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Post by Tim on May 28, 2016 10:48:00 GMT
British Airways, no HSBC banking app, no Gizmo, no JRemote, iPlayer radio is crap you can't download on WP same same the iPlayer app, no BBC News app, you can't get apps for museums etc in the US, the list is endless Martin
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Post by Tim on May 28, 2016 10:48:51 GMT
I use the BA ap a lot and the Android version is way better
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Post by MartinT on May 28, 2016 11:04:58 GMT
British Airways, no HSBC banking app, no Gizmo, no JRemote, iPlayer radio is crap you can't download on WP same same the iPlayer app, no BBC News app, you can't get apps for museums etc in the US, the list is endless Martin Since I don't use any of those (and the Barclays banking app is superb), it's clear to me that I don't see the problems that you do. YMMV, as they say. |
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Post by stanleyb on May 28, 2016 11:57:02 GMT
I am not attached to apps, so for me their availability is a non-issue. The only thing I am interested in is that I can send and receive phone calls and emails, and take pics. In the case of emails I need a copy of my reply sent to my server. The Windows phone I got does all that.
I don't use my phone to pay for anything.
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Post by Tim on May 28, 2016 13:52:06 GMT
British Airways, no HSBC banking app, no Gizmo, no JRemote, iPlayer radio is crap you can't download on WP same same the iPlayer app, no BBC News app, you can't get apps for museums etc in the US, the list is endless Martin Since I don't use any of those (and the Barclays banking app is superb), it's clear to me that I don't see the problems that you do. YMMV, as they say. Haha, that's the point Martin, if you have a Windows phone you can't  |
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Post by MartinT on May 28, 2016 13:58:13 GMT
Err, no, that's not what I'm saying. It all works and there's nothing I want for at all.
Don't get me wrong, Android is ok in my book if a little all over the place version-wise, but it doesn't particularly wow me. iPhones do nothing for me at all. Small, old tech and crap OS.
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Post by Tim on May 28, 2016 14:11:16 GMT
On that I agree, Android doesn't wow me either, I love my WP but it's sat in a drawer because of its limitations for my use. It's my preferred OS by far, but if it won't do what I want it's useless  |
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Post by speedysteve on May 29, 2016 15:50:58 GMT
Add to the good ones - Nmedium for Jriver control (better than Gizmo IMO), OneDrive and Skype.
Not so good, Facebook but the messenger app works fine and
as Martin says Here drive is great. Better than android offerings I've compared it with.
Word, excel, torch, Radio Sweden and a few others are all adequate if not Stella.
On top of martins ones I don't use many more.
Oh there is no racquet tune equivalent so I use a Kindle for that;)
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Post by Tim on May 30, 2016 2:59:01 GMT
I tried nMedium Steve and really didn't like it, looked like something Chad Valley would make, I love Gizmo, so it's all down to preference. Also Gizmo is a free app, I wouldn't pay for nMedium in fact I wouldn't use it over Gizmo even if it were free.
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Post by speedysteve on May 30, 2016 8:58:39 GMT
Don't think I paid for nMedium, if I did it was pennies and to have it on my phone which I always have on me is great.
As you say, personal preference.
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Post by Tim on May 30, 2016 10:57:40 GMT
It's only $1.49, but as I didn't like it I never bought it after the free trial expired.
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Post by Slinger on Jun 1, 2016 16:53:16 GMT
I thought I'd pass this on, as we were talking about Windows Live Mail being phased out a little while ago. I've switched to Outlook from Outlook Express and one thing that Express did simply but Outlook has no direct facility for it seems, is combining account inboxes. I've got five or six different email addresses and it was nice to have incoming mail from all of them in one easily accessible folder/inbox, but when I switched that wasn't there so after a little digging I found this solution. It's not exactly rocket science so don't be put off by the fact you may have to go a tiny bit further into Outlook that you might be used to, it's worth the effort. |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 1, 2016 18:34:49 GMT
You should be able to create a mailbox in Outlook and have multiple accounts all flow into the same inbox. I've never done it (since Exchange has those facilities directly) but I can see how it's done.
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Post by Tim on Jun 2, 2016 11:48:15 GMT
The way I did this is to just go to the original email account and set up forwarding and forward all other accounts to your Outlook account. Also if you manually set up a new Pop/IMAP account in Outlook you can point mail to a selected Outlook pst data file, which merges all mail  Paul's method works fine too. As with most software there's normally more than one way to skin a cat. You just need to find it! |
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Post by stanleyb on Jun 6, 2016 11:11:19 GMT
Thanks Stan. Will do. It's a small desktop with DVD drive. Well that was a bit of a hunt for the eject button on the DVD player. You need to do the updates for W7 and Office. I didn't check if it is set for auto update or not. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 6, 2016 11:14:57 GMT
Was an odd one for sure.
Thanks for all the work on that. Really appreciated, as well as the new Caiman components
In both case I was really glad you did it and not me. I'd still be at it and may have never got all right
I will set that pc up and run separately while using this one until all ok.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 8, 2016 19:48:00 GMT
For those of you on the Fast Track, v14361 has just come through for both W10 desktop and WM10 phone.
One really important feature is support for plug-ins for the Edge browser, as well as finally full UK English support for Cortana.
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Post by Guest on Jun 11, 2016 9:57:07 GMT
 So fiddly and so many updates, I'm beginning to think I should have stuck with Vista. |
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Post by pre65 on Jun 11, 2016 10:06:06 GMT
Well, I liked XP, and I liked Vista even more.
BUT, after briefly trying W7, and now on W10 I would not go back.
XP is dead, and Vista is due to lose support soon. Do not underestimate the dangers of an old and unsupported operating system.
If you really hate Windows 7 then have you considered something like Ubuntu ? I quite like Ubuntu but it's no way (for me) as easy to use as W10, although it's easy if you only browse the internet. Ubuntu if FREE to use. 
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Post by MartinT on Jun 11, 2016 10:18:15 GMT
WARNING: not long to go now before the W10 free upgrade offer ends.
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