Surface 3 - New direction, higher prices and crappy i3

[bbond007]

Had the same issues with Android and SD cards, unfortunately.  If/when they ever get it working like it should - seamless storage between the onboard and card, I'll likely switch to Android entirely.

Well, it does work, but it's highly dependent on the app as well.  Winamp for example, works just fine with SD cards.  Fire it up and your media is there right away, ready to play.

VLC though, it sits there churning every single time I fire it up on my Android devices rescanning the SD card for media, and that takes far too long with a 64 GB card stacked full of media.

I was browsing some venue forums and I see someone had found a BIOS setting that increased the speed of my ssd as well as sd over 30%. I have no issue playing one 1080p video of the sd card while coping another video from a network share to the same sd-micro. Im sure surface 3 is just as capable.

I have two generations of galaxy tabs which are stuck on android 2.x and 3.x respectively without upgrades. Maybe that is my fault for buying samsung. I think that will be less of an issue with x86 windows.

[gertsy]

Shhhh.....

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/ipad-air-problems/#!1u6Iw

[gertsy]

Surface 3 (not Pro) on pre-order now.  Runs full 8.1 on an Intel atom quad 2.6ghz(burst).
So the smaller version of the surface still exists just no longer in the RT form.

By the way @pyromania  iOS has no support for a mouse. And nor should it. It's a touch device.

[Matt_H]

Glad to see Windows RT has been shown the door. New machine looks decent, but is too expensive for what it's offering. If they included the keyboard and pen at the $600 price point I could be persuaded.

[danbeaver]

I read $499, but still pricey for a 10" tablet, although USB 3.0 is not common for tablets this size.  Battery life is good as is screen resolution.