The Official "I've Got My Surface" Thread!
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billfraley
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If you have a pop mailbox, forward to a live mail (now outlook) and there is a way to keep your reply to address still pointing to your pop address. I believe Gmail has this functionality as well.
Count me in.
My local mall got a pop-up store/kiosk. After all the unboxing stories from ym techie friends yesterday (they pre-ordered), I had to give it a try. I went with a thumb drive full of files to test out. Editing my Word documents was a breeze. Playing video and music also simple. I didn't see a good photo editing app on the demo model though. But I could easily access all my Google data. (I live in Gmail, G+, GVoice, GCal.) So I decided to pull the trigger on the Touch Cover/Tablet bundle. I like the feel of the Touch cover. I don't know how it works, but it is an amazing piece of tech. Blows Apple's "smart" cover out of the water.
I got it home and spent about 15 minutes setting it up. Registered for a new Live eMail account because my old one was just a spam catcher. Downloaded a few essential apps (Evernote, Skype, Google Search, etc.) and started playing.
Best part about going to the Mall kiosk vs preordering online: I got the Xbox Music Pass for free.
Now I need to play with it more and see how much I can do with it. I was an early adopter for iPad and Asus Transformer too. (Not quite as early in Android realm, but I did suffer through Froyo and Honeycomb.) I can deal with the app deprivation world. Now that Win 8 is out, I'm betting we see app dev ramp up. I just need about half a dozen or so more to be happiest. Contest in my mind is Win8 vs. Android. I'm a solid Android convert who uses Windows 7 on the laptop/desktop. Having Office on a tablet is HUGE to my work flow.
My local mall got a pop-up store/kiosk. After all the unboxing stories from ym techie friends yesterday (they pre-ordered), I had to give it a try. I went with a thumb drive full of files to test out. Editing my Word documents was a breeze. Playing video and music also simple. I didn't see a good photo editing app on the demo model though. But I could easily access all my Google data. (I live in Gmail, G+, GVoice, GCal.) So I decided to pull the trigger on the Touch Cover/Tablet bundle. I like the feel of the Touch cover. I don't know how it works, but it is an amazing piece of tech. Blows Apple's "smart" cover out of the water.
I got it home and spent about 15 minutes setting it up. Registered for a new Live eMail account because my old one was just a spam catcher. Downloaded a few essential apps (Evernote, Skype, Google Search, etc.) and started playing.
Best part about going to the Mall kiosk vs preordering online: I got the Xbox Music Pass for free.
Now I need to play with it more and see how much I can do with it. I was an early adopter for iPad and Asus Transformer too. (Not quite as early in Android realm, but I did suffer through Froyo and Honeycomb.) I can deal with the app deprivation world. Now that Win 8 is out, I'm betting we see app dev ramp up. I just need about half a dozen or so more to be happiest. Contest in my mind is Win8 vs. Android. I'm a solid Android convert who uses Windows 7 on the laptop/desktop. Having Office on a tablet is HUGE to my work flow.
two days with surface
wow.
The only computer in my bag from now on. my ipad feels like a toy compared to this and will live in the family room for games.
What an amazing user experience and fabulous piece of hardware. I have no doubt that the app issue will be solved soon as windows 8 will find its way on to a huge installed base. MS finally cracked the code.
Rick
wow.
The only computer in my bag from now on. my ipad feels like a toy compared to this and will live in the family room for games.
What an amazing user experience and fabulous piece of hardware. I have no doubt that the app issue will be solved soon as windows 8 will find its way on to a huge installed base. MS finally cracked the code.
Rick
I was able to get my Comcast (POP3) mail to my Surface! The following link provides the solution that worked for me:
The Windows Blog
I'm very pleased with the Surface now. Already looking forward to v2 with a faster CPU/GPU.
The Windows Blog
I'm very pleased with the Surface now. Already looking forward to v2 with a faster CPU/GPU.
Very nice. Mind if I ask what store you went to? The MS Stores are few and far between, even with the new "pop up" locations.
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