aaronsamuel

I used this quite a lot when I was on Android and I was thrilled when it landed on WP7. But so far it’s practically unusable for me.

None of my Viber contacts show up so I can’t send anything. I do get toast notifications for incoming messages and the live tile does update itself but no messages actually show up in the app itself.

Of course, what I’m really waiting for is voice calls.

Yes but HTC and Samsung do not have real app stores like Nokia does at the moment. Well, Samsung think they have an app store but it’s nothing like the Nokia Store.

I think a Nokia-branded Marketplace is probably designed to help former Symbian users feel more at home in the WP ecosystem, by continuing to use a “Nokia Store”. Of course there are limitations to this appeal since it’s not like you can use your Nokia account to buy apps from the Marketplace.

I have the stuttering problem when my Lumia 800 is charging as well sometimes. It’s nothing serious, the phone just thinks it’s syncing wirelessly with Zune (even if it’s not) so you just need to enter the Music/Pictures/Marketplace hub and cancel the connection.

This is an unusual rumour. I do not actually foresee it happening, but I wouldn’t be terribly shocked if it did. Nokia’s overwhelming slice of WP marketshare is probably eclipsed only by their dominance of WP mindshare. Many average consumers probably heard of the Lumia name before the Windows Phone brand.

Other Windows Phone OEMs would have only themselves to blame if Microsoft decides to take their relationship with Nokia to the next level at the expense of HTC, Samsung et al. Then again one must wonder, would they even care that much?

2GB is most definitely welcome. My Galaxy Tab 10.1 with 1GB RAM already lags and stutters with basic things like music playback when there’s too much going on in the background.