An awful product that should simply be avoided. You'll be sorry.
82
A poor product with more faults than redeeming qualities.
82
Below average. May be passable in a pinch, but you should probably stay away.
82
A bit below average, with some serious issues to watch out for.
82
An average product, with issues that keep it from being genuinely exciting.
82
Slightly better than most similar products, but you can likely still do better.
82
Better than average, but some issues still hold it back from being truly excellent.
82
Among the top products in its category, and a solid choice for most people.
82
A category-leading product and an overall pretty safe bet.
82
An industry-leading product, definitely worth owning. An instant classic.
82
Completely flawless. You'd be crazy not to have it.
100
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I'm so disappointed that Last month I made mistake to buy Nokia Lumia 900 which is the fcuk O/S is installed. It seems this is only one O/S that can not support my language. I use only nokia phone from 3210 to N8-00, but the last one is very disappointed. I don't understand what nokia is thinking. I'm looking for the way how to install android instead. Can any one help me.?
Maybe I'm only saying this because the Zune HD never got the love it deserved, but Microsoft should come out with a Windows Phone-based competitor to the iPod touch (i.e. a smartphone without the phone part). Why? Because it would help establish Windows Phone as a viable platform. Challenging the iPod touch isn't going to tip the balance for Microsoft all on its own, but having one could make things a little easier (and it probably would not upset Microsoft's OEM partners as much as doing a...
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The Lumia 900 has been on the market for a few weeks now. I can't help but have noticed that a number of folks have picked one up. Out of you new owners, how many of you are new to Windows Phone? How do you like it?
What are you missing from the operating system you came from?
Do you miss the Notification Drawer?
How do you feel about Windows Phone's multi-tasking system?
Joshua Topolsky's quote from a recent Vergecast got me thinking about the "ideal phone." He describes it as "I want the One X internals, display, and camera in the body of the Lumia 900, running stock ICS."
Using just specs/aspects of phones currently on the market, what would your dream phone be?
I walked into my AT&T store today and asked the salespeople to try it, and they handed me one of their personal L900's that they're testing before the launch. They let me use it for a good 20-30 minutes, so if anyone has questions about the device I'll do my best to answer them!
Hi, I have just seen on a UK cell phone website that Nokia's Lumia 900 is set be released here in the UK in the month of May. I am currently in the middle of my contract and am considering buying the device outright.
I have one question though - Shoudl I buy the Nokia Lumia 900, or should I just wait until the end of the year to see Niokia's Windows Phone 8 (codename Apollo)?
Microsoft wants to have things both ways -- literally. They want to have a touch-based UI to address the growing popularity of tablets, but didn't want to turn their back on the legacy Windows experience that has been so massively successful for them for the better part of two decades. I sort of understand the decision to cram both of these interfaces together -- Microsoft believes, rightly or wrongly, that having the apps and power of a full PC will give them a fighting chance in the tablet...
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I am at odds with "Openness" being one of the five criteria for a smartphone. This treats Windows Phone unfairly. An extremely open phone system doesn't necessarily equate to a better phone! Just look at the malware we are hearing about with Android and the problems with Google Wallet security!
I have this idea in my head... I want a smartphone, but there are things I want that none of the OS's have. But I also want a solid phone that satisfies every need I could have. I want to make my own smartphone. But I don't want it just for me, I want it for everyone. So, my question to you, fellow gdgt-ers, is what is the perfect smartphone? Don't tell me one that is already out. I don't want to know why Android or iOS makes your phone great, I want specs such as screen size, processor speed...
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Right now Microsoft has an incredibly competitive software platform, one that's both meaningfully differentiated and fun to use. But Microsoft hasn't gained any market-share. In fact, they seem to be losing ground from where they were with Windows Mobile a few years. The primary reason for this has to be the quality of hardware released. Until the Nokia deal was announced Windows Phone was a side event for every manufacturer making devices. Android is the mobile industry's bread and butter;...
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I received a lot of thoughtful -- and because this is the internet, also some not so thoughtful -- responses to my piece last week proposing that RIM abandon its efforts to build its own mobile OS and instead adopt one of the other options out there, and I wanted to expand on some of what I wrote. First, I didn't make this argument because I dislike RIM. I have a lot of respect and admiration for what the company has accomplished. I first started using a BlackBerry back in 1999 and carried one...
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I just read this article on the NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/technology/micr... about how Windows Phone is critically a hit, but I think it's also a "hit" with consumers too. I have a Zune HD and I think it's the best media player on the market and always enjoyed using Windows Phone in the couple of instances where I got to test them out. I also know a few (very few) Windows Phone owners that love it and seen others been...
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Here is a list of the most useful apps I managed to find on the Nokia Lumia 800 (Windows Phone 7.5), if you find anything else please post it.
4th & Mayor: it is a foursquare client, I like it cuz it is much faster than the original foursquare app and it has notifications. (not sure if foursquare has notifications, I couldn't find it though)
App Flow: Now this is the most useful app I found so far, it really is a good replacement for the marketplace, and it helps a lot in deciding which app...
