Nokia 920, ATT. On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steven which phone did you get and are you on AT&T or Verizon. It > appears you are on AT&T from what you said. > > Jon > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:16:46 -0800 > > Subject: Re: windows phone 8 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > Let's see... I have had a Windows Phone for a while now. For what I do I > like it. > > I have had a semi-crappy week so haven't had as much time playing with my > new toy (got my 920 on Monday night) as I would like but while fresh... > > I signed in and Linkedin/ Twitter integration was done. Added a Facebook > account and a Gmail account and pretty much done. All my contacts > populated, I have IM or SMS as I choose, normal stuff but the accounts wok > more smoothly. Took off all the ATT apps. > > Tile sizes, like it, spending way to much time figuring out which tiles > are needing to go where. When their commericals 'reinvented around you' > showed up I thought meh, but what you pick does really show how you use > your phone. My wife jokes that she is horrified to be the 'social > butterfly' but my tile set choices and various friends tile sets are very > different. > > I like the Family Room feature. The Rooms feature is kind of like an > expanded Groups feature but with an automatically generate 'shared OneNote' > prep'd for you as wel as a Calender and IM in a spot. > I set mine to backup configuration and pictures to the cloud so it all > shows on my SkyDrive. > > I keep hearing about this 'lack of apps' but it hasn't affected my use. I > have some games, Amazon kindle and mobile, DeekFit Gym Pro and > Crunchyroll. The Weather Channel app came on it but I am debating about > switching to what I used on my old phone. Since I have a Xbox music > subscription none of the other services matter to me. If you have a long > term relationship with a specific app with data in it, I could see your > concern but otherwise there isn't anything I am doing that I couldn't do > natively or found an app for. > > While I haven't changed the defaults on the lock screen of what > notifications show up because they work for me, my wife immediatly did on > hers. > > I am still finding my way around the Windows 8 / wp8 desktop sync tools. > It did pick up my music from my XBox Music selections without a sync but I > like local music. Just haven't had time to explore the differences. I > suspect it has more to do with some fundamental differences and that I > haven't sat down and looked at them much yet. > > My dad likes his (7.5) becuase his Black Berry was having frequent issues > with mail account authentication and no matter what it would just lose it's > mind so I took a chance and talked him into it. He loves it. The email > and contacts just plain work so that and the ability to make text bigger > with pinch to zoom is his 'killer feature' but I know he's got like 10 > games on it which he always _ahems_ about. I suspect he will go for the > Nokia 820 which is a little smaller when it's renewal for him. > > So... I like my phone becuase it just works. My old one did as well, but > this one seems smoother. > > Steven Peck > http://www.blkmtn.org > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Ben M. Schorr <[email protected]>wrote: > > We use OneNote with shared notebooks hosted on our SharePoint server. > Syncs beautifully to Windows Phone. > > Ben M. Schorr > Chief Executive Officer > Roland Schorr & Tower – Flagstaff Office > 928-526-3970 > www.rolandschorr.com * www.twitter.com/bschorr * > www.facebook.com/RolandSchorr > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:54 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: windows phone 8 > > >>> What's the big killer features of Exchange Notes? > > Wait for it.... > Notetaking! > > (Sorry :) > > On a serious note, the lack of this has drove our company mad. We used to > get Notes sync via Good Messaging, but then they dropped it. ActiveSync > STILL doesn't do it. At this day in age, I find that insane. Not even > Windows Phone 8 fully implemented their own AES protocol?!? Color me > baffled. > > For now, until Good brings Notes back to the clients, I've told my user to > stick with Springpad or Evernote for personal notes. > > Sam > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:26 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: windows phone 8 > > As someone who doesn't have Exchange, I'm curious: What's the big killer > features of Exchange Notes? What makes it so important to have on your > phone? > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stefan Jafs > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 > 10:09:43 -0800 > Subject: Re: windows phone 8 > > > > I have the Nokia 920 on order with Rogers here in Toronto, all the > > reviews I have read is that it’s big and heavy but other vice a great > > phone, I also use Notes quite extensively as well, for my iPad I use > > iMExchange2, for the free version I just have to manually updated it. > > For my current phone the Samsung Galaxy S III, I have not bothered > > with Notes yet and now I’m waiting for the Nokia so well see . . > > > > Stefan > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I always trust the reviews on sites like Engadget, Gizmodo and even > > > NewEgg. Might not be much out there yet as it’s a fairly new device > > > but, what I’ve heard has all been pretty positive if you like > > > Windows > > Phones.** > > > ** > > > > > > ** ** > > > > > > Regards,**** > > > > > > * * > > > > > > *Don Guyer** > > > **Catholic Health East - Information Technology***** > > > > > > Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services > > > 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073**** > > > > > > email: *[email protected]***** > > > > > > Office: 610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440**** > > > > > > *For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call > > > the helpdesk @ 610-492-3839.* > > > > > > [image: Description: Description: Description: > > > InfoService-Logo240]**** > > > > > > ** ** > > > > > > *From:* Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] > > > *Sent:* Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:54 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > > *Subject:* OT: windows phone 8**** > > > > > > ** ** > > > > > > Thinking about getting the nokia 920. Anyone have any reasons > > > they’d > > like > > > to share about why or why not to get this device. Also, real world > > > how is the app situation for winphone 8? Anything you really miss > > > from the ios > > or > > > android world of apps and features?**** > > > > > > **** > > > > > > All of the official reviews always seem to miss the real details > > > that make or break a phone for me.**** > > > > > > **** > > > > > > Thanks.**** > > > > > > **** > > > > > > Bill**** > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > --- > > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > > or send an email to [email protected] > > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** Confidentiality Notice: > > > This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Catholic > > > Health East and is intended for the sole use of the intended > > > recipient(s). > > > It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. 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