WP7 wide availabilty?

Synthetic_Darkness said:
Dude thanks so much. Yeah that clears everything up. I guess Microsoft will add the rest of the functionality in due time. Android and Ovi store had the same issue. I'm just glad to hear that the whole marketplace works. Thanks dude

Anything else thats missing or whatever from the phone because of locale?
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Wait wait wait wait!!! ....
Did some testing last night and now I cant download the free apps anymore ... I keep getting "Can't get this info right now. Check back in a little while".
I am 100% sure that this is because my locale is now set to "South Africa"!!! ... So guys if you gonna create an XBox Live account please set the locale to US to ensure you can at least get free apps. I tried setting my locale back to US using XBox Live but now it says that I can only change my locale once a year so next change in 2012! :(
So ya ... make sure you guys sign up with your locale being US and then you sweet ... only problem you have then is that you can get free apps 100% but paid apps you can't and simply because you cannot add a SA credit card to your account (because at the point of verifying your card, it will fail as the country selection is set to US and grayed out!).
Everything else on the phone works 100% ... I'm loving how in "Zune" you can just "say" ... "send these videos to my phone please" and Zune just does everything ... no more converting and THEN syncing (iPhone, etc) ... I change my phone like every 3 months (I love gadgets! :() ... and this WP7 OS is an AWESOME interface! ... As smooth as an iPhone (sometimes smoother) and very pretty and information rich! ... This is just the first installment and we all running "launch" OS ... when the updates come (and they are coming this month and later) this OS with just get more polished and add more features. As a launch OS it is brilliantly smooth and polished as is and almost flawless in operation! I'm loving it more than any other phone OS and I love the iPhone BTW (had about 7 now... lol) ... but this OS is the best (IMO)! :)
Can't wait to see it progress in the coming months/years ;)
 
Hmmm I emailed HTC about this, cause no offense I wanted an official response. Spoke to the most champion support agent ever.

He said that if you change the locale on the phone itself to UK, more of the marketplace is available to you. He also said something about if you originally link your credit card to your account (I'm not sure which account, I think Zune) that you can then buy apps, as long as you change the locale on the phone to UK.

When I asked him about buying apps he said "If you have a Windows Zune account associated with a credit card, then it will allow you to purchase apps."

PS: Saw some videos of the user interface, OMFG it looks so different and incredibly well thought out.
 
Synthetic_Darkness said:
Hmmm I emailed HTC about this, cause no offense I wanted an official response. Spoke to the most champion support agent ever.

He said that if you change the locale on the phone itself to UK, more of the marketplace is available to you. He also said something about if you originally link your credit card to your account (I'm not sure which account, I think Zune) that you can then buy apps, as long as you change the locale on the phone to UK.

When I asked him about buying apps he said "If you have a Windows Zune account associated with a credit card, then it will allow you to purchase apps."

PS: Saw some videos of the user interface, OMFG it looks so different and incredibly well thought out.
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Awesome man! ... We all learning from each other right? :)
Will try later today and update you ;)
Thanks for the info bud!

PS to your PS ... Yep ... I love it! Very information rich and soooooo smooth! Best OS I've ever used and I've use a LOT! :)
 
Awesome dude, thanks so much.

Yeah look I'm going from Nokia and I've played with iPhone (from the 2g all the way through to the 4g) and also played with Android, on multiple devices. But I just like the interface on WP7.
 
Ok so heres an update:
- HD7 phone - all locale related stuff set to US (tried UK also)
- Windows Live account active - XBLive account and Zune account all associated with it.
- Zune account locale is set to US (tried UK also)
- XBox Live account is set to SA (cannot change it because it only allows me to change it once a year ... f@rk)

> Cannot download free apps - "Can't get this info right now. Check back in a little while" (I keep getting this message for 2 days now)
> Cannot download paid apps - "Can't get this info right now. Check back in a little while" (I keep getting this message for 2 days now)

Why the heck did I change my XBLive to SA I have no idea ... I really think THIS is the cause for me! :(
 
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You guys are just wrong! I am really looking forward to getting my WP7 device, but MTN can't get their network sorted out to support the devices so I am stuck waiting. I don't have the cash to buy a device so I am left waiting. You guys going on here about the market place is just making it worse :cry:
 
MielieSpoor said:
You guys are just wrong! I am really looking forward to getting my WP7 device, but MTN can't get their network sorted out to support the devices so I am stuck waiting. I don't have the cash to buy a device so I am left waiting. You guys going on here about the market place is just making it worse :cry:
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Lmao! ... Sorry buddy ... I feel your pain ... I waited a long time since first hearing of WP7 and now that is here (well imported mine) I had to try it out! Try to hang in there and not get anything else ... you will love the OS when you get it :)

