First Ring Daily Live: The Year Ahead, Behind And Windows Phone

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  16 December, 2016 - 3:29 pm

  <p>I really enjoyed this show, and&nbsp;like Paul, I’m looking forward to the ARM possibilities, and like Brad, I’m looking at the possibilities of the "Cortana Cube." &nbsp;Thanks for your good work!</p>

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  19 December, 2016 - 9:15 am

  <blockquote><em><a href="#30895">In reply to </a><a href="../../../users/willisus">willisus</a><a href="#30895">:</a></em></blockquote>
  <p>Thanks!</p>

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  16 December, 2016 - 3:40 pm

  <p>A very good show today gentlemen, thank you.</p>

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  16 December, 2016 - 9:02 pm

  <p>Anyone who really loves the tile look for Windows phone and wants that feel on Android should try out <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nfwebdev.launcher10">Launcher 10</a>. It’s not the best launcher in the world as far as features, but if you want something that looks/acts like Windows 10, there isn’t much better.</p>

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  17 December, 2016 - 2:16 am

  <p>Here ya go Brad…Song was a novelty hit, performed by a ten yr. girl named Gayla Peevey in 1953, the actual hippo was named Matilda, lol.</p>
  <p>https://amydeestephens.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/the-history-behind-i-want-a-hippopotamus-for-christmas/</p&gt;
  <p>http://todays1019.cbslocal.com/2011/12/05/the-story-behind-i-want-a-hippopotamus-for-christmas/</p&gt;

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  19 December, 2016 - 9:15 am

  <blockquote><em><a href="#30910">In reply to </a><a href="../../../users/graple">graple</a><a href="#30910">:</a></em></blockquote>
  <p>Perfect.</p>

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  17 December, 2016 - 11:22 am

  <p>Windows 10 on ARM:</p>
  <p>I&rsquo;m looking forward to seeing how this works in a 6&rdquo; form-factor.&nbsp; There is a great value of owning one device that doubles as two.&nbsp; But I&rsquo;m more curious on how well a 6&rdquo; form-factor performs in the realm of PC Gaming.</p>
  <p>I think Ultra-Portable PC gaming is how Microsoft can increase their smartphone market share; despite the &lsquo;app gap&rsquo;. &nbsp;If the performance is good enough (whether alone or docked to an external dGPU), I can see the serious gaming community giving up their current smartphones to gain this capability. &nbsp;Yes, these individuals will lose a lot of those &ldquo;convenience apps&rdquo; they are used to having on their iOS/Android devices, but gain something &ldquo;they truly love&rdquo; in place of them.</p>
  <p>Example: I play Assassin&rsquo;s Creed 3 on my Surface Pro 4&nbsp;(Core I-5 and no discrete GPU of coarse)&nbsp; With the quality set to &lsquo;normal&rsquo; and the resolution set at 720p, I get decent enough frame rates to make me happy.&nbsp; If these ARM based devices can replicate the experience I have on my Surface Pro 4, it may be a game changer in the gaming communities eyes. &nbsp;They&rsquo;d just need controllers and such that are just as portable as the phone itself.&nbsp; Heck, gaming or not, a 6" Surface Phone would need Ultra-Portable peripherals to make the ‘PC experience’ functional.</p>
  <p>With Windows 10 on ARM, only time will tell, but for sure Microsoft&rsquo;s &lsquo;Mobile Future&rsquo; has jumped up a couple notches.</p>

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  19 December, 2016 - 3:10 am

  <p>The next time you need a five-second-long clip of a movie to share on social media, try using GIPHY. Give it the YouTube URL, trim it visually, add a caption (the output is a GIF, so it won’t have sound), throw in some keywords to help others find it, and you’re ready to share. That’s how the kids do it these days. ?</p>

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