The Johnson Blog

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Tag: windows phone

  • Lumia 920 not Recognized by Windows 8

    Today when I plugged my new Lumia 920 into my Windows 8 desktop, noting happened. Odd, it had worked the day before.

    I unplugged and retried a couple of times, to no avail. Checking Windows’ Devices and Printers showed it was Offline, so I wasn’t imagining that it was installed and working at one point.

    I tried a reboot of the desktop, still nothing. As a last ditch effort, I tried rebooting the phone itself, and voila, it reappeared on the desktop.

    No biggie, but I saw a few discussion threads online about the same problem. Hopefully this will help others out.

  • Lumia 920 and Windows Phone 8

    After several years with Apple’s iPhone (3G followed by a 4), I’ve made the switch away from Apple. Yesterday I picked up a new, black Nokia Lumia 920 running Windows Phone 8!

    First impressions, I really like this phone and OS. I’ve played around with Windows Phone 7.5 before, but have never used it as my main device before.

    So, I think the biggest hesitation going into switching was the lack of applications. Or, rather, the perceived lack of applications. So far I haven’t really run into much that I cannot do with Windows Phone 8, and I suspect those places where it does fall short will be taken care of in the near future (Instagram, some notification-related stuff, etc). One day in, I’m very happy with the choice.