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Mistershine on 24 March 2011
  • Copy & Paste: You asked for it - now it's here. Just
    tap a word and drag the arrows to copy and paste it on your phone. You can copy
    text from E-Mails, text messages, web pages and Office Mobile documents and
    paste it anywhere you can type.
  • Faster Apps and Games: Nobody likes to wait. That's why
    Microsoft has whittled down the time it takes for apps and games to start up and
    resume. It's all part of our focus on getting you to the things you love, easier
    and faster.
  • Better Marketplace Search: Microsoft has streamlined
    Marketplace search to make it easier to find specific apps, games, or music.
    Press the Search button in the Apps or Games section of Marketplace and you'll
    see only apps or games in the results. Press Search in the Music section of
    Marketplace to search just the music catalog.
  • Other Marketplace Improvements: Microsoft has improved the
    stability of Marketplace while you download apps. Microsoft has also improved
    the experience of downloading apps larger than 20 megabytes, upgrading from
    trial apps to paid apps, using a credit card with an address outside the United
    States, sharing links to apps via E-Mail, sorting Xbox LIVE games by release
    date and creating an Xbox LIVE account from within the Games Hub.
  • WiFi Improvements: Windows Phone now display your phone's
    Media Access Control (MAC) address in Settings (You might need this info if you
    try to connect to a Wi-Fi network that uses MAC address filtering). Microsoft
    has also removed the limit on the number of Wi-Fi profiles that you can store
    and reduced the time it takes to start your phone if you've stored lots of Wi-Fi
    profiles.
  • Outlook Improvements. Microsoft has improved the experience
    of viewing iPhone photo attachments you receive from a non-Exchange-based E-Mail
    account (such as a Google Mail, Hotmail, or Yahoo! Mail account), using the
    Global Address List (GAL) when connecting to Exchange Server 2003 using Exchange
    ActiveSync and working with E-Mail display names that contain brackets (for
    example, "David Alexander [Contoso]").
  • Messaging Improvements: Microsoft has improved the
    experience of receiving Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messages if your
    phone uses a PIN-locked SIM.
  • Facebook Integration: Microsoft has improved the experience
    of syncing Facebook accounts.
  • Camera Improvements: Microsoft has improved the stability
    of switching between camera and video modes.
  • Audio Improvements: Microsoft has improved the experience
    of using a Bluetooth headset to make calls when you're playing music or videos.
  • Other Performance Improvements: This month's update also
    includes software from several phone manufacturers that improves the performance
    of specific models. Naturally, if you don't have one of the affected models, we
    won't install this portion of the update on your phone.

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    Copy & paste is all well and good, but I'm more pleased about the improved search function



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    Rainbird on 24 March 2011

    It might take a while before you get the update if you have a carrier branded phone though. Microsoft is updating the progress here.

    It's a shame that it's taking so long to roll out updates, let's hope Microsoft can better get the carrier's to pull their shit together and release the updates. Or at least now that Microsoft have published the status of each carrier, the customers can put pressure on them to get the update out.

    Still, good that NoDo's here, I'm only looking more and more forward to getting my own WP7 device.



    disolitude on 24 March 2011
    Rainbird said:

    It might take a while before you get the update if you have a carrier branded phone though. Microsoft is updating the progress here.

    It's a shame that it's taking so long to roll out updates, let's hope Microsoft can better get the carrier's to pull their shit together and release the updates. Or at least now that Microsoft have published the status of each carrier, the customers can put pressure on them to get the update out.

    Still, good that NoDo's here, I'm only looking more and more forward to getting my own WP7 device.


    Thanks for that link!

    Come in Telus, get your shit together!



    yo_john117 on 24 March 2011

    Awesome, not I just have to wait on T-mobile to give me the update!



    pizzatracker on 24 March 2011

    Wow thats a big update. I'm planning on buying one when my contract with AT&T ends