I saw them the first time and added them to my list of "interesting APK posts".

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The other AC said "If you're using Windows 8". Classic Shell makes Windows 8.1 look enough like Windows 7 that you forget it even has "a cell phone interface".

You need to create a Canonical account to use some of the optional online features of Ubuntu, such as Ubuntu One backup, paid applications in Ubuntu Software Center, and participation in Ubuntu Forums and Launchpad.

"Simply no reason" is strong words. On an x86-64 PC that comes with Windows 8 or 8.1, you need to use Metro to A. create or modify user accounts, or B. switch to the desktop to download and install Classic Shell. But that's about it.

Unless you want to play things that don't work on an Xbox One, such as audio and video in Free formats, audio and video in obscure formats, or indie games whose developer is still seeking a publisher on Xbox One.

The operating system itself has a FolderPicker that lets the user choose to add a particular path to the application's sandbox. If the user chooses to add an entire Videos folder, then the application can retain this entire folder as one of 1,000 items in the application's sandbox.

I'm interested. What driver do you need to install to use a Wii Remote with a Windows 8.1 PC?

So what tool are the majority of people missing? The only alternatives I can see to buying a laptop that ships with Windows 8.1 are A. a Mac, B. obscure Linux laptop manufacturers like System76, C. using an oversized smartphone with a Bluetooth keyboard, or D. being stuck at a desk. Which were you thinking of?

The satcom device does not have to have been on the aircraft.

There are iOS-exclusive games and Android-exclusive games. Are there Windows Phone-exclusive games yet?

Apart from games, Android has AIDE, a Java IDE that works on a tablet with a Bluetooth keyboard. I haven't tried it on an Android phone, but I'm guessing it might work on a phone with a Bluetooth keyboard and an HDMI output when the touch screen emulates a trackpad. Does Windows RT have anything like Visual Studio, Eclipse, or anything else to develop apps on the device? Does Windows Phone even support HDMI out? Instead of HDMI out, Nokia phones have DLNA streaming, which apparently has too much latency for actual interactive use because it's designed for movies, not apps or games.

Probably for much the same reason that people who don't especially like Windows and Office bought an Xbox. If the new touch-controlled Halo game is exclusive to Windows, watch fanboys switch to this so-called Xboy.

You can't stream Amazon video to a tablet unless it's a Kindle Fire or iPad, and you can't stream to a phone unless it's an iPhone.

I don't see why not. DVI-D and HDMI use the same signaling, and newer DVI monitors support HDCP.

Until you get redirected to hostnames like hardware-beta.slashdot.org, games-beta.slashdot.org, etc. One limit of hosts files is that unlike zone files, hosts files can't match wildcards. I appreciate your work on DNS blacklist tools, but eventually there comes a time for a more flexible way of specifying overrides than hosts file syntax. Ever considered writing your own DNS resolver? (ObAmazon: You might even be able to provide it as a service using Amazon's cloud.)

Ad homs like this don't help your cause.

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Let me know when any phone other than Apple's supports Amazon video.