When I last I used a Windows phone, the internet wasn\u2019t as fast as 3G. So, I decided to fiddle around with Nokia\u2019s Windows 3G 8.1 Lumia 630.<\/p>\n
Doing this column can sometimes be posh; I may have to put it on budget. The smartphone brutally punched a K57, 000 hole in my pocket.<\/p>\n
Because Nokia 630 uses a micro-SIM Card, I took it to the network operator so it would be trimmed to size. That done; I was ready to go. Internet configuration was brisk; no hustles. I fired up Facebook and asked Windows 8.1 to always remember my password on this device.<\/p>\n
Without having to ask, Nokia 630 went smart and purged through the friends\u2019 list in Facebook, picked all the contact\u2019s phone numbers and populated my phonebook.<\/p>\n
WhatsApp was a bit tricky to configure. After a few minutes, I figured it out that for a contact to make it on the WhatsApp list; it had to be linked to Outlook first.<\/p>\n
Cortana got anxious and stared offering help that I did not need like an offer to read my mail or even as far as replying to them. I found Cortana, somehow, invasive.<\/p>\n
In no time, the Windows 8.1 phone turned into a buzz of activity. My five Gmail, one outlook and one Microsoft accounts all started downloading e-mails from their creator\u2019s servers. The battery beeped desperately and the phone bid farewell.<\/p>\n
I could not charge the phone at point. That should be obvious, power outage. When power was eventually restored I did the needful and civilization returned.<\/p>\n
Nokia Lumia 630 became busy again with Cortana noticeably jumping around like nobody\u2019s business.<\/p>\n
I wanted to change my caller tune to Lulu\u2019s Ndinena or Lucius Banda\u2019s Sagona but Windows 8.1 would have none of it.<\/p>\n
Google search confirmed my suspicion that Windows had assumed the responsibility of a music piracy policeman. But why would Windows 8.1 phone assume that I had pirated the music when I had happily paid for it?<\/p>\n
Cortana was now getting on my nerves, and I hurriedly went to settings and killed it. I went further than that by making all apps that were clamoring for my attention quiet.<\/p>\n
You see apps must obey my orders and not the other way around. I read WhatsApp messages when I want to; I do not want to be prompted to do so.<\/p>\n
It was only after I had silenced the overzealous apps that I was able to use the phone the whole day without having to recharge it.<\/p>\n
What did I think? Windows 8.1 phone is baby Windows 8.1 computer at work. Being a devout Windows church member, I was able to guess my way through the maze.<\/p>\n
What is it that I did not like? The smartphone became moody every time I had neither airtime nor an internet bundle.<\/p>\n
During such times some apps went on strike and refused to open. Nokia 630 is affordable but a little shower of exotic sea herbs might help to bring out an out-of-the-ordinary look and feel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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