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ryanvinnicombe
On The Verge since Nov 01, 2011
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Recommended nothingreal's comment in Microsoft reverses Xbox One online check and used games policies following backlash
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Recommended AgentMichaelScarn's comment in Watch the window-switching user interfaces of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4
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Recommended KnownHuman's comment in Watch the window-switching user interfaces of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4
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Current:
-Dell Latitude E6410 (Windows 8) – laptop offered by my university, insane warranty.
-Microsoft Surface RT
-iPhone 4S – on its way out soon.Future:
-Laptop likely to remain the same, spends most of its time hooked up to a monitor on my desk
-Surface RT moving towards being my main device
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Recommended Nathan Ingraham's comment in Keys to the city: NYC mayoral candidates debate tech policy tonight at 7PM ET / 4PM PT with Nilay Patel as moderator
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Recommended gregorian's comment in What parts of your life do you wish could be digitized or automated?
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Posted: What parts of your life do you wish could be digitized or automated?
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Recommended drfisheye's comment in Xbox Music redesign revealed alongside new Windows 8.1 apps
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Interesting idea. If you have any ideas for feature requests, you can always submit them here.
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So yesterday, Tom Warren posted his review of the Nokia Lumia 925. You can check out the review here.
What do you guys think of the device? Is this your next?
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Recommended HCx's comment in Watch this: New 'Elysium' trailer reveals a dark future run by machines
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“Microsoft is helping to train more than 1,200 Best Buy sales associates to ensure they’re up to speed with the Windows world”
Hopefully this will improve the quality of experience there. My time spent at Microsoft Stores has been great so far. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly, so whatever their training processes have been, it seem to work fairly well.
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Just taking a look at the screenshots on the App Store of Rdio makes it look like they knew what iOS 7 was going to look like ahead of time haha
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I agree this was definitely a smart move. It will surely have an impact on education about how to use Windows 8.
I wonder if it will have any effect on public knowledge or perception of Windows Phone? The ecosystem experience area that they talked about in the original post about these stores could possibly interest people who already have/use a Windows PC or an Xbox in getting a Windows Phone.
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Fez was great. First game in a long time that caught my eye. Excited to see what a second one could bring.
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May 14th – http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/14/4326772/nokia-lumia-925-specifications-release-date-price
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Posted: Microserfs: a weekly community thread- Building Windows Phone (June 13-20)
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Interesting idea. If you have any ideas for feature requests, you can submit them here.
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Looks like they will be demonstrating those integration scenarios that you mentioned.
“And there’s an ecosystem section with real-life scenarios across Windows devices. This ecosystem area is exciting, because it will show off stuff like Xbox SmartGlass and SkyDrive.”
-Chris Capossela, Microsoft’s Chief Marketing Officer, in a conversation about the new Windows Stores.
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Didn’t you already get a hands on with it the other day? ;)
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Came here to say basically the same thing. 600 locations would have been pretty difficult/pricy to roll out. Plus, the general public most likely heads to Best Buy to buy a new computer anyways, so providing a better experience makes sense.
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Please, please bring a Lumia to Sprint. Let’s hope that yellow… oh never mind.
On a more serious note, this should be really interesting. Excited to see what they have in store.
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Off topic- Fun fact, I live right down the road from the Dribbble office haha.
On topic – Some of the icons people have made in response have looked really good. I’ve liked some of them a lot better than what Apple showed off during their keynote. It will be interesting to see if they change anything of them between now and release.
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I don’t watch a ton of live TV either, mostly a DVR/internet guy as well. The only one bit of live stuff I would appreciate this for is for sports, which I actually watch quite a bit. I don’t think that this feature will sell me the thing, but I’ll definitely appreciate the fact that it exists.
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Recommended asayed06's comment in Don't flinch: the new Kinect could be the end of motion gimmicks
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What would you consider a casual gamer? Just curious.
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Recommended precious_pony's comment in Don't flinch: the new Kinect could be the end of motion gimmicks
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Bringing this back to the original topic, Kinect, I think these types of features will be a way to appeal to people who aren’t “core” gamers. Kinect enhanced dancing games, sports games, etc in ads could lead children to push their parents to purchase one for a holiday/birthday gift, or something along these lines.
Motion gaming seems to have an appeal to people who don’t usually play video games. Look at the Wii, yes cheaper, but they have them in nursing homes, grade schools, etc. I totally agree with you price is an issue. But if Microsoft could do some holiday bundles, discounts, etc, that could open it up to these type of people, it should do pretty well, especially a few years down the road.
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Recommended Richard Simpson's comment in Don't flinch: the new Kinect could be the end of motion gimmicks
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Yeah, we’ll see. Just throwing it out there, a hell of a lot of regular consumers spent $500 on iPads just to use them for email and web browsing. We’ll have to wait and see how they market it, what the general public’s reaction/demand is for it, and a lot of other factors.
It certainly will be interesting, and I’m not doubting any of your thoughts. But this isn’t an annual refresh that is all figured out right now. This is a long term bet that could involve policy changes, price drops, new features, etc. They could drop IllumiRoom halfway through like they did with the Kinect. Who knows.
