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  1. Please allow 3rd party application to use mobile data in background.

    Applications such as Whats app and gmap, are of no use if they can not use mobile data in backgrod,every time i lock my phone, gmaps goes on ideal mode and whatsapp gets disconneted. Please let them use 3G data.

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      0 comments  ·  Operating System  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • Show missed calls on the lock screen

      It is essential for a phone user to have an overview of missed calls and received messages in a blink of an eye.

      This could be easily implemented if there would be according icons on the lock screen.

      Right now people have to unlock the screen, which may include typing in the password and this is really too much to just see if there are any missed calls etc.

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        0 comments  ·  Making and Receiving Calls  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • merge me, people and phone. Why would I not want all of that in one place?

        I get frustrated that I view my "wall" in one app and update my status in another, seems very unproductive.

        When I am in these apps they link together when selecting different actions. WHY because they should be together!

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          2 comments  ·  Applications  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • change default setting for appointment reminder

          I wish I could change the default setting for new calendar entries reminders...
          I would rather have the default setting for reminders to be 'no' reminder. Every entry I put in my calendar I have to go and change this, no reminder, so I won't get an email for every entry. I know I can turn off calendar email reminders, but I want that to stay set to send an email on entries that I do want a reminder for. Seems like being able to control that default setting shouldn't be that big of a deal.

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            0 comments  ·  Calendar  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • rebuying apps and games

            make it that when people buy the windows 8 phone or 7.5 they dont have to repay for th apps that they already have.same as well for games

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              0 comments  ·  Update  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • All the information is restored by an ID number from Cloud.

              My mobile phone was destroyed.
              A new mobile phone is purchased.
              An ID number is set up.
              Then, it will be in the same state as before.
              All the information is restored by an ID number from Cloud.

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                1 comment  ·  Operating System  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • Zune app enhancments, Podcasts enable all so you have a single place for syncing everything with your PC

                Zune currently support Audio and Video, the addition would be text based and picture based. Having to have two clients is just unproductive.

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                  2 comments  ·  Sync  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • Нельзя поставить фоновый рисунок ((( А хотелось бы. Может будут идеи?

                  Нельзя поставить фоновый рисунок ((( А хотелось бы. Может будут идеи?

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                  • bluethot

                    bets me how windowsphon dont have ful suport for
                    bluethot all devices have a standard bluthot
                    so whit some small changes in the operating system
                    windows phone owners culd transfer files like mp3 photos
                    and documents whit bluethot
                    this is a big error that scrues up win 7.5
                    maby its time to go android insted sems more open for comunication

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                      0 comments  ·  File System  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • Adding Music to Playlists From Phone

                      Microsoft!!!! It is WAY to difficult to add music from music library on the phone to an EXISTING playlist ON THE PHONE!!! I should not have to plug-in to a laptop everytime I want to add songs to an existing playlist. RIM/Blackberry allows you click on a song that is on your phone and has an option to simply add that song to any of the saved playlists you already have. UPDATE THIS ALREADY, COME ON!!!....And also create a Amazon MP3 App! ZUNE's price are outrageous compared to the competition - Fix this too!

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                        0 comments  ·  Music + Videos  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • "Vibrate AND Ring" not "Vibrate then Ring"

                        Let's make another option, becuse now it doesn't vibrate after the first two one. Continuous vibrating is a must have option for noisy environment.

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                          210 comments  ·  Making and Receiving Calls  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • Newstalk app (Irish Radio station

                          Please can you make the Newstalk 106 - 108 app available. I loved this app when I had iPhone. Since switching to Nokia 800 - I cannot access it...It is an Irish radio chanel with excellent podcasts.

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                            0 comments  ·  Applications  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • Favorites import/export

                            Being able to import ot export your favorites would be nice

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                            • Add arrow button to move caret/cursor when typing

                              We had these in WM6 - very useful when you need to set the cursor position precisely. Dragging cursor lacks the precision.

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                              • what if a WP is stolen

                                a windows phone will always have gps device , connection to microsoft, and a network . .
                                so if microsoft don't want to let its customers down and more WP's get stolen
                                they should add a feature that will give the location of the phone to the owner of that phone . . its so easy to do. .

                                if a new simcard is inserted in the phone then it shoud mail the location to the owner's live id. .

                                even if phone is connected with new windows id. .microsoft can always check a WP's imei and track the old…

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                                  0 comments  ·  Security  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • carsales

                                  Hi I was thinking about changing to a windows phone but was wondering when the carsales app and the ANZ banking app will become available on windows?

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                                    1 comment  ·  Marketplace  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • full Arabic language support

                                    why do widows phones don't have Arabic language built in them like I phone you are losing big market

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                                      3 comments  ·  File System  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                    • Please allow language selection in any windowsphone.com and in the phone marketplace app as well. I don't like the local language.

                                      1. I don't read some local language at where I am and windows phone with location enable alwasy auto load the local language. This is very irritating.

                                      2. Give me an option to fixed my language in www.windowsphone.com to permanently ENGLISH. I don't need local language.

                                      3. Fixed the marketplace app language to English and I don't read the local Malay language even though I am in Malaysia.

                                      4. Even my hotmail log-in page is in local Malay language and I can't find any where in the webpage to change it to English. What is wrong with Microsoft? You expect…

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                                        0 comments  ·  Windows Live  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                      • Fix for Autocorrect on german "Umlaut" (and possibly other languages)

                                        I (and others) experience this problem with the german keyboard layout. Whenever I type and correct words with an german umlaut autocorrect will repeat the Word from the position of the Umlaut. For example correcting "Müslo" to "Müsli" (correct spelling) will result in "MüMüsli", or "geräte" will turn into "geräGeräte". This happens in any third party application - NOT in the built-in WP7 apps (SMS, Email, IE). The Error can be reproduced on any device with a german keyboard Layout. These umaluts are accessed by holding a, u, or o down and selecting them from the list that pops up.

                                        39 votes
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                                          2 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                        • Specify Sent/Deleted Items Folders

                                          When I sync my phone to my school email (or any email that is not one of the listed ones such as gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc...) it creates a "Deleted Items" folder and a "Sent Items" folder, along with the folders that my email actually has (Sent and Trash). I think it would be great if I can specify my existing "Sent" folder to be my "Sent Items" folder and my existing "Trash" folder to be my "Deleted Items" folder. I know I can do that on the iPhone and iPad. I think it would be a good thing to…

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                                            0 comments  ·  Email  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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