As a long time Android user I replaced my broken Samsung Galaxy S4 with a Nokia Lumia 925 about 8 months ago. I instantly liked it and now, after the recent updates, I am completely in love. Sure, the device is showing its age a little bit, but the OS has come a long way in less than a year. I am no hardcore app fanatic, so the phone can do what I want it to do and then some. I have the apps I need. I have since left almost all Google services behind and replaced them with MS equivalents. Very happy with the result and haven't looked back.
So, just recently my Nexus 7 (2013) found itself in the middle of a turf war between my 5 year old son and my 3 year old daughter. The loser? My Nexus ?. But, since I had ditched the Google ecosystem I figured it was time to go out and get one of them MS tablets. I don?t want a surface device ? too big. I have a laptop for desktop and productivity related activities. What I want is a tablet in the 8??ish range I can use for entertainment mostly. That?s reading books, email, web, music, video, games and all of that. I don?t need, nor do I want a full Windows desktop combined with something else. I would like the WP 8.1 system on a tablet. Smaller footprint and more storage for me.
I am just surprised by the lack of options when it comes to Windows based tablets ? not including the Surface line. Like I said, pure tablet devices without the Windows desktop. Maybe I am the only one wanting something like that? I see the need and desire to be somewhat productive on a tablet, but you can do that without having the desktop environment, right? Or are Windows users so different from other tablet users? I am not. When I step away from my laptop I am for the most part done working. The desktop apps are less than close to be tablet compatible anyway, so you need a stylus of some sort to be able to use them.
To me it sounds like a no brainer to put WP 8.x on a small tablet and go from there. Sure, name the baby something else ? I don?t care. But if it?s based on the WP code base, I am sure you would have a winner right there. Imagine a Surface Mini based on the WP codebase?to me that would be heaven. I am not suggesting to get rid of the Windows 8.1 based tablets, but offer smaller devices without the desktop ? based on the WP code. Take something that works so remarkably well and put it on a 7/8/9 inch tablet? Who is with me?
Or am I missing something? Maybe I am too stuck in my old ways to see the advantages that the desktop brings with it...I don't know.
No rant, just wondering.
So, just recently my Nexus 7 (2013) found itself in the middle of a turf war between my 5 year old son and my 3 year old daughter. The loser? My Nexus ?. But, since I had ditched the Google ecosystem I figured it was time to go out and get one of them MS tablets. I don?t want a surface device ? too big. I have a laptop for desktop and productivity related activities. What I want is a tablet in the 8??ish range I can use for entertainment mostly. That?s reading books, email, web, music, video, games and all of that. I don?t need, nor do I want a full Windows desktop combined with something else. I would like the WP 8.1 system on a tablet. Smaller footprint and more storage for me.
I am just surprised by the lack of options when it comes to Windows based tablets ? not including the Surface line. Like I said, pure tablet devices without the Windows desktop. Maybe I am the only one wanting something like that? I see the need and desire to be somewhat productive on a tablet, but you can do that without having the desktop environment, right? Or are Windows users so different from other tablet users? I am not. When I step away from my laptop I am for the most part done working. The desktop apps are less than close to be tablet compatible anyway, so you need a stylus of some sort to be able to use them.
To me it sounds like a no brainer to put WP 8.x on a small tablet and go from there. Sure, name the baby something else ? I don?t care. But if it?s based on the WP code base, I am sure you would have a winner right there. Imagine a Surface Mini based on the WP codebase?to me that would be heaven. I am not suggesting to get rid of the Windows 8.1 based tablets, but offer smaller devices without the desktop ? based on the WP code. Take something that works so remarkably well and put it on a 7/8/9 inch tablet? Who is with me?
Or am I missing something? Maybe I am too stuck in my old ways to see the advantages that the desktop brings with it...I don't know.
No rant, just wondering.
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