Just gets better and better
Hi folks.
I posted a few days ago stating how the most recent update had made my passport a productivity powerhouse. Happy to say it still is. Microsoft office suite works like a charm.
I've been delving into the multimedia side of things over the last day and wow. Managed to get hold of a slimport adapter which works, the Showbox app which works on our passports and add one hdmi cable, TV, home cinema amplifier and voila..
Video output is strong and glitch free. Only limitation is the quality of the video itself. Netflix streams like a charm. Sadly the same cannot be said about amazon instant video app which just won't work (sadly means I cannot watch game of thrones on the go). I'm not sure but I think flash support is gone in the browser as not all videos play sometimes but that's not too much of an issue.
Music quality was pretty decent as well. I guess for all the audiophiles out there going via hdmi it's higher quality output as it's digital? and with the amp set to 2 channel audio the music was pretty sublime. It sounded a lot cleaner than when I attach it via jack to 2 phono.
I just need that rado concept BlackBerry watch and I'll feel complete.
The passport is so much more versatile than all the reviews lead you to believe. It's a shame as I was playing around with it at the local pcworld and demonstrated it's streaming capabilities using spotify to a WiFi speaker I was hoping to buy and then hooked it up to a TV with a high def movie on my phone. The staff were really surprised it was capable of doing all that. Some people actually asked what phone I had. Hooked up to the TV I could even show them the OS as it's mirrored. Hopefully someone felt the urge to go try one for themselves.
The phone didn't break a sweat and the battery didn't get hammered either which was pretty awesome.
It's an epic phone to beat. Considering jacking in my iPhone plus and getting a backup passport. Almost scared to apply any future updates lol.
Hope this post was a little inspiring. I've had a few phones with glitches but this one is definitely worth preserving and the os updates have fixed the few annoying little nags I had. Someone's always got an answer to an issue on the forum and search around (sometimes pretty hard) and you find so many fixes.
Not only is the phone epic. So is the support on the forum.
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