Hi all,
Thought I'd post about my experience as a new Surface 2 owner - which isn't going well so far.
First Surface I received was fine until it came time to use the micro sd slot - after thinking I was going crazy and my cards were faulty, turned out that the card reader was faulty. When I pushed the card in, if I held it in as far as it would go the Surface would see it. When I let go till it locked in with the click, the Surface lost the card. Must have been a misalignment in the reader by a few millimeters. Sent it back and got a replacement unit....
......which turned out to have a crack in the case on the right hand side across the charging slot, which looked to have pushed the casing off the screen further down on the right hand side, and it also had the worst wifi reception I had seen on any device. I've not looked into it but as a guess the wifi antenna may be down the right side where the Surface was damaged? Anyway - long story short I've called it in again for replacement. By the way I am in the Uk and ordered from Tesco Direct - their customer service has been excellent with no hesitation in arranging for a replacement to be sent. That should arrive on Friday.
Being a very happy Windows Phone 8 user, seems I also mis understood the availability of some of the apps in the app store - I believed if it was available for WP8 then it would also be in the store for Windows RT. Clearly I was wrong - BBC iPlayer for example, The Guardian, some of my calendar apps etc aren't available as RT downloads. My bad for not researching properly but still disappointing.
It's not been a good start for the Surface - I really want to like it but at this point I've not had much chance. Here's hoping it's 3rd time lucky......!
By the way has anyone got a recommendation for a more feature rich calendar app with better live tile options? Have used Super Calendar, Simple Calendar and Chronos Calendar on WP8 which I much preferred to the built in calendar. Can't seem to see any options in the store.....
Cheers.
Thought I'd post about my experience as a new Surface 2 owner - which isn't going well so far.
First Surface I received was fine until it came time to use the micro sd slot - after thinking I was going crazy and my cards were faulty, turned out that the card reader was faulty. When I pushed the card in, if I held it in as far as it would go the Surface would see it. When I let go till it locked in with the click, the Surface lost the card. Must have been a misalignment in the reader by a few millimeters. Sent it back and got a replacement unit....
......which turned out to have a crack in the case on the right hand side across the charging slot, which looked to have pushed the casing off the screen further down on the right hand side, and it also had the worst wifi reception I had seen on any device. I've not looked into it but as a guess the wifi antenna may be down the right side where the Surface was damaged? Anyway - long story short I've called it in again for replacement. By the way I am in the Uk and ordered from Tesco Direct - their customer service has been excellent with no hesitation in arranging for a replacement to be sent. That should arrive on Friday.
Being a very happy Windows Phone 8 user, seems I also mis understood the availability of some of the apps in the app store - I believed if it was available for WP8 then it would also be in the store for Windows RT. Clearly I was wrong - BBC iPlayer for example, The Guardian, some of my calendar apps etc aren't available as RT downloads. My bad for not researching properly but still disappointing.
It's not been a good start for the Surface - I really want to like it but at this point I've not had much chance. Here's hoping it's 3rd time lucky......!
By the way has anyone got a recommendation for a more feature rich calendar app with better live tile options? Have used Super Calendar, Simple Calendar and Chronos Calendar on WP8 which I much preferred to the built in calendar. Can't seem to see any options in the store.....
Cheers.
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