http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/6/558787 ... provements
Pretty sophisticated. As much "optimization" as Google has done with Android recently for lower spec devices, it is nothing like what MS is doing. I will be able to update to WP8.1 on my Lumia 521! No hacking required.
WP8.1 multitasking improvements
Re: WP8.1 multitasking improvements
So who is going to update early?
http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/14/56123 ... d-features
http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/14/56119 ... 8-1-review
My Lumia 521, bottom end Windows Phone, can run this update. And it should run the new OS pretty well. Can we say that about Android OR iOS?
Also I just ordered a 32GB microSD card for my Lumia 521 in anticipation of being able to install apps to it. Plus this should hold my entire MP3 collection if I was so inclined. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 20-231-577
All I do with the phone these days is turn it on, play Pandora via Bluetooth to my TDK A33 speaker while playing outside with Ian, then I shut it off. But I'd like to try WP8.1 on it. It's only an 8GB phone so the extra room will be handy.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/14/56123 ... d-features
http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/14/56119 ... 8-1-review
My Lumia 521, bottom end Windows Phone, can run this update. And it should run the new OS pretty well. Can we say that about Android OR iOS?
Also I just ordered a 32GB microSD card for my Lumia 521 in anticipation of being able to install apps to it. Plus this should hold my entire MP3 collection if I was so inclined. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 20-231-577
All I do with the phone these days is turn it on, play Pandora via Bluetooth to my TDK A33 speaker while playing outside with Ian, then I shut it off. But I'd like to try WP8.1 on it. It's only an 8GB phone so the extra room will be handy.
Re: WP8.1 multitasking improvements
Awesome reason #37 to buy a Windows Phone (like a Lumia 520 or 521) instead of an iPod touch: offline maps.
I can download maps for the entire country and use my 521 as a GPS. I've long since finished my T-Mobile experiment but maps (and POI search) will work perfectly. This phone was $99 (the 520 is even cheaper). Why does everyone not have one??
I can download maps for the entire country and use my 521 as a GPS. I've long since finished my T-Mobile experiment but maps (and POI search) will work perfectly. This phone was $99 (the 520 is even cheaper). Why does everyone not have one??
Re: WP8.1 multitasking improvements
Cortana is going to be really good. Check out this anecdote:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/14/56156 ... ew-me-away
http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/14/56156 ... ew-me-away
Re: WP8.1 multitasking improvements
Get WP8.1 now: http://winsupersite.com/windows-phone/g ... n-possible
I think this is the first time I've been this excited to upgrade. I got my Titan in November, 2011 and it still works perfectly, and I was looking at a WP8 phone, but in my mind, it was mainly for new hardware. WP8, built on a complete kernel change, wasn't THAT much different from WP7.5. But WP8.1 has so much new stuff that I'm kind of itching to upgrade now. I don't know if I'll make it to the fall. I think my options, though, are an imported 930 on AT&T (not really how I want to buy a phone) or the 1520 (it's so damn huge).
I think this is the first time I've been this excited to upgrade. I got my Titan in November, 2011 and it still works perfectly, and I was looking at a WP8 phone, but in my mind, it was mainly for new hardware. WP8, built on a complete kernel change, wasn't THAT much different from WP7.5. But WP8.1 has so much new stuff that I'm kind of itching to upgrade now. I don't know if I'll make it to the fall. I think my options, though, are an imported 930 on AT&T (not really how I want to buy a phone) or the 1520 (it's so damn huge).
Re: WP8.1 multitasking improvements
http://winsupersite.com/bing/bingcom-gets-personal
If you ask me, this is the first time I felt like MS is really beginning to capitalize from Bing. Though I guess I don't mean that in the financial sense, but more the general what-they-are-doing-with-it sense.
If you ask me, this is the first time I felt like MS is really beginning to capitalize from Bing. Though I guess I don't mean that in the financial sense, but more the general what-they-are-doing-with-it sense.