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For watching movies, reading ebooks or listening to music?
*** The Official Microsoft Surface Thread ***
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One thing I do like and its small is when ever I pick the iPad up (got loads of websites on there saves, thought I transferred the important ones over but jeep finding more)
Is the mag case never gets ice cold, where the iPad is just one massive heat sink and is freezing to touch.
I wish they would sort out the issue with in browser video support. It plays them fine, but you get the hand when touching the screen, sometimes closing the browser foxes this, other times it needs a reboot. Its extremely annoying. Still very happy with it, split screen is by far the best, quickly followed by true multitasking, can run videos in one web browser tab in the background and it carries on playing.
Is the mag case never gets ice cold, where the iPad is just one massive heat sink and is freezing to touch.
I wish they would sort out the issue with in browser video support. It plays them fine, but you get the hand when touching the screen, sometimes closing the browser foxes this, other times it needs a reboot. Its extremely annoying. Still very happy with it, split screen is by far the best, quickly followed by true multitasking, can run videos in one web browser tab in the background and it carries on playing.
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We finally have a real game in the form of San Andreas (Ignoring the lack of spotlight and even being hard to find 
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CUE NO FOLLOW UP FROM MS!
)CUE NO FOLLOW UP FROM MS!
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CUE NO FOLLOW UP FROM MS!
exclusive for only MS tablet devices?
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No, it's on Wndows RT/8 store.
Not on Windows phone (Yet all my android devices can get it)
I believe VLC are using RT to mean something other than the ARM variant of Windows, they state many times it's 8/8.1 first, with RT after, so we may still be waiting a while
Plus, sure early on with the kickstarter they said backers would get a beta first.
Sent mine back today, I'm convinced there's something wrong with the speakers 
The sound quality and volume is really bad when compared to my iPhone 5 and iPad.
Ran a restore that made no difference, spoke to there technical support and arranged a replacement.
The sound quality and volume is really bad when compared to my iPhone 5 and iPad.
Ran a restore that made no difference, spoke to there technical support and arranged a replacement.
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Sent mine back today, I'm convinced there's something wrong with the speakers
The sound quality and volume is really bad when compared to my iPhone 5 and iPad.
Ran a restore that made no difference, spoke to there technical support and arranged a replacement.
Surface 1 or 2?
If it's 2, it's not faulty, they're just CRAP.
I had a Surface 1 quite late into it, but it was absolutely solid for me, speakers were solid (But quiet)
Surface 2's are just crap (You can make them sound decent when you turn off tegra enhancements, but they're quiet)
Surface 2, got it on launch day. Never really been impressed by the speakers, thought I would do something about it.
I'll be gutted it the replacement is just as bad
back to the iPad or Surface 3.......
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That doesn't make the surface speakers loud though, I was relatively happy with them, quite a happy in fact. But the surface 2 has marred my reference quite a bit.
My aspire s7 is in a different league.
Just a heads up, the Pro is currently available for £480, -£50 Quidco, plus you could get atleast £30 for the bundled touch cover so works out at £400. Granted battery life is well behind the Pro 2 and the kickstand only has one angle, but if you can live with that then it's a pretty awesome deal IMO.
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There's some video files that Windows RT thus far just flat out can't play (Yet on my 8.1 laptop etc it works with Windows Modern UI Video app) but runs on the Xperia Z1 with Sonys default video app.
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It will on X86 (Not that they need it.....), who knows how long the wait for RT will be (VLC use WinRT to mean something other than the ARM variant of Windows, runtime perhaps?)
And what if it's a Windows limitation? No other players can play it, but Windows default player on X86 does.
And it's not good enough, as it's 16 months old, those files have been unplayable for 16 months
It will on X86 (Not that they need it.....), who knows how long the wait for RT will be (VLC use WinRT to mean something other than the ARM variant of Windows, runtime perhaps?)
And what if it's a Windows limitation? No other players can play it, but Windows default player on X86 does.
And it's not good enough, as it's 16 months old, those files have been unplayable for 16 months
How on earth have you got to vlc calling winrt as something else VLC for WinRT is pretty specific. As they said in their own update