Best things about WP - Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'de like to know some of the best things about wp updated.
I'm thinking to try wp, I've already had android and I want to try wp.
I'm thinking about Htc Titan what do you think about this phone?
Nokia is better?
Thanks

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best thing about wmp is that it's not wmp

If you are into Facebook and Twitter, one of the best things is that in the People hub, you can see all the feeds together in one place. And if you want to follow a specific person or persons, you can put that person on your home page and then you will see their updates right in the tile (icon). And for many programs, the connection to Facebook and Twitter is built in and you can easily post things to those places.

It doesnt freeze
It doesn't lag
It doesn't need a reboot for in some cases even a year
It doesn't have malware issues
It doesn't have spyware issues
It remains fast every time you use it (even after a year)
It doesn't need 2-3 cores to run
It isn't heart rippingly expensive
It has Facebook integrated
It has Facebook Chat integrated
It has Windows Live Chat integrated
It has Twitter integrated
It has LinkedIn integrated
It has XBOX games
It has Zune subscription services
It has Office integrated
It has Bing search integrated
It has Bing Maps integrated
It has Music recognition integrated
It has QR-code and barcode reader integrated
It has Skydrive (25GB) cloud storage
It has Live tiles so you dont have to open apps
It has a dedicated camera button
It doesn't "need" custom ROMs
It has excellent handset design choices
It just works!

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Hey there,
I have decided that I truly despise the native windows mobile facebook app. Is there any other (preferably free) ones that are good? I do think the current iphone one is quite good and easy to use, is there anyway to use that on the HD2? The WinMo one is just a pain in the arse to be honest.
Thanks
xx
I just use the touch site, works well, better than the native app.
the touch site lots of times doesnt work for sending messages it doesnt recognize when i type into the box
Hi all,
I've tried the facebook mobile site, touch site, facebook lite and market place app and they all have bad points. The worst is not all your friends status updates show. I tend to use the full site on my HD2 internet browser. Saves loads of problems. Will probably keep on using it till we get a good facebook app that is similar to the iphone app
can't really agree that the iphone facebook app is all that great though...
privacy issues is one thing, where syncing your contact with the iphone facebook app allows facebook the right to own every contact information in your iphone!
and their syncing system allows strangers on facebook to be synced to your iphone contacts... perhaps they synced it with contact information they got from other iphone users, based on phone no.s and etc, but ignoring country and area codes, which ends up syncing your iphone contact to a stranger in facebook, because they have the same phone no. (excluding country code)... that alone is scary enuf...
at least i'm happy with HD2's manila facebook integration, a little manual, but safer, and the album viewing is just smooth, with auto update of the avatar on the phone...
the app is not that impressive them, i have to admit... but iphone's privacy violation just gives me the jitters...

Any FB/Twitter application that sets notification on home screen like the BB Apps

Hi All,
First off, I would like to state I tried with my limited capabilities to search for the topic on both Google and XDA and didnt turn up anything useful.
I have been a winmo user for the last 3+ years, but recently switched to Blackberry after relocation to UAE since they have the most lucrative data bundles. I think its a very handy utility device but i miss the fun factor of WinMo and trying out new things so last week I went ahead and bought an HD2.
Now coming to my question, the thing i noticed was the lack of integration of the different applications with the underlying OS. If some of you have used a blackberry you would be familiar with the 'universal inbox' and integrated notifications from LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter (among other social networking applications) with the messaging architecture of the OS. I am looking for something similar for Windows Mobile, Facebook and twitter applications which provide updates/notifications on the home screen if not a single inbox.
Pardon me if its something trivial, but i'm coming back to Windows mobile after a 8 mth gap and probably need to re-learn a few things

[Q] New Facebook friends and People hub?

