Yes and Yes, you can do this in Android as well. Insightful my ass.

This, there is nothing stopping them from releasing Android products and no matter what they say, their WP7 phones are not that different from the ones made by HTC or Samsung. They should have at least given it a go but Elop is one of the biggest Microsoft shareholders and there's no way he'd ever let that happen so he's dragging Nokia down with him.... I'm amazed they're keeping him on the job, he's tearing the company apart.

Compared to Windows it's a dream come true.

I'm not sure what you're referring to, you mean like when you boot up an old Windows XP machine that has dozens of applications set to start up on boot? The Windows Desktop is pretty darn snappy the first time you boot into Windows on any computer, it does get slower due to software bloat, that is a Windows issue, most apps in Mac, iOS and Android already appear to load instantly to the user.

I think one of the main mistakes software developers make is taking the users' attention from granted. One of the things that makes the iPhone/iPad so successful is the fact that applications seemingly load instantly when what they actually do is gently transition from the home screen to load a full screen image (as someone has mentioned above this is usually a screenshot of the app the last time it was closed), this buys the programmer time to load the actual app and providers the user with clear feedback that their input has been successful.

The user experience should be as important as the main functionality of an application, it's a shame not many people get that.

About 4) You could simply load the main window and menus and give the user input while the rest of the application continues to load in the background. Apps don't need to load instantly as long as the user gets the perception that they are.

Huh?, Gingebread has always been up to date. Only Honeycomb, which accounts for about 1% of devices did not have its source released.

Tablets offer a better user experience for media consumption, they are lighter, thinner and have longer battery life than most, if not all laptops currently available .

Stick to your clamshells, eventually you'll catch on.