Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun
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The Windows Phone apocalypse has begun... with Skype being the first to betray us.
Well, it sure seems that way as I couldn't video call Mrs naderB last night as neither of us were showing up as online.
Have contacted Skype Support for comment, so now we wait...
Not that any of this was unexpected in anyway, just expected video calling functionality to last at least until the end of November. -
Thanks goodness there aren't any Windows Phone users left out there to be affected by this
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@scottalanmiller said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
Thanks goodness there aren't any Windows Phone users left out there to be affected by this
Sarcasm spill, Aisle 3
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@nadnerB said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
@scottalanmiller said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
Thanks goodness there aren't any Windows Phone users left out there to be affected by this
Sarcasm spill, Aisle 3
Also Paramedics to Aisle 3.
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Wow - So people actually do this? Video call?
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@Dashrender said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
Wow - So people actually do this? Video call?
Well, yeah. We can't very well DVD call now, can we?
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@nadnerB said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
@Dashrender said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
Wow - So people actually do this? Video call?
Well, yeah. We can't very well DVD call now, can we?
I don't even understand this comment.
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@Dashrender said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
@nadnerB said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
@Dashrender said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
Wow - So people actually do this? Video call?
Well, yeah. We can't very well DVD call now, can we?
I don't even understand this comment.
Just smile and nod. Everyone else seems to.
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Seriously though - do you video call just to video call?
I've made video calls to friends in the UK, but other than just messing around I've never used locally just for day to day conversations. I don't see the appeal I guess.
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@Dashrender I don't like people seeing me when I talk on the phone... then I actually have to be engaged in the conversation.
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@brianlittlejohn said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
@Dashrender I don't like people seeing me when I talk on the phone... then I actually have to be engaged in the conversation.
ROFLOL - I was thinking the exact same thing, I just didn't type it.
yeah I want to be on a call and have the ability to surf if I want without someone seeing me not looking at them.
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@Dashrender said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
Seriously though - do you video call just to video call?
I've made video calls to friends in the UK, but other than just messing around I've never used locally just for day to day conversations. I don't see the appeal I guess.
We like to video call when either of us isn't home for the night. Especially good to say hi to mini-nadnerB and miss mini-nadnerB (who tries to lick the phone). It's nice to see everyone.
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@Dashrender said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
Seriously though - do you video call just to video call?
I've made video calls to friends in the UK, but other than just messing around I've never used locally just for day to day conversations. I don't see the appeal I guess.
I talk to my sibilings and my nephew this way all the time. As a team we do Skype Video calls often as well (remember we live all over the world so gives us a sense of togetherness).
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i use a windows phone. lumia 635, windows 10 upgraded from 8 last year. I like it because i can only text, call and get email. There are no other apps for anything else, so I dont spend 95% of my time staring at a phone screen while walking down the street or eating or sleeping.
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@momurda said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
i use a windows phone. lumia 635, windows 10 upgraded from 8 last year. I like it because i can only text, call and get email. There are no other apps for anything else, so I dont spend 95% of my time staring at a phone screen while walking down the street or eating or sleeping.
You can only? LOL, the phone can still do a lot more than that - even if that lot more is just surfing the web. There are a lot of games, and FB and snapchat, etc.
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@Minion-Queen said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
@Dashrender said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
Seriously though - do you video call just to video call?
I've made video calls to friends in the UK, but other than just messing around I've never used locally just for day to day conversations. I don't see the appeal I guess.
I talk to my sibilings and my nephew this way all the time. As a team we do Skype Video calls often as well (remember we live all over the world so gives us a sense of togetherness).
Yeah, if you're not in the same city it definitely makes more sense to use - so I can understand Nader's comment about when they are not both home at night. I was reading more into it - you're at work, the wife calls, but instead of calling via normal voice, she calls with video chat - that just seems weird. I consider that more intrusive than @scottalanmiller just getting a phone call.
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I really can't believe they just killed it off like that.
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@Jason said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
I really can't believe they just killed it off like that.
They just announced that they're killing support for an old version of the OS that 2.5 years old. This is equivalent to Google killing support for KitKat or Apple dropping support for iOS 7.
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@Kelly said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
@Jason said in Windows Phone Apocalypse Has Begun:
I really can't believe they just killed it off like that.
They just announced that they're killing support for an old version of the OS that 2.5 years old. This is equivalent to Google killing support for KitKat or Apple dropping support for iOS 7.
Do you know they haven't?
Actually support or no support from Google for KitKat is pretty pointless since the carriers sure the hell aren't porting those updates out to devices.
Is Apple still releasing updates to iOS 7 instead of telling users, you want updates, you must upgrade, which BTW is free.
