3. Multi Monitor support was changed (Task bar now goes across all monitors).

I agree with your first 2 points, but most people would consider #3 a feature. It's also optional: http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/image205.png.

Wikipedia has a picture of it: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/Ouya_Console.png

You're right. I think alot of that has to do with Froyo or Gingerbread on those old phones though. ICS and Jelly Bean fixed alot of those UI issues. My Nexus S definitely felt like a brand new phone when I upgraded from Gingerbread to ICS.

If you look at the Android phones being sold in China, Africa, etc. they are not phones like the Galaxy models. They are basically phones that are just steps up from feature phones.

China actually has some pretty nice android phones that are on par with the iPhone 5 or the Galaxy S3.

The Xiaomi M2 has a 1.5GHz quad core, 2GB ram, 720p screen, and it runs MIUI 4.1 (Android 4.1 with a custom chinese rom). It costs $310, which is less than half the price of an iPhone 5 (and it has better specs than the iPhone). The Xiaomi M2 is basically on par with the newly released Nexus 4, but it costs $50 less.

There's also the Oppo Find 5 which will have a 1.5Ghz quad core, 2GB ram, 16 or 32GB storage, 1920x1080 resolution (1080p screen!), 2500mAh battery, and it runs Android 4.1. It might also be the thinnest smartphone to date.

They have cheaper phones too, like the Beidou Little Pepper which is only $156, and it has a 1.3Ghz quad core, 1GB ram, 5MP camera, 800x480 screen, and runs Android 4.0. There's also the older dual core variant for only $110.

The HTC Desire is one phone that springs to mind, web browsing like molasses, horrible jerky scrolling, games would get 4-10fps, etc.

That has probably more to do with the terrible skins and bloatware that HTC puts on their phones. The HTC Desire has roughly the same specs as my Nexus S (1GHz single core, 512MB ram on the Nexus S vs 576MB on the Desire), yet my Nexus S runs extremely fast with stock Jelly Bean.

In my opinion the Intel 320 and Crucial M4 are the most reliable. I bought an M4 earlier this year and I'm very happy with it so far. You can get a 128GB Crucial for $100 on newegg, or a 256GB for $200. The intel drives are more expensive, but they come with a 5 year warranty, where as the crucial m4's only have a 3 year warranty.

Blizzard needs to make XP and rep for alts, once you've run through content once or twice, greatly accelerated.

Isn't that what heirlooms are for? You max a char, buy heirlooms, and then power level alts with them.