Re:I miss Windows Phone
by vbezhenar on Saturday April 07, 2018 @11:42AM
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I've read few impressions from Windows Phone users and they all liked it. It's a pity that it died. While I'm personally don't have much interest with it, competition never hurts. Currently iOS and Android basically divided the market: iOS for niche luxury phones and Android for average phones. I've found it hard to find Android with premium price ($1000), there are not enough phones to make a good choice, it seems like a lot of manufacturers just not interested with this market, for example.
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I switched from Android to the Windows Phone and greatly preferred it. I liked the look, the responsiveness, and the dearth of apps wasn't a problem initially. I was never a huge fan of live tiles, though, because I like my UI to stay still and let me focus on what I focus on. But what ultimately drove me away was the inexplicably shitty Kindle app. I read a lot on my phone, and the Kindle app would skip lines on page turns, for a very disorienting and frustrating reading experience.
Re:I miss Windows Phone
by thaumasiotes on Saturday April 07, 2018 @02:05PM
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I'm having the same problem recently with the Kindle app for Android...
Amazon would rather you buy one of their devices instead of using your phone to read.
Re:I miss Windows Phone
by thaumasiotes on Sunday April 08, 2018 @12:29AM
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I seriously doubt this is the case. Amazon's business selling ebooks is much more significant than their business selling proprietary Android devices.
And the page turning problem also occurs on my Kindle Oasis.
Huh. I had no idea the problem was this widespread. For the record, I've never had a problem on any iOS device or Kindle e-reader (iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone X, iPad, iPad 2, iPad mini, iPad Air, iPad Pro, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Voyage). I am stunned that it happens on the Oasis.
Re:I miss Windows Phone
by thaumasiotes on Monday April 09, 2018 @03:42PM
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If I were guessing, I'd guess that the problem is related to Amazon's new-ish feature of supporting page numbers as well as locations. My workaround for the page-turn text skipping issue is to jump to a nearby location (e.g. if my location before turning the page is 4384, try to jump to 4387). On some books, this isn't possible; there is some defined magic page-starting point and jumping to any nearby location means you jump to that point instead. This aggravates the problem.