Hi All,
Does anyone know how often the People Hub checks Facebook to see if you've added new friends? Is there any way you can force it to "update"? I've recently added a few friends, but they have yet to show up in my contacts / People hub...
Any help appreciated!
Try Settings -> Email & Accounts -> Long Press on your Facebook account and click sync in the context menu.
Worked! Thanks for the quick reply!
I haven’t connected the People Hub to my Facebook (yet).
However, I’m getting Facebook updates in the hub because my Windows Live is linked to my Facebook.
So…how does it all work? If I connect my Facebook well I have a duplicate of events. Shall I disconnect my Facebook from my Windows Live? What do people recommend?
Also, with regards to syncing – if you press and hold the “what’s new” title a refresh box pops open.
i have facebook and windows live connected to facebook and both syncing to phone... don't see double ups of events.
I have my Facebook account setup and my Live connected to Facebook, there are no duplicates. I'm guessing when both are present its smart enough to just use one source.
Thanks guys (or girls – wonder who’s buying the wp7 most).
I’m currently trying to decide what to do with my Windows Live profile. It’s good having the contacts linked with Facebook, but don’t know if it needs to be a ‘second Facebook’. It’s my email first and foremost.
Everything I upload to Skydrive doesn’t need to be shared with Facebook.
'Tron said:
Thanks guys (or girls – wonder who’s buying the wp7 most).
I’m currently trying to decide what to do with my Windows Live profile. It’s good having the contacts linked with Facebook, but don’t know if it needs to be a ‘second Facebook’. It’s my email first and foremost.
Everything I upload to Skydrive doesn’t need to be shared with Facebook.
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You can (and should) disable that in the Facebook settings on Windows Live.
PG2G said:
You can (and should) disable that in the Facebook settings on Windows Live.
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Yes, I'm coming to the same conclusion. Windows Live does have layers of privacy, so it's not that which concerns me. It's more so that I don't need a second facebook.
Any particular reason why you've disable FB in Windows Live?
I didn't disable FB, I just disabled Windows Live from automatically posted pictures to FB Seems dangerous for every pic you take to go to Windows Live and thus to FB. Not all pics need to be public.
That said, I'm not really sure what you mean about having a second facebook. You mean in the phone? I've got FB linked, I have my FB account added, AND I have the FB app
PG2G said:
That said, I'm not really sure what you mean about having a second facebook.
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Nah, I was referring to how my Facebook posts were appearing on my Windows Live Profile page... I've changed it so that's no longer the case.
The way Microsoft has integrated Facebook with Windows Live confuses me. A lot of what Microsoft does confuses me - but I generally like their products.
WP7 - very smooth.
Edit: For example; I use Twitter & and Foursquare - yet they can't by integrated with Windows Live. Microsoft's goal of making Windows Live a 'one stop shop' for social networking feeds is a fail!
'Tron said:
I haven’t connected the People Hub to my Facebook (yet).
However, I’m getting Facebook updates in the hub because my Windows Live is linked to my Facebook.
So…how does it all work? If I connect my Facebook well I have a duplicate of events. Shall I disconnect my Facebook from my Windows Live? What do people recommend?
Also, with regards to syncing – if you press and hold the “what’s new” title a refresh box pops open.
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Your facebook account is connected to your Windows Live account at Live.com ...

Facebook for Android or Facebook for HTC sense. Opinions.

THe HTC desire being my first HTC phone I had never used the sense UI or any of its features previously, so had only had experience with the official facebook for android app from the Market.
Ive just set up facebook for htc sense with the friend stream etc and I'm rather impressed by it. Just wondered what your thoughts are on both these apps? here are mine.
Facebook for Android:
Pros
Has the chat function
Official app from facebook so gets updated (eventually) with new features, although still way behind the iphone app apparently.
Cons
Doesnt allow tagging of photos
Doesnt allow you to remove/delete a post/comment or that you have made or un-like something.
Facebook for HTC Sense
Pros
Allows tagging of photos
Allows multiple upload of photos to albums etc..
Integrates extreemely well with the rest of HTC sense UI, and the phone features such as the people app, gallery etc..
Cons
(most of these are things that I am not 100% sure on, so they are more like a question than a statement)
Not sure if the app gets updated when new features come out on facebook, or being as the app is shipped with the phone is it pretty much that what you get now is what it will always be, and no changes, or do HTC release updates for the sense features?
I dont think the check in feature is available with this?
I also dont think this app allowed you to delete a comment/post, althought I havent tried it yet, if it is possible, how is it done? Same with un-like...
What are you guys thoughts on both of these apps? Which do you prefer out of the 2?
I've been facing this same issue for past 24 hours. I needed batch upload for photos. I assumed, oficial fb app should be able to do that. Well, horse hockey. It's not even able to move photos from album to album or delete album. Before I discovered that Fb for sense is able to do that, I uploaded it via email. All in all, fb app from fb lackes many features, some even included in web version for phones (touch).
well you can always choose between the two, you dint have to just use one
persinally i think sense is amazing! (wish i had it on my sgs2)
the android fb is mediocore, so i use it mainly fir chat.
so i use the facebook mobile site mainly! it has the most info on news feed etc.
I personally still use the m.facebook.com website for facebook interaction on the phone. I found the facebook application a little too limited and clunky.
Although didn't know that it could enable FB chat, until I read the posts above...so thanks.
This way I don't get constant Facebook notifications, but get the ones that I have choosen to get through my FB settings as alerts through new emails. I use both Yahoo and Google mail applications.
I have still enabled Facebook for Sense, so that I still get the status updates, birthdays etc which then add value to my users from Google contacts...
take a look at FriendCaster

Android version of Windows Phone People Hub

I am a recent convert to Android from Windows Phone (after MSoft cut the legs out from under WP7 users), and was wondering if there's an app that has similar functionality to the Windows Phone People hub updates. I'm basically looking for something to feed my LinkedIN, Facebook, and Twitter feeds into one clean stream.
I have the HTC One X, and HTC has their friends app which comes close (as do other apps in the Play Store), but leaves out LinkedIN, which is a big function I'd like to have. Any suggestions?
Nothing available out there? Am I missing something?
there isnt people hub app for android. but you can made it using ADW.

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