that for the pictures hub but the people hub tile shows pics of your contacts. It's not just linked in BTW, it will grab a few Facebook friends. Again it seems like I get the same ones over and over and usually its people I don't really want to see every time I look at my phone
willp2 said:
Is that for the photo's hub or people hub? I know I can do that for the pictures hub but the people hub tile shows pics of your contacts. It's not just linked in BTW, it will grab a few Facebook friends. Again it seems like I get the same ones over and over and usually its people I don't really want to see every time I look at my phone
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maybe you should get more better looking friends...
but seriously, it seems to be random, and afaik there is no way to select who it shows.
adiliyo said:
maybe you should get more better looking friends...
but seriously, it seems to be random, and afaik there is no way to select who it shows.
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Well can't argue with that. No doubt they're not all super models
I agree that it seems randomish. But it's really not for me. It still seems to pull the same few over and over again.
Oh well I guess its just the way it is.
Hi, I have a HTC Titan, and before that I had a Diamond. When I receive a call from any contats only apperars the telephone number. In my Diamond appears the photo ou contact name. How can I fix it?