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You can age beer, too. Probably not 50 years, but 10-20 is possible.
http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/the-lost-art-of-extreme-aged-cask-ale/
Stone did a Vertical Epic Ale that was released on 02.02.02, 03.03.03
Good beer can come out of a can. These guys in Michigan make some great beer and their stuff comes in cans.
In the move to RT on ARM, MS had to say screw it to #2 and #3 and the move to a tablet forced them to say screw it to #1, too. "Desktop Windows" on a tablet has been shown not to work time and time again. Hell, the move to to a tablet essentially removes #2 and #3 since most programs are shit if they aren't designed specifically for a tablet.
#2 and #3 were never really under MS control, either. MS hoped to follow the "build it and they will come" philosophy. It worked with iOS and Android, but I guess people are just too tired to go another step, MS/ARM/RT is horrible to program for or they carry enough of a grudge that they just won't.
So why, or rather when, would I buy an RT tablet? When it's cheap. Just like any other tablet, it'll do about 90% of what I need it to do, regardless of the OS.
I upgraded and have no problem using it. It's primarily my wife's computer though, and the kids play games on it. Other than for the first couple of days, I haven't had to show them how to do anything... I don't think it's THAT intuitive of an interface, but obviously (in my experience) it's decent.
-John
The only reason I read the comments was to make sure this comment was here. Took way too much scrolling to reach, though.
GMail is free because Google can rifle through your mail, harvest your personal data and sell it in an anonymized form (or so they claim) to advertisers.
No data is sold, as I understand it. Harvested, yes. Then the advertisers tell Google what demographic they'd like to show ads to and Google shows the ad. No list is sent to advertisers. Just info on yes, X000 ads where shown to people we (Google) think are "moms" or whatever the demographic is.
Facebook does it the same way. If it's otherwise (minus conspiracy theory), please enlighten me.
If you do a lot of reading, I agree. These are more general purpose tablets, even though they carry the "Kindle" name.
Maybe I "don't know what I'm missing", but I have no issues with the KFHD, either. Ads on the lock screen sometimes recommend something useful, but are mostly ignored. It appears to have plenty of apps, games, etc. for my taste. Web browsing and email are good. I guess I "put up" with the carousel, but that's about it.
not for one which is laden with commercials
There's an add on the lock screen. You see it for a second or two, if you even notice it, while you unlock the device. That's it. Hardly "laden", but buy what you want.
Yes, there's a menu of applications to start, just like on the start menu. It just takes up the full screen now, so it's called a start screen.
There's nothing to "bring back" as the start "menu" and the start "screen" perform the exact same functions.
So the program would have to be rewritten for the tablet UI? Isn't that a good thing, rather than just another program thrown onto a tablet?
True, but the OS has to be built in order to even attempt to build an application repository. Kind of a chicken-and-egg scenario, although you're guaranteed no applications will be built if the OS never is.
Why does it have to offer some benefit above and beyond what's out there? It just has to be as-good and provide another option for those looking to buy a phone. Not all Andriod phones are equal, so another option out there (from an end-user perspective) would be nice.
I understand from a business perspective, though, there has to be a PROFITABLE benfit to producing and supporting these phones. As long as it's "as good" though, why wouldn't a few OEMs test the market with it?
I don't know about Youtube, but there are 140-odd 1 or 2-star reviews just on a Samsung model on Amazon. I'm sure other models are similar. Certainly enough to make an educated decision.
I only know what I read in the papers. -- Will Rogers