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Gadgets Quick Note: Windows Phone 7/8 Over-the-Air Download Cap Raised to 50MB
Tiffany Kaiser - January 21, 2013 10:39 PM

14 comment(s) - last by Alexvrb.. on Jan 23 at 12:27 AM

(Source: cbsistatic.com)

It was previously 20MB

Windows Phone 7 and 8 users can now download files up to 50MB, which is more than double the previous cap.

Microsoft had previously implemented a data cap of 20MB for over-the-air downloads of games and apps on a cellular connection. This applied to both Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 users.

However, it looks like the company quietly increased that cap to 50MB. It's unclear when this happened exactly, but those with Windows Phone 7 or 8 can now download larger files over their cellular network.

Last month, Google said it wouldn't develop dedicated apps for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 because of a lack of demand. More specifically, it won't develop Gmail or Drive dedicated apps.

Source: Windows Phone Central

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last paragraph?

By The Imir of Groofunkistan on 1/21/2013 11:47:20 PM , Rating: 5

The last paragraph doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the story. Seems like an unnecessary dig...

RE: last paragraph?

By geekman1024 on 1/22/2013 7:37:23 AM , Rating: 2

maybe just fillers to meet the minimum word count.

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RE: last paragraph?

By LRonaldHubbs on 1/22/2013 10:52:48 AM , Rating: 2

Agreed. No relevance whatsoever to the rest of the story.

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RE: last paragraph?

By bah12 on 1/22/2013 12:07:04 PM , Rating: 2

Consider the source 1/2 of what Tiff or her twin Jason writes is filler and FUD to drive links to their other articles. Oh well pays the bills I suppose.

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RE: last paragraph?

By xti on 1/22/2013 12:57:55 PM , Rating: 2

They should rename DT to "the unnecessary dig" and give you a quarter for every article as royalties.

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RE: last paragraph?

By geekman1024 on 1/22/2013 9:10:53 PM , Rating: 2

The Unnecessary Redundant Dig, T.U.R.D.

Sounds better.

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RE: last paragraph?

By Trisped on 1/22/2013 1:29:23 PM , Rating: 2

DT usually tries to include references to related stories in the last paragraph.

There has not been a whole lot of Windows Phone new lately, except for the MS complaint that Google was blocking its YouTube app.

What new related to Windows Phone would you put there?

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