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  1. 18 votes
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    • Subscribe to Custom Podcast with URL

      In Mango I do not see a way to subscribe to a podcast by entering in the URL. There should be a way to do this. I am liking the new download over WiFi feature.

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      • Support to WiFi TTLS authentication suport for

        private/corporate WiFi authentication with a certificate is not supported at Mango.

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          0 comments  ·  Network  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • Custom CaptureSource to be able to use with FileSink. We need the ability to produce encoded audio/video stream/file (like a movie maker).

          To be able to make a movie (and share it with the rest of the World via youtube) we need an ability to generate MPEG4/WMV stream/file by utilizing hardware codecs (through FileSink). Also some way to change (enhance) audio/video captured from mic/camera before it will be encoded and saved into file.

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            0 comments  ·  Framework  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • play midi sounds

            native Midi file support

            17 votes
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            • Gmail Todo List Account Sync

              Please allow the access to Gmail's Todo list sync when a google account is added on the windows phone. Under calendar I see the todo list of hotmail and I like it, it would be great if I can add the gmail's ones too and have the ability to make changes when sync happens or just have the ability to add todo items and those get sync to the phone.

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                0 comments  ·  Controls  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • Access to network share

                I have a file server which hosts a lot of my documents, pictures and music. With Android it´s easy to browse the server with "ES File Explorer". This is single reason why I keep my Android phone around.
                I really wish it was possible to access my file server from my Lumia 800 too.
                It´s not only tedious to use Zune for copying my files over, it´s also creating redundancy by keeping copies on another device.
                Yet another reason - it uses valuable space on my Lumia 800 which wouldn´t be necessary if I could acces the file on the…

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                • Create a new Route object without using RouteQuery

                  Windows Phone 8 includes a new Map control. It has a new feature to add a route that will be displayed under street names. Street names over the route will be shown in another color and are moved to stay always in center. To add a route to the map you have to create MapRoute object that accepts only Route object in it's constructor. But Route object does not have public constructor. The only possibility to create Route is RouteQuery class. This is a problem! RouteQuery uses online service to calculate the route. Apps can't show the traveled route at…

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                    0 comments  ·  Controls  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • Native SQLite database support

                    In addition to the existing database support, please add support for SQLite databases, without a LINQ layer like for SQLCE. Just a raw database with SQL commands like we are used to. SQLite is platform independent, that means it is easy to exchange data between Windows, Windows Phone, Android and iOS devices.

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                      1 comment  ·  Structured Data  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • Access to currently running call information

                      like Name of that caller
                      Phone Number
                      Etc.

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                        1 comment  ·  Framework  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Please fix IE9 one-time-generated url bug on Mango

                        With WP7 I could view pdf and office dos with the WebBrowserTask. With Mango this is not possible anymore when having one-time-generated urls.
                        The request is now being called twice! Please fix this... otherwise my (and some other) apps/functions are not usable anymore :-(

                        See: http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/p/88705/548248.aspx

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                        • Allow GPS updates more frequently when app deactivated.

                          You are running an application that records your GPS position after traveling so many feet. If for some reason your application gets deactivated (you receive a phone call); your recorded track will be missing data for the time you were on the phone. This can be a serious problem if you need to follow the track back out. What this forces the user to do is carry a hand-held GPS as well as a phone when the track log is important.

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                          • Open the API so someone can write a sycn to Outlook direct

                            Open up the OS enough for someone to write a professional level direct sync app for Outlook on the desktop.

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                            • Free Apps with Donation in addition to Paid Apps with Trial

                              With WP7 we have the unique ability to offer Trails for Paid Apps, which is great. However, it would be nice if developers could offer Free Apps with a possibility to users for voluntary donations. Some devs do the workaround and offer a Paid app, with the trial version having no restrictions at all (if the user clicks 'buy', he essentially donates to the dev).

                              However, this workaround has the disadvantage of the app not apprearing in the 'free' category, though they are actually free. Therefore, it would be great if devs could put apps in the marketplace offering two…

                              16 votes
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                                1 comment  ·  Dev Center - use Dev Center forum  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                              • SIP Client native

                                more and more people telephone over voip but there are many different provider. they all use Sip so it would be great to have a native sip client integrated.

                                16 votes
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                                • roaming application data

                                  There is a feature in windows 8 for roaming application data which allows Windows 8 automatically transitions certain application data between user devices.
                                  I suggest to have access to user's roaming data from WP8.
                                  For example, user can play a windows version of a game as well as a mobile version of the game and scores will add up.
                                  Follow up:
                                  It looks like Microsoft is planning to do that but the functions are not implemented yet.

                                  16 votes
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                                    0 comments  ·  Framework  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • call recorder

                                    there must be an application to record the conversation on a call.

                                    16 votes
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                                    • Better Store Analytics

                                      Currently, there is no way of knowing if a user converts from our own advertising campaign or "out of the blue". It would be great if we could link to an app's store page with a campaign code, and get the breakdown by campaign codes in our daily stats. For example:

                                      United States Paid (after trial) 32
                                      United States Paid (after trial, campaign XYZ) 64
                                      United States Paid (without trial) 16
                                      United States Paid (without trial, campaign XYZ) 48
                                      United States Trial 192
                                      United States Trial (campaign XYZ) 284

                                      16 votes
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                                      • Put LED notification

                                        Put (blinking) LED notification when having incoming notification to save effort every time do not have to unlock screen and checking any notification. Nokia symbian phones does have, would like window phone will have too.

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                                        • Implement two events which informs an app that a phone call starts and ends.

                                          I want to create an application which creates an automated statistic of the time I spent to my phone calls.

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