Re: Fail assumptions here

Got to say - I'm not a big outlook.com fan - but when I do use it, it's on Firefox or Chromium on Ubuntu and it works just fine, as does our corporate Outlook web app

Re: What is this article supposed to be?

Amen to that. Why are there five ways to run a programme in OSX?

Zune was awful. Hope it stays dead.

Re maps, I can't tell the difference between Nokia Maps and Winphone Maps. I prefer to use the awesomeness that is OS Maps app. Especially with the 1920s layer, it's a bit fun / sad to stand at Terminal 3 and think you used to be in a farmyard pond. Nokia Drive needs to have the maps for regions downloaded, but I can testify that it works bloody well in rest-of-Europe and no data usage.

Re: Some questions for the author

I didn't get that reference either. I have a nokia windowsphone 7.5. I get email from my gmail account into my messages bit, along with other email and facebook messages. Contacts are pulled in from linkedin, outlook, live, google, twitter, facebook and google. Seamlessly. Calendar ditto, i don't have to think about it, it's really sweet and built in. Andrew has been critical of these parts before now. I guess he'd prefer some native set of apps, not this cloudy synced rubbish. :-)

Re: tethering isn't new...

My Nokia with WI phone 7.5 has tethering. Maybe a network thing?

Re: Weird, isn't it.....

As someone who ended up with WP7.5 more-or-less by a mistake - somewhat fuelled by a desire to have as many different environments to hand - I'm lucky enough to have an evidence based opinion. I have ios / bb / android / maemo devices.

WP feels completely different, it's UI is simple, but very alive, something that none of the others seem to manage. ios feels dull and passive in comparison. I very much like the 'live' tiles, photos changing, information, tweets, status etc. I like the integration of apps (and dammit, I like the choice of apps too, only one I'm missing is words with friends - but all the ones I use are there - evernote, mapping - lots - vnc, ssh, running stuff, internet radio, astronomy apps, etc.). Next time I'm looking for a pad, Surface (or whatever) will be a true contender.

Can't see me moving away from linux desktops though.

Re: What happens.....?

Good question. I don't like this trend, even if it is just a fancy version of aptget - at least you can install other repos. Winpho fires marketplace, gets the app and installs it. Obviously it needs to be in the marketplace.

Re: Education? More like car aftermarket...

Amen to that. Or - god help us all - having conversation with the rest of the family. Something I look forward to with every long drive.

Re: Reality Distorting Fruit

I'm so sorry. Coffee isn't a bean, it's a seed.

Shoot me now.

Re: Why aren't others doing this?

Can't say I've ever heard hilariously bad directions on Nokia Drive, or anything but examples like you quote. ymmv, as they say

You can do either. If you do it from the desktop, you'll see one of those square barcode thingies (QR code, that's it!). Point your Lumia at it in visual search, the link will appear. Tap it.

"flaming monkey fuck"

Thank you Trevor, that's a great expression, and I really appreciate your sense of outrage.

Re: Back to work in 1-2 weeks? @ Maddox

Amen to that, the comments here read like the Daily Mail, ffs. Nice one, "guys". Guess you've not noticed that there are plenty of well-balanced kids whose mums worked. And plenty of screw ups whose parents have never been employed. But don't let facts get in the way of commenting, please.

Re: Nice phone

I have loads of devices. Bb, android, maemo, ios and winpho. As a former sceptic, i'm surprised to tell you i reckon the winpho is the best. Also the winpho lasts best part of three days on a charge.

I can't believe i'm saying it, but i'm a bit of a fanboi now. Never thought i'd buy another ms device again.

Last time I travelled by train the "ticket" collector read the magic number off my phone, didn't even mumble

Re: No need to sear

I had exactly the same problem. Same resolution too. Right now I have over a dozen devices sitting on the superhub (as usual) and (as usual) it's functioning nicely.

Would have been nice to have had some communication about the delayed upgrade though.

Re: Beer Ice cream

Good luck Jacqui!

Re: I bought. It's nice. I prefer it to iOS, which I also have.

I appear to have a BBC and thetrainline apps, they might be new though?

I bought. It's nice. I prefer it to iOS, which I also have.

I can't find Words for Friends, which is a shame, but not a show-stopper.

Other than that, I have Evernote and Dropbox and Outlook and Office and several astronomy apps and lot of games and various Compass / Altitude things, and a jogging pedometer, and full (free) spoken GPS navigation and a very funky mapping programme that has bike maps and 1920s OS maps which is entertaining. And Kindle reader, a "free" ebook reader, PDF reader, a bunch of shopping apps. And Spotify and internet radio with my favourite french radio stations. I don't know if Instagram or FourSquare are available, I've never looked.

Re: Shaving

Beard trimmer on #1, surely?

Re: Simple.

Fb app on my winphone is just fine

Re: I can't imagine the Moderatrix (RIP) doing that...

Simply not cricket. Bad, bad El Reg.

Re: iPad 3

oh the horror! Clear memories of installing quark 2.11, then 2.12, then 2.12a, then 2.12b on multiple screens to pacify some passive aggressive boss

Re: Good article

Yeah, i know they're not the same, I have a work BB too. If I really, really can't have (as you say) a hand-held computer, then something I can type fast on will have to do. But I am gutted, my poor phone shot out of my pocket, across three lanes, banged into a gutter - still working, but the screen has finally got seriously scratched and occasionally odd things happen :-(

"surprising lack"

Makes me want it more.

The politicization is not something publishers want. It's a major pain in the arse. And frequently stupid and wrong. It's dictated by school / education boards, which are often elected.