>>I agree. It might be nice to have 2 apps running at once (instead of having all background apps suspended

Yes. I love my Kindle Fire and I read all my books and magazines on it. The download time for an issue can be long though, and it would be good if I could be reading or using other apps while downloading something else.

My phone, a Samsung Galaxy III - which I got at the urging of my kids is virtually worthless, though.
-It's a lousy phone. My cheapo whatever that I had before was easier to use.
The one redeeming feature of the phone is that it has a Bluetooth connection to my car's audio so that I can use my car's phone app and audio which is much better than the Samsung/Verizon.
-The camera sucks. I tried it a few times and have never used it again.
-The type on the app menu, which can't be changed, is too small. When I told the Verizon guy about it he told me to memorize the icons.
-The app that I really wanted, a GPS app that gives yardages on the golf course, is worthless. I carry it in my pocket on the course and all that rubbing makes the damned thing think I'm touching it so it's all screwed up when I take it out of my pocket and I have to fiddle with it for 5 minutes on every shot before I get the yardage. I could have paced it off by that time.
I tried turning it off between shots, but that takes even longer.
I'll get a Garmin like most other golfers.





>>>>>>>>>Speaking of programming messes.. it would be hard to top this one!
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>>>>>>>>>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100713593
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>>>>>>>>I was just wondering, even with the benefit of hindsight, what MS should have done after W7 ?
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>>>>>>>>(a) Ignored the huge surge to tablet/ touch devices and stuck to desktop/laptop based OS.
>>>>>>>>(b) Written a separate OS for the phone/tablet market.
>>>>>>>>(c) Develop an OS capable of a similar look and feel across all platforms.
>>>>>>>>(d) ?
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>>>>>>>>Seems to me that (c), which is what they attempted, would be the best option.
>>>>>>>>FWIW nearly all W8 complaints I have seen/heard come from existing MS OS desktop users. Most people I know who have bought a W8 phone or tablet seem to like or even prefer the interface if they have previously had Android devices.....
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>>>>>>>>My guess is that MS will just make it easier to work with W8 in the classic mode.....
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>>>>>>>Seemed to me an obvious feature (maybe it's there - know nothing of Windows 8 just as I have never tasted New Coke ) would to sense if it was running on a touch-screen and launching classic if not and Windows Touchy if so. For my money for a mouse, keyboard setup "metro" ( which I really think is ugly ) is just annoying.
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>>>>>>>Oh, and they should find out who authorized that god-awful TV add with the clapping of the keybaord/touchpad/kickstand thing on their tablet and have them killed.
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>>>>>>Not being a TV watcher I've no idea if that ad appeared over here. But MS, generally, seems to be crap at marketing....
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>>>>>>On one of my original points : Have you heard anyone except existing MS desktop users complain about W8 ?
>>>>>>Seems to me there is a large element of the 'don't like it because it is different' syndrome....
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>>>>>Here it's I don't like it because I think it sucks. Different I can take. I immediately embraced the Mac, for example. I just don't like Metro, especially on the desktop.
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>>>>No argument that 'metro' isn't great for a desktop/laptop - touch screen doesn't work well in that environment. Wait for better facial recognition - look at an app, smile to open, frown to close. Widen eyes to zoom, narrow to close :-}
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>>>>For tablets I don't think there is much to choose (interface wise) between W8 and, say, Android.
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>>>The last thing in the world I want is a computer that is monitoring my facial expressions and thinking it therefore knows what I want. I have a wife for that and even with her advanced degrees in soft voodoo sciences she gets it wrong a lot.
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>>My wife *always* knows (rightly or wrongly) what I want. Don't think facial expressions come into it tho'
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>>>What I would really like to see on a tablet is 8 gb of RAM and the same multitasking I get in Windows. My biggest annoyance on my tablet ( the ASUS 700 which I love ) is that I can't do n+ things at once on the same screen. It is ADD hell ! :-)
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>>I can't see the real estate on a 7" screen being enough to use two apps at once?
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>I agree. It might be nice to have 2 apps running at once (instead of having all background apps suspended).
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>This is the primary interface distinction between a portable device and a desktop, and it's why the interface formally known as Metro absolutely sucks on a desktop.
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>>>I do understand Samsung has addressed this somewhat on their phones but I still want the 8gb of ram and quad core processor. (and a Silver Cloud Mk II ... )