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        <title><![CDATA[Nice Article]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-392738-3700285]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Great work......Also have seen nice article on http://techinlead.com/windows-phone-8/]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[S J]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 04:33:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ditto on the KB]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-392738-3679419]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I would LOVE a QWERTY KB, that was the one thing I liked about my original Droid and Devour deices (the Devour is, to this day, the nicest piece of physical hardware I've ever used on a phone in terms of feel, style, and features). Multi core CPU? My Lumia 800 has zero lag, and so did my original Samsung Focus. I don't fill my phone with stuff so the removable storage isn't THAT important to me, though I'd be happy to consider it if I could go up to 64 GB storage.J.Ja]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin James]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:34:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-392738-3678969]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[An dont forget a real UI with no metro tiles and ability to customize it like any other sucessful phone os.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fletchguy]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:12:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Its a skip]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The biggest thing that made wp7 a fail is still the biggest part of Microsofts new wp8..the metro tiled ui. Microsoft seems to have slowed on being in touch with it's consumer base. It was made very clear during the wp7 time that people did not want the phones mainlky due to the horrible tile look and customization. In order for Microsoft to compete they must without fail dump the metro tile ui and give the users something that make its a related to true windows expirence. In overwhelming loudness consumers have already damned the entire windows 8 idea and prereleases which should have Microsoft rethinking the entire launch which may actually be the nail in their coffin. I have always been a Microsoft guy but with the android phone tablet options and much better ui and customization options windows phone as is has no chance to even get 5% of the market.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fletchguy]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:10:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[But can you USB sync it?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The big deal killer as far as I was concerned is that you have to do Outlook sync OTA with Windows Phone 7 which was not practical, is there a way of connecting a Windows Phone 8 via a cable to a PC?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[cybershooters]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:25:34 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[WP7.x to WP8 won't happen]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is a real bad move on Microsoft's part, and it does not help companies like Nokia who are trying to turn the ship around. This is one of the big reasons people have gone to iOS &amp; Android devices, Nokia did this with N900 &amp; MeGo, and now the Luma series will experience the same issue. How can you expect customer loyalty when the new smartphone OS will become stale in a year. I wish Nokia had made these devices capable of running say Android OS if one wanted to use in instead and or a daul boot]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Aikon1953]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:28:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not enough bribe $$...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That's not going to happen. In order to get them to support your phones nowadays, you have to pay them a kickback.MSFT said (and rightly so) &quot;no way&quot; -- so it's not happening.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[liverdonor]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:39:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Legacy WP support...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[However, WP 7x users were assured that Microsoft will remain committed to them and will provide updates to provide some of the same functionality as WP 8.Yeah, right. Just ask anyone who is stuck with a Windows Mobile 6.5 device (still under contract, btw) who wants to use Bing for navigation.Fail! You are obsolete now that WP7 is out - no support for you!I just don't buy it. This will be fine, until they come out with the new, improved Windows for Handhelds v10, wherein you 2-year-old phone users are screwed and will no longer be supported.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[liverdonor]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:35:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Keyboard]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-392738-3678649]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Big second on the slider keyboard. My TouchPro2 is getting a little old and I am not thrilled about an Android phone and don't get me started on Apple...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ChrisHyche@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:01:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[should have had the NT Kernal 2 years ago]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[WP should have had the NY Kernel 2 years ago, when WP7 was launched.If I had bought a Lumia on a 2 year contract, I'd be pi55ed.If I were Nokia, I'd wonder why I even bothered, when I could have taken Intel's money and continued with the very promising MeeGo platform and Intel's latest attempt at mobile (though why they sold their successful XScale/StrongARM business to Marvell for $600m 6 years ago is still largely beyond me - x86 v's ARM is a no brainer, even RedNeck dumb Microsoft know that one).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[neil.postlethwaite@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:41:54 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows Phone 8]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What I really want  in the next WP8 Phone :     1.  Multi Core Processor     2.  Removable Micro SD Card.     3.  A QWERTY Slider Key Board.Plus a nice screen and 4G capability that is offered by Verizon.I hope I live long enough.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Altoid666]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:01:58 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[at&amp;t]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[All I am waiting on is for t-mobile or verizon to release a comparable phone to the 900. I won't go at&amp;t or move off my unlimited plan on verizon to another service that doesn't have some soft of unlimited plan even if its just throttled.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[turrenti@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:07:11 -0700</pubDate>
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