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Now that HTC devices have Call Recording, why not use it for answering machine ?

How is it possible that I'm the first to think about using the new call recording feature in order to let the device function as an answering machine ?

Noam23 said:
How is it possible that I'm the first to think about using the new call recording feature in order to let the device function as an answering machine ?
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Isn't voice mail the same?

cktlcmd said:
Isn't voice mail the same?
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Nope, it's on the server, while an answering machine runs on your client device, offering a lot of goodies over voicemail (local recordings; you can listen to the caller while it's recording its stuff etc.)
Also see my answering machine-related articles - IIRC, I've written two.

Upcoming Google Voice will take care of this.
http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?answer=141993

Why iSecretary can’t mute the microphone of my xperia x1 and why the caller can’t hear my answer message
How can I fix this using registry or any tweak tool for windows mobile 6.1
thanks

[Q] Is it possible to import sms messages to WP7?

as above
i have some important messages in my touch pro that i would absolutely loathe to lose, and i'm going to buy a WP7 device as my contract expires this month.
can some kind soul with a working device tell me if this is possible, or is there any article that mentions it?
Thanks

I think the myphone service should do it...
http://sn1-p3.myphone.microsoft.com/mkweb/Start.po?mkt=en-GB

oh...yeah right
i clean forgot about it since i use spb backup more
thanks for reminding me

From what I have seen and tried I can find no method to restore the SMS from an older 6.5 device to a WP7.
Were you able to find a solution?

Nope-- there are even solutions to import WM 6.5 SMSes to Android, but nothing for WP7- it's far too locked down.

thanks for the confirmation, as I have tried a million things and I even looked at the SMS store and it looks too locked down to even write a app to do it.
Has anyone had success at sync'ing SMS from Exchange? I have got it set up but the messages dont appear to sync to the phone....have I missed something?

darianva said:
Has anyone had success at sync'ing SMS from Exchange? I have got it set up but the messages dont appear to sync to the phone....have I missed something?
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Nope, WP7 doesn't support Exchange SMS sync (or SMS sync with anything for that matter).
Ironically this was one of the features added to WM6.5 with Exchange Server 2010, yet its successor (if you can call it that) lacks it.
Might get added in a few years' time, once other more basic deficiencies are addressed.

weird that this phone addresses the joe-average user, and I dont deny it, but not having a restore/backup function is poor and a ovesight....

Microsoft My Phone to wish list
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Hi
Do I understand it correctly that using http://sn1-p3.myphone.microsoft.com/...t.po?mkt=en-GB to upload sms through WM6.5 then download to WP7 is not possible ie does not work?
Thanks
Amedeus

Amedeus said:
Hi
Do I understand it correctly that using http://sn1-p3.myphone.microsoft.com/...t.po?mkt=en-GB to upload sms through WM6.5 then download to WP7 is not possible ie does not work?
Thanks
Amedeus
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That's correct, one of the best things Microsoft created for WM6 doesn't work with WP7.

If you copy your important SMSes to the SIM card beforehand they will automagically appear on your WP7 handset.

Thought of doing that but couldn't see how to do it on wm6.5 [I have another wm6.5 phone I could copy to sim if it was possible]

wow, surprised to see my thread bumped up
my sms messages run up to the many thousands
not very possible eh?
but then, i guess a suggestion would be to prune them and keep the important ones

How to copy all sms to SIM on WM6.5?
Hi
Any idea how to copy all sms to SIM on wm6.5?
Thanks
Amedeus

ochkin said:
I just added Microsoft My Phone to the wish-list: windowsphone7community.uservoice.com/forums/84435-general/suggestions/1220413-microsoft-my-phone?ref=title
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I just voted.

Picture & Video Messaging On WP7??

I remember reading somewhere that its not possible to do video or picture messaging on windows phone 7 is that a carrier issue or did microsoft leave that out? will that be implemented in the future?

picture messaging works fine, its video messaging that is missing. Not sure when its gonna get added. Seems that was MS decision (though carriers could have pushed for it).

deadwrong03 said:
I remember reading somewhere that its not possible to do video or picture messaging on windows phone 7 is that a carrier issue or did microsoft leave that out? will that be implemented in the future?
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Picture messaging works fine, you can receive video messages, but you cannot send them (except that you can forward video messages that you have received).

Not on this phone
Interesting, no my htc surround on at&t does not receive video messages not to mention not being able to send them. This is my biggest beef with wp7. A good laugh at lunch would be appreciated. Dumb phones can do this. Is it too lowbrow for Ms and their metro UI? It may seem trite but the wp7 is a visual medium. Video messaging goes hand in hand with social networking and is sorely missed.

Have most WP7's always been able to receive video messages, or is that something that came with the NoDo update? I don't remember it ever working and the next day after installing the updates I received one.

nrfitchett4 said:
picture messaging works fine, its video messaging that is missing. Not sure when its gonna get added. Seems that was MS decision (though carriers could have pushed for it).
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There is no way a carrier pushed for the lack of video messaging in WP7, when every other smartphone OS on every other carrier does it.
Video messaging is never an issue for them because there are size limitations in MMS and most if not all phones compress (rather heavily) the video, anyways, just as they do teh photos.
It just sucks because a lot of people still have feature phones and Picture/Video MMS functionality is a must for communicating with these people.

Ask winpho support on twitter & they said they had no info when vid msgs were coming...Pisses me off.....
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SeNiLe911 said:
Have most WP7's always been able to receive video messages, or is that something that came with the NoDo update? I don't remember it ever working and the next day after installing the updates I received one.
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MMS messages can be sent & received but they just show a static image & don't play. This has been the case since before NoDo.
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[Q] Mango and Skype

I have read a number of articles today mentioning Skype as a feature in the upcoming Mango update. Only problem is I am running Mango and as you all know there is no Skype integration. Has anyone heard anything more detailed about Microsoft's plans for Skype integration?

For what I have read Mango will be able to support a Skype app that will be release. The next update, which is supposedly a minor one called "Tango", will have the actual Skype integration into the WP7 OS.

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For what I have read Mango will be able to support a Skype app that will be release. The next update, which is supposedly a minor one called "Tango", will have the actual Skype integration into the WP7 OS.
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Really ? I missed that, I just read that Mango supports front facing cameras and the API for Skype, but I didn't see that Tango will have Skype integration

Skype may either be included in the absolute final mango build or in some other update that hasn't been revealed yet. all we know are tango or Apollo, what about before or in between?

Integrated will be better...

SMS signature

I don't know if this has been asked before but how in the world do you add a signature to your sms?

The SMS system is more like a threaded chat. I don't think there is a way to add signature automatically.
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chaitanya91845 said:
The SMS system is more like a threaded chat. I don't think there is a way to add signature automatically.
Sent from my SGH-i917 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
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That sucks and also why can't we compose MMS with audio files and such like we use to with WM? This double sucks. MS really took alot from us loyal users.

sinister1 said:
That sucks and also why can't we compose MMS with audio files and such like we use to with WM? This double sucks. MS really took alot from us loyal users.
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I understand your frustration. WP7 was made from scratch, which is why there were features left out. I think it was the same story with Android too.