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Raithlin

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Anyone got it yet? I'm rocking it on my 730. Feedback to follow, but so far so good.
 
Not yet avail for the 1520. :(

"Partition Stitching" not supported in this first preview, so not available on 930, 1520, etc.
 
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Well, so far so good. The OS is reasonably stable for an alpha. I've had one freeze so far, and had to reset the phone once after the keyboard disappeared.

There are some nice features to enjoy already, not the least being the quick settings and expandable notifications. WhatsApp works fine, Waze lost GPS at dome point this morning, and then crashed, so there is obviously still a lot to be done. The nee File Explorer is Nic and easy to use, and I like the Recently Installed section that appears at the top of the app list.
 
Raithlin said:
Well, so far so good. The OS is reasonably stable for an alpha. I've had one freeze so far, and had to reset the phone once after the keyboard disappeared.

There are some nice features to enjoy already, not the least being the quick settings and expandable notifications. WhatsApp works fine, Waze lost GPS at dome point this morning, and then crashed, so there is obviously still a lot to be done. The nee File Explorer is Nic and easy to use, and I like the Recently Installed section that appears at the top of the app list.
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Why are you using Waze? They don't support WP last I heard.
 
DA-LION-619 said:
They stopped updates or whatever when Google took over. I personally use HERE Drive+
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Oh I remember that fear. Think they released 1 last update since then but they weren't really flooding us with updates even before the Google merge :p
 
Pho3nix said:
Wonders when my 720 will get W10 :(. Need to move from iOS.
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They are working on it. ;)

So, the keyboard is different, and nicely so. The default apps (though not all apps, like WhatsApp) have a little dot that becomes a precision pointer for the cursor. Very nice. Also, the calculator has been buffed up in a serious manner, now able to do scientific and programmer functions, as well as conversions. Really slick, and good looking too.

Stability-wise, not a bad job at all. Most everything seems to be running just fine, but that could be my choice of apps as well.

Also noticed that the expandable notifications work like iOS8, as in a SMS is able to be replied to in the top section of the screen, without opening the app. Very nice, and I'd love to see that in other apps.

www.windowscentral.com has their eye on the new functionality, and is churning out articles and videos to that effect. Worth checking out if you don't already have their app. ;)
 
Got it last night.

It's a very Apple-like update with not a great deal that has changed.

Finally the clock App has what I expect from it.

I actually preferred the old settings menu instead of the new categorized one.


Was hoping OneDrive would be updated out of the box as the iOS version is way ahead of the official OS version now...wtf.
 
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