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Seems like the move here may be to adjust the scaling of the screen to make the interface components smaller. Usually one of the first things I do since the android UI started having big text and lots of padding.

Gotta disagree here. There is more to good design than buttery gestures. Here are the advantages of the Android P system: * With one swipe you can switch to any of the ~5 last used apps * There is no need to remember the spatial position of the apps (which are to the right, which are to the...

The new chrome packaged apps should really spur development since it's very usable on other desktop OSs too.

I'm very happy to see Ars planning to report on Ubuntu compatibility. Please continue this trend!

4000 mAh? Sigh...

I think this reflects more on the demand for computers rather than the merits of Windows 8. As for the apps, quality matters much more than quantity, and quality is what is lacking.

This is a good way to drive people to open source software. Nobody wants to buy into a system clearly designed to keep sucking money out of them.

Yeah, we don't need options! They make me feel dumb and scared when I don't understand them. People who need options have wrong preferences. Woohoo!

As of 2012, 80% of the Tor Project's $2M annual budget comes from the United States government, with the Swedish government and other organizations providing the rest, including NGOs and thousands of individual sponsors. - from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network) And you say...

This is misleading. Apple allowing a user to sideload normal iOS apps from outside of a "walled garden" cannot somehow decrease animation framerates and touch response. It's sad to see this misinformation perpetuated by a site like Ars. Apple's GPUs have been consistently more powerful than...

I've been trying to buy these but I can't find a place that accepts credit cards. Is there a way I can buy these without physically having to take cash somewhere? (On a side note, can someone feeling charitable give me around .001 or .0001 Bitcoins to play with? 15hcVDvmqqWPCpK1iKB6AC1vZb8LE4JCDt )

It would really be great if you could test compatibility with USB-OTG, especially on newer phones which don't have microSD card slots.

What does matter, though is the large and removable battery, the microSD card slot, and USB-OTG support.

If you walk into the alley wearing a suit, you may be mugged. Having your computer connected to a worldwide network is no different. I find it odd that people are appalled by the behavior of the RAT users. If you do not know how to stay safe, there will always be those who will take advantage...

It's fine with me as long as they run stock AOSP.

The main advantage this OS has right now is not the new mobile interface, but rather the ability to run normal ARM-compiled apps from the Ubuntu repositories. It's odd that we haven't been hearing much about this.

I hear LibreOffice is looking real good these days.

I hope they continue to support Linux...

Looks nice, but I'm not sure the price is reasonable. Perhaps a slightly lower priced version with a smaller SSD, less RAM, a cheaper processor, but the same high-quality screen would find more success.

What many fail to realize is that all software "services," including Google Docs, have the same offensive business model. I would rather not rely on software that someone else is "lending" to me or hosting over the internet. Microsoft asking for payment every year is just another motivation not...