Recent content by Fred_S

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: In it's current state, MS Edge is not a web browser, it's an ad-delivery system.

LTE triangulation is not GPS. And once you get outside the population centers and away from the highways, cell signals get spotty at best.

Field work outside of a urban/city area is a "niche" use-case? This may surprise you, but some of us use laptops for more than sitting in the LaziBoy surfing.

No, When I'm navigating the streets I have a Nav Unit built into the dash of my Jeep. But when I'm in the N.GA mountains and need something with a larger screen and something with more offroad info, a tablet in the hands of the passenger is a must. No wireless hot spots out there to...

Don't think laptop. Think tablet. You know, like when you remove the tablet screen from the keyboard.

Had a pre-order in for the 1TB Surface Book. Then I remembered, MS has never put a real GPS in their Surface devices. Checked, and sure enough, the $3200 "Ultimate Laptop" doesn't have a friggin sub-$5 GPS chip. Pre-Order Cancelled. :angry:

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My Fitbit Force has double-tap to wake.

For what it's worth, there was a question to VZWSupport on twitter last week about a report that all the Icon developers had been moved on to other projects/platforms. Didn't think much about it at the time, but now???