Going on from my thoughts in the podcast about the time finally being right to consider moving with Nokia over to Windows Phone, now that the GDR2/Amber update is available, you might be interested in my walkthrough of setting up a 'virgin' Windows Phone 8 GDR2/Amber device. This is fairly representative of what you'll go through if you move over too.
From the introduction to the 2000 word article:
Most of the Windows Phone 8 stable of devices have been updated through the various versions of the OS, over the air, and with all content staying intact. But what, I wondered would be the experience of someone coming to Windows Phone 8 GDR2, with Nokia Amber, for the first time? In other words, what does a totally fresh install of this latest version of Windows Phone look like? Here's my walkthrough, with comments.
In this case, my experience is based on a freshly minted, service centre-refurbished Nokia Lumia 920, but this also applies to any Lumia 925 or Lumia 1020 owner, plus many other models throughout the range which are all now being shipped with GDR2/Amber in the factory.
Here then are my notes and illustrated observations - hopefully you'll find this useful, whether you're a new Windows Phone 8 owner, or someone awaiting GDR2 yourself on an existing device and wondering whether to install in-place or to go through the temporary pain of a factory reset, so that you can 'start afresh'...
Read on here.
