***The Official Nokia Lumia 920 Thread***

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Now Google is blocking Windows Phones from accessing maps.google.com
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I guess we missed the declaration, but it seems the cold war between Microsoft and Google has really warmed up.

Google has previously already said they will not be making apps for Windows Phone and Windows 8, but now they have taking things a step further by blocking Windows Phones (both 7.5 and 8) from accessing maps.google.com.

If you try you are automatically redirected to Google’s mobile search page, even if your phone is in desktop mode, which of course does not give you access to Google Maps.

Strangely enough, for now, maps.google.co.uk works perfectly fine, indicating some switch somewhere did get flipped.
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This is pretty petty.

Update 2: Google has issued a statement on the situation to Gizmodo:

The mobile web version of Google Maps is optimized for WebKit browsers such as Chrome and Safari. However, since Internet Explorer is not a WebKit browser, Windows Phone devices are not able to access Google Maps for the mobile web.
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Update 3: Microsoft provided a short statement to Gizmodo as well, simply saying that

Internet Explorer in Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 use the same rendering engine.
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Meh..... Oh look we have Nokia / Bing Maps.... lol
 
Athanor said:
Be nice to see MS push out an IE update that strips all Google served ads by default for all versions of IE going back to 6 as they are presumably "optimised" for webkit browsers and have a negative impact on MS customers browsing experience ;) :D
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That won't happen as MS would be sued. lol. ;)
 
Athanor said:
I hope someone is forwarding this stuff to the European competition investigation team as they've not yet ruled on Google.
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Sadly, I don't think it will raise any questions over Google. However, they are normally very quick to raise problems with MS. ;)
 
ashrobbo said:
Not all that impressed with the camera so far but need to give it more or a real world test as opposed to random objects round the house.
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The "Portico" update addresses these issues and for me the images are a a lot sharper and contain a lot more detail.
 
That's pretty good going, id like to know how many more they could have sold if there wasn't any carrier or supply limitations. Its showing there is clear demand for the phone and WP8. Also what is impressive is WP8 was delayed until the end if Oct, so that's one whole months sales missed and the L920 didn't hit many stores till mid November. Not bad for a "dead" company......
 
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Comscore has released some numbers for the 3 month period up to November 2012, and it shows that 5% of smartphone users in the EU5 countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom) are using Windows Phones, a population which increased 16% over the last year.

With a smartphone population of about 131.5 million users, that results in about 6.5 million Windows Phone users in the big 5 European countries, nearly double the number according to the latest Comscore US numbers, where there are around 3.7 million Windows Phone users or 20% down year on year. With a population of around 315 million people the EU5 countries have a population close to that of USA.

Of course while the absolute numbers of Windows Phones increased in EU5, unlike in USA, its market share did still decrease, but with the latest Kantar numbers showing Windows Phone market share already close to 5% this will hopefully show a turn around into the new year.
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Windows Phone grew more than 400% in UK in 2012: Retailers report strong reaction to new WP8 handsets, better than expected sales
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UK retailers are reporting that British consumers are reacting strongly to new Windows Phone handsets.

MobileToday.co.uk notes that sales of the new generation of Windows Phones were higher than the last and that retailers and operators alike report a better than anticipated start to sales of Microsoft’s latest phone operating system from both HTC and Nokia.

The improved sales has been to the degree that companies like HTC and Nokia have been reporting shortages of their new Windows Phone 8 smartphones.

Phil Roberson, HTC UK and Ireland executive director, said: ‘We did have some stock shortages early on. We were seeing that demand was exceeding supply. As we go into the New Year, I am optimistic we will be able to start to meet all the demand. We are really pleased about how Windows Phone is going and we have high hopes for it in 2013.’

Nokia’s shortage woes have been well documented and a spokesman told Mobiletoday it was ‘happy’ with the Lumia portfolio’s performance.

MobileToday attributes the improved sales to improved marketing, with a campaign worth about £25m running in the UK. Microsoft is expected to launch a fresh advertising campaign this spring as it looks to build further momentum.

A major reason for the shortages have however been OEMs managing their inventory very cautiously.

Francisco Jeronimo, research manager at IDC said: ‘It’s no surprise demand is high, but you need to be careful in reading the numbers. It’s not as if HTC or Nokia is bringing Samsung or Apple levels of devices to market. It’s extremely important not to overproduce. It’s much better to manage higher demand than leave too many unsold handsets in a warehouse. That would not generate confidence among operators. Even if they sacrifice some sales it’s much better because operators will show confidence in the OS.’

He added that confidence in the operating system will actually be bolstered by HTC running low on stock.

While he did not expect it to happen this year, he still expected Windows Phone to overtake iOS by 2016, second only to Android.

Jeronimo said: ‘The fourth quarter was extremely important and gave consumers the opportunity to see devices at point of sale and try them out. Microsoft is investing a lot of money to promote it and generate knowledge about the platform, but we are expecting a slow growth in the platform this year.’

While the IDC predicted slow growth it is interesting that Statcounter data actually pegs Windows Phone as the fastest growing OS in UK in 2012, by a long margin.
iOS BlackBerry OS Android Windows Phone SymbianOS
W2 2012 41.65 32.39 21.05 0.62 2.2
W 2 2013 44.37 21.4 28.6 3.24 0.52
Growth (YoY) 7% -34% 36% 423% -76%

Over the year Windows Phone added more than 400% to their installed base, and currently has more than 3% of the online mobile users in the country. iOS only managed to garner 7% YoY growth, while Blackberry lost 34% of their usage and Android gained 36%.

If Windows Phone can only manage to hit half of that growth, or 200%, in 2013, it should grow to around 10% of UK users and much larger retail market share. Pretty good for the OS some ex-Nokians claim no-one wants…
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Yes i would have Nokia would no as the product codes wouldnt match. Is this a new handset? If id recommend the handset bit RMA'ed
 
Michael_10 said:
I got it back in November, which meant it would probably have needed to be sent away for repair, which I really couldn't be bothered with. I went ahead and flashed it a couple of days ago and it has been working just like new since. :)
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Excellent, that's good news. :D
 
Speedtest.net app for Windows Phone 8

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:D
 
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