February 27, 2003 ....

well, the nokia purity in-ear headphones were delivered this morning and i'm very happy with them. i'm all-in with win8 and wp8 now (other than i haven't decided which win8 tablet to get) and i have 2 sets of headphones that were designed to work with wp8 and sound great. i'm a happy camper.

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That's why I was quite happy to settle with the Lumia 820 when the 920 wasn't readily available on an affordable plan.  While I have a 32gb SD memory card in mine at the moment, I can and will add one up to 64gb so I can carry more photos, files and music with me when on the go.  As for the 820's display, despite it being super AMOLED and slightly smaller than the 920, it is still more responsive and fluid than the iPhone and others I road tested on the day... an yes, of all the phones I handled that day, and previously, the Nokia Lumia 820 and 920 are the sturdiest, most solidly built of them all.

Another thing I've been hearing about lately it the comparison between the Nokia and HTC WP8 phones.  While many reviewers favour the HTC offering, Nokia is the one that presents with fewer problems [hard and software] and tends to be the more reliable, better built phone.  A friend who had nothing but trouble with her HTC, ended up taking it back to the store and exchanging it for a Lumia 820.  She said that during the exchange the salesperson told her that she was not alone in here dissatisfaction and several other customers had also returned theirs. 

Yup, glad I got the Nokia.
  

http://youtu.be/xcJjyQ5Cb84

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Yeah funny vid. 

That's the same guy who made the 'tribute' video I linked back on page 6.  He really does need to get a side-job with Nokia making AD's for them.  He has some real talent.

thanks, Paul. i hadn't noticed the text wasn't a link. i guess i should've double and triple checked the post.

My sister recently purchased an unlocked Nokia Lumia 620 for $279.00 AUD and is very, very happy with it.  Essentially it is a smaller version of the 820 an has a 1.0ghz processor instead of the 1.5ghz, but other than that it is a nice unit that does all she needs and what the 820 does.

Had it been available when we got our 820's, I may very well have considered it as an option.  Oh well, I'm happy with what I have.

8 months of Lumia 920 and I have this to say......

I still miss my Blackberry QWERTY keyboard (I don't think I will ever stop hating touchscreens for typing) but hey.....one can't have everything eh?  

The Lumia 920 still takes the best pictures of any phone in our home and with Photobeamer (Nokia exclusive app) you can 'beam' your photos to any internet-enabled screen anywhere (there is simply no easier way to display/share your pictures with family/friends).

The flexibility of being able to pin absolutely anything to the home screen (and then resize it at will) is still something I'm not entirely used to.  For instance say I were to pin my wife to the home screen, her texts, posts/updates etc. would now show up nicely in her live tile.  Same thing with pinning GPS locations, and/or specific webpages etc.  I guess old habits do die hard because I'm still stuck in the mindset of having one tile for all texts, one tile for all phone contacts, and so on.

The integration of this phone with skydrive/sharepoint is nothing short of amazing.  There are a multitude of file-handling options, editing capability with Office and with full LTE network coverage in many places these days my phone is faster at downloading/uploading than my desktop PC's.

I have to confess I haven't used the phone much for gaming/music although I have watched the odd show via Netflix when travelling.

The wireless charging is still the only way I charge my phone (I think I charged it the very first day with the cord) and it works like a charm.  Battery life is still fantastic and easily takes me through the entire day even with moderate to heavy use with things such as skydrive/sharepoint etc.   I do make sure any 'background apps/tasks' are limited and I turn things like WiFi, NFC and Bluetooth off when not expressly needed.

Just an update on how things are going with my Lumia 920.  Here's hoping those of you with the same devices are just as happy/satisfied.  

I'm curious, would you mind elaborating as to what is keeping you from switching?   Is it your ecosystem investment?   I have had a few friends recently switch (some of whom were actually pretty heavily invested in the droid ecosystem) so I'm always curious for reasons either way......

What do you mean by "droid ecosystem"

Yeah, that's kind of the point....

I used to hate when people criticized Android early on about it's lack of apps.  I would use the same arguments as these.  Afterall, how many note taking apps do you need (for example)?

Now that the Android ecosystem has matured quite a bit, I have a different perspective.  The quantity of apps isn't needed, certainly, but it provides choice, which I think is overlooked in the "how many apps, not enough apps, etc" discussions around the various ecosystems.  

Everyone on every platform can get Evernote, for example.  I can't stand Evernote.  That Android has 15 other quality note taking applications is a benefit to me because I can try different ones until I find one that fits my workflow.  

I think the arguments about raw numbers of apps available are mostly overblown.  Any decent platform will let you do most of what you want.  And even on Android, with it's stupidly large amount of apps, I occasionally find myself not able to get the right app for the task I want (at least how I want to do it).  

I guess I don't have much point other than to say that, while the "your app store doesn't have as many apps as my app store" argument is pretty silly, there is some benefit to be gained from the higher number of apps.  They're not all just fart apps. 

Im glad for all of you guys, but I will stick with iphones for whole family. we have a whole excosystem in house and it works wonders. No need to use apple maps if unsatisfying, there is google maps too.

As tot he others, I have a few friends using all of it, and one has house things with android connectivity, and it really doesn't come close to what we have with apple - constant problems with everything, half features dont work etc.

on another hand, another friend has lumia and is happy, just hates it that he doesnt have as much apps and games like I do, but the store is growing...

oh, I necroed? My bad...