Ok so ... Marketplace update!
It finally works!!! :)
Had to go to www.live.com and click on "close account" to close my account and that in turn "disconnected" my XBLive account from it.
I then went in and registered for WLive again with the same details as before so now my account is back to original but this time I made sure to select "United States" as my locale throughout.
Linked my Zune account to it no problems and created a NEW XBLive account making sure to select "United States" as my locale as well.
NOW... the Marketplace workes once again! :)
Just need to figure out how to add a credit card to this and then I'm set.
Thanks guys for the info ... I'm a soooper happy WP7 user once again! :)
 
Scooby6 said:
Lmao! ... Sorry buddy ... I feel your pain ... I waited a long time since first hearing of WP7 and now that is here (well imported mine) I had to try it out! Try to hang in there and not get anything else ... you will love the OS when you get it :)

Ok so ... Marketplace update!
It finally works!!! :)
Had to go to www.live.com and click on "close account" to close my account and that in turn "disconnected" my XBLive account from it.
I then went in and registered for WLive again with the same details as before so now my account is back to original but this time I made sure to select "United States" as my locale throughout.
Linked my Zune account to it no problems and created a NEW XBLive account making sure to select "United States" as my locale as well.
NOW... the Marketplace workes once again! :)
Just need to figure out how to add a credit card to this and then I'm set.
Thanks guys for the info ... I'm a soooper happy WP7 user once again! :)
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Yeah, South African accounts seriously limit what you can do. I tried to migrate my account over to SA (which is only available for a limited time since Xbox Live launched here) and it basically kills all functionality.
Your locale is the same throughout the different services offered by the Live account. Once you change the locale on one service it applies to all the services, as you saw.

For a US account you need a US credit card unfortunately. Here's a thread to read through some of the workarounds: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830701&page=15
The only confirmed way is to purchase a virtual credit card from www.instantvirtualcreditcards.com (for a rather hefty premium) and add that with a US billing address. This is a serious mission though and adds to the expense quite a bit. I've also heard that American Express cards work, if you have one.

I don't understand how the Free Apps can be restricted in SA, it makes absolutely no sense. Hopefully they sort this out soon (and allow SA devs to register).
 
Jonno2343 said:
Yeah, South African accounts seriously limit what you can do. I tried to migrate my account over to SA (which is only available for a limited time since Xbox Live launched here) and it basically kills all functionality.
Your locale is the same throughout the different services offered by the Live account. Once you change the locale on one service it applies to all the services, as you saw.

For a US account you need a US credit card unfortunately. Here's a thread to read through some of the workarounds: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830701&page=15
The only confirmed way is to purchase a virtual credit card from www.instantvirtualcreditcards.com (for a rather hefty premium) and add that with a US billing address. This is a serious mission though and adds to the expense quite a bit. I've also heard that American Express cards work, if you have one.

I don't understand how the Free Apps can be restricted in SA, it makes absolutely no sense. Hopefully they sort this out soon (and allow SA devs to register).
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Dude I feel your pain, the only company that seems to be doing well here are Nokia and their Ovi store. But basically the reason things are closed to South Africa, is cause of the Film Publications people. As a developer or publisher, you have to pay them a fee to rate your game/app. And because the SA market is'nt all that big, publishers simply dont care. Plus you know, we dont even have electricity in South Africa and we use lions for transport.
 
The networks in SA is just useless. Of all the Windows Phone 7 phones releases only one is available through a mobile network and that is the Trophy on Vodacom.

According to this (http://mybroadband.co.za/news/reviews/18297-HTC-Pro-Review.html) article, the HTC 7 Pro is also now available, yet I don't know which networks offer it and I don't know which device is the second device because only the Trophy is available and only from Vodacom. And now Sake 24 reviewed the HD7 (http://www.sake24.com/Maatskappye/IKT/Battery-is-al-vlieg-in-salf-by-Windows-20110209), so I don't think it will be too long before we can get that, but by judging the current rate of WP7 rollout in SA, I think it won't be for atleast another year...
 
MielieSpoor said:
You guys are just wrong! I am really looking forward to getting my WP7 device, but MTN can't get their network sorted out to support the devices so I am stuck waiting. I don't have the cash to buy a device so I am left waiting. You guys going on here about the market place is just making it worse :cry:
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I go tired of waiting as well for MTN / HTC / Leaf to sort themselves out. Bye HTC after 5 years of phones. Hello Blackberry :)
 
Nooooooooooo! Yooooooou'll be back! ... lol!
Trust me Neural this WP7 OS is tops!
Hope u get a WP7 device in the near future. I tried BB's "best" the Torch ... very outdated. If you like smooth OS's iPhone and WP7 are the best ;)
 
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