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> I've been blogging here for a decade and I stand on my reputation for being fair and impartial to the best of my abilities. ctrl + f "android"; none found.

by pavanky 14y ago

> I've been blogging here for a decade and I stand on my reputation for being fair and impartial to the best of my abilities. ctrl + f "android"; none found. shrug. give up

AdamTReineke 14y ago
He does mention the Touchpad very briefly.
- archangel_one 14y ago
  Where? I can only see one instance of "touchpad" and it's referring to the laptop mouse replacement thingy, not the HP tablet - which ran WebOS, not Android, anyway.
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  - ConstantineXVI 14y ago
    He mentions "slightly larger tablets like the dead (and rooted) HP TouchSmart."; unless 20"[0] is his definition of a 'slightly larger tablet' and Windows can be rooted (in the Android sense) now, I think it's safe to assume he mis-typed TouchPad. [0] http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Desktops/HP-ENVY-TouchSmart/C0M05AV?HP-ENVY-20-d010t-TouchSmart-All-in-One-Desktop-PC http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Desk...
    - shanselman 14y ago
      Damn. I'll fix that. Yes I have a Androided TouchPad but I didn't think I was fair to consider it a proper Android device so I didn't add it in.
sbuk 14y ago
What if he's got no experience using Android and sensibly decided to make no comment on it? This insistence on balance is getting tedious. Humans like something better than others, often with prejudice. When I see someone claiming about bias or a lack of balance I just read it as the have a different opinion and want to whine about it.
- gbog 14y ago
  > This insistence on balance is getting tedious. Balance? No, here I would insist on honesty. Had this guy been honest, he would have mentioned Android and maybe Ubuntu, at least to tell us he has not much experience with them. But as GP said: elephant in the room. Can you imagine a guy talking in general terms about high-end cars, emphasizing proudly his "reputation for being fair and impartial", talked at lengths about Mercedes and Audi, and about Audi and Mercedes, and never even mentioning BMW? Anyway, the Giant Mammoth in the room just shows how Microsoft fears Android much more than Apple, and rightly so.
  - sbuk 14y ago
    Not really. The OP was talking from personal experience. Besides, it's his blog. He is not a journalist, and the integrity that you are insisting upon is just a fallacy, as are the trite car analogies.
  - rimantas 14y ago
    > Had this guy been honest, he would have mentioned Android > and maybe Ubuntu, at least to tell us he has not much > experience with them So being honest means listing all the things you never touched and maybe don't even know they exist (Ubuntu mobile OS)?
  - shanselman 14y ago
    Honest it was just because a rooted TouchSmart is a crappy Android tablet. You can decide that means my employer affects my blogging so that I ignore that "elephant" or you can read my detailed post on how to root your own TouchSmart. ;) http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToUpgradeAnHPTouchPadToAndroidIceCreamSandwich.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToUpgradeAnHPTouchPadToAndr...
officemonkey 14y ago
He doesn't really mention "the Ultrabook of Ultrabooks," the Mac Air, either. I think that's just because he doesn't have much experience of it. If/when Apple decides to add a touch screen to their laptops, they will be extremely close to the perfect machine, IMHO.
- shanselman 14y ago
  Agreed.

by pavanky 14y ago

> I've been blogging here for a decade and I stand on my reputation for being fair and impartial to the best of my abilities. ctrl + f "android"; none found. shrug. give up

AdamTReineke 14y ago

He does mention the Touchpad very briefly.

archangel_one 14y ago
Where? I can only see one instance of "touchpad" and it's referring to the laptop mouse replacement thingy, not the HP tablet - which ran WebOS, not Android, anyway.
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- ConstantineXVI 14y ago
  He mentions "slightly larger tablets like the dead (and rooted) HP TouchSmart."; unless 20"[0] is his definition of a 'slightly larger tablet' and Windows can be rooted (in the Android sense) now, I think it's safe to assume he mis-typed TouchPad. [0] http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Desktops/HP-ENVY-TouchSmart/C0M05AV?HP-ENVY-20-d010t-TouchSmart-All-in-One-Desktop-PC http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Desk...
  - shanselman 14y ago
    Damn. I'll fix that. Yes I have a Androided TouchPad but I didn't think I was fair to consider it a proper Android device so I didn't add it in.

sbuk 14y ago

What if he's got no experience using Android and sensibly decided to make no comment on it? This insistence on balance is getting tedious. Humans like something better than others, often with prejudice. When I see someone claiming about bias or a lack of balance I just read it as the have a different opinion and want to whine about it.

gbog 14y ago
> This insistence on balance is getting tedious. Balance? No, here I would insist on honesty. Had this guy been honest, he would have mentioned Android and maybe Ubuntu, at least to tell us he has not much experience with them. But as GP said: elephant in the room. Can you imagine a guy talking in general terms about high-end cars, emphasizing proudly his "reputation for being fair and impartial", talked at lengths about Mercedes and Audi, and about Audi and Mercedes, and never even mentioning BMW? Anyway, the Giant Mammoth in the room just shows how Microsoft fears Android much more than Apple, and rightly so.
- sbuk 14y ago
  Not really. The OP was talking from personal experience. Besides, it's his blog. He is not a journalist, and the integrity that you are insisting upon is just a fallacy, as are the trite car analogies.
- rimantas 14y ago
  > Had this guy been honest, he would have mentioned Android > and maybe Ubuntu, at least to tell us he has not much > experience with them So being honest means listing all the things you never touched and maybe don't even know they exist (Ubuntu mobile OS)?
- shanselman 14y ago
  Honest it was just because a rooted TouchSmart is a crappy Android tablet. You can decide that means my employer affects my blogging so that I ignore that "elephant" or you can read my detailed post on how to root your own TouchSmart. ;) http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToUpgradeAnHPTouchPadToAndroidIceCreamSandwich.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToUpgradeAnHPTouchPadToAndr...

officemonkey 14y ago

He doesn't really mention "the Ultrabook of Ultrabooks," the Mac Air, either. I think that's just because he doesn't have much experience of it. If/when Apple decides to add a touch screen to their laptops, they will be extremely close to the perfect machine, IMHO.

shanselman 14y ago
Agreed.