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evilrob

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13th Mar 15 at 14:24

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After using windows 10 preview on my pc I'm now looking at switching from an iPhone 5s to a Lumia 735!

Read this whole thread and I'm really intrigue by windows mobile now.

Awesome! Well if you need any help if/when you get one - you know where to come!

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We are getting Lumia 730's at work next month. Will be a good excuse to trial out windows mobile

Nice! We just got Galaxy S5s at work with Good for Enterprise to replace our Blackberries. It's fucking horrible.

I hope the corporate Windows Phone experience is better - let us know how you get on!

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14th Mar 15 at 11:17

Get a year of Xbox Music (Microsoft's Spotify equivalent) for $31.41 - today only:
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/12-Month-Xbox-Music-Pass/productID.258412400?WT.mc_id=PromoEmail_12055_PiDay_en_US_V2_3-14-15_Hero_BuyNow#servicetypeid=6_CT

[Edited on 14-03-2015 by evilrob]

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17th Mar 15 at 18:18

You can now preorder the Microsoft Band wearable in the UK for £169:
http://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-band/en-gb

Obviously I've gone ahead and ordered one.

Anyone else?

edit: £10 cashback via Quidco

[Edited on 17-03-2015 by evilrob]

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18th Mar 15 at 15:27

Truth be told, the Xperia Z3 is an itch that just won't go away - I love everything about it except the fact it runs Android. Was this close to sticking the Lumia 930 on eBay and getting an Xperia Z3 and Sony Smartwatch 3 (for the built-in GPS).

However, the Band came up for preorder which has more features for around the same money and is cross-phone compatible, so the all-Microsoft experiment continues!

I'd have got an Xbox One in white for £279.99 as well at the same time if they had any in stock, but luckily for my wallet, they're out of stock.

I also got a 12-month Xbox Music subscription for about $30 the other day (£20 roughly). It's no Spotify; not even close in my opinion. But to get a year's worth of streaming tunes for two months' worth of Spotify I'll grin and bear it.

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30th Mar 15 at 21:39

In case you've been following this thread but have missed the discussion specifically on the Microsoft Band (including a competition in April to win one), head this way:

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=666637

[Edited on 30-03-2015 by evilrob]

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30th Mar 15 at 22:24

I've got an factory sealed/unopened Xbox One sitting here in white (the Sunset Overdrive bundle) in case you're interested! I've always been a PlayStation guy but bought the Xbox has it has 4oD which is massively important to me... but I've decided to get a new TV, and it has YouView built in with 4oD so I've decided to sell the Xbox and go back to my roots!

I'll let it go for £275 plus whatever the postage is. Only place that has them in stock now is Amazon for £349.95

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30th Mar 15 at 22:47

Oh, you complete bastard - why would you tempt me like that.

Yes, I am interested!

[Edited on 31-03-2015 by evilrob]

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31st Mar 15 at 17:38

Okay well I also have Far Cry 4, Forza Horizon 2, and the Media Remote (all still sealed) I'll do the whole bundle for £350 but let me know if you'd be interested in just one or two of those things and I'll sort a price out.

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31st Mar 15 at 19:58

Not fussed about Far Cry, but I'd take the rest off your hands no probs.

I'll actually be over that way (Basildon/Rayleigh) on the 16th May, save you faffing about posting it?

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31st Mar 15 at 21:28

Aye could do mate, though looked online and tracked delivery is only a tenner... was going to say £320 for the bundle without Far Cry, but would split the postage so £325 all in if you wanted it quicker. That'd be via bank transfer or PayPal gift though, unless you fancied paying the fees.

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1st Apr 15 at 09:18

MS-DOS Mobile available for download:
https://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/store/app/ms-dos-mobile/8573c4a8-b9df-4409-90a6-dad2dc0b6b26

[Edited on 01-04-2015 by evilrob]

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1st Apr 15 at 10:04

Dosbox?

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1st Apr 15 at 17:25

Can you play nibbles?

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1st Apr 15 at 20:46

Check your U2Us Rob

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2nd Apr 15 at 08:10

lol those dos loading messages bring back memories.

I remember having to tweak the EMM extended memory settings in the config.sys files to get doom 2 to run lol.

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2nd Apr 15 at 08:13

Loving the ANSI camera software!

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2nd Apr 15 at 09:22

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Loving the ANSI camera software!

Genius, isn't it!

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2nd Apr 15 at 09:23

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Can you play nibbles?

Haha! Sadly no QBasic.

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2nd Apr 15 at 11:19

Gorilla.bas

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Gorilla.bas

YES!

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quote:
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Can you play nibbles?

Haha! Sadly no QBasic.

Can play RPS tho

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2nd Apr 15 at 23:43

I'll have to fire up the missus' old Lumia and try this out

So, Surface 3...

What think? Personally, although it looks a good machine, it's DOA for me. The pricing and the sizing just isn't different enough from from the Pro model. The i3 Pro is £550 at Currys atm, and once you've added the stylus to the Surface 3 (which doesn't come with one, whereas the Pro model does) you're looking at £465. That's £85 difference between the two, I mean the better kickstand on the Pro model alone is worth that!

A 7-8" Surface Mini coming in at £250 (maybe a little more) would have been a no brainer.

Lets hope they do something special with the Surface Pro 4.

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3rd Apr 15 at 00:09

Yeah, I'm not convinced by the Surface 3 at all. I'd stump up the extra for the i3 Pro all the way.

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14th Apr 15 at 10:39

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quote:
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We are getting Lumia 730's at work next month. Will be a good excuse to trial out windows mobile

Nice! We just got Galaxy S5s at work with Good for Enterprise to replace our Blackberries. It's fucking horrible.

I hope the corporate Windows Phone experience is better - let us know how you get on!

Got my lumia 735 now. I'm quite liking it. It's certainly different though.

Syncs perfectly well with the works exchange servers and also my own microsoft account. Did try to merge all my contacts though.

Tunein radio app i use quite a lot on my android phone, has the "sign in with google account" option, which the win mobile app doesnt have, so i cant seem to log in. Im not to sure how the "sign in with xxxxxx" actually works as it didnt accepct my google email and password.

Rob, do you know of any other RDP apps? I have the offical one installed, but that doesnt seem to do screen scaling or setting of the screen size for the remote connection. I connect to a machine that needs the screen size setting at 1280x1024. I use Pocket Cloud RDP on android and can do it on there.