Tim, you are correct and I was wrong - the Lewisham trial (at the Mercury Way industrial site) has only just started. I’ll correct the post.
The only complete trials are the one you mention on…
Except that there are still more than 50% of US adults who don’t yet have a smartphone or tablet. The market of people who might yet buy an iOS or Android tablet, but are more likely to buy a Windows…
Why do you want a ‘desktop experience’ so badly? Metro affords the ability to see two apps at once. What is it about the windows-and-taskbar paradigm you don’t want to lose?
I’m genuinely in two minds about The Shard. On its own, it probably is too big, as many have said. But it’s not going to be on its own; there’s already Strata nearby and more to come in South London…
Why do tech writers hate on netbooks so much? I do everything on my Samsung NC10, sometimes plugged into a 1920x1080 monitor. It’s all the computer I need. Sure, netbooks have petered out now, but…
It doesn’t do any harm as long as everything is sized to the screen and not pixel-for-pixel like on a desktop browser.
I think that’s because it feels weird to hold a 16:9 device in portrait, though. It’s a reason to go 4:3, not a reason not to.
