I reflashed back to 2007.

I mainly use the tablet for ebooks with FBreader, a tcl game I am fond of, and I'm writing some python stuff so I use xterm a lot. I use VNC viewer to manage the livingroom Mac Mini.

I sometimes watch movies, listen to music.

THe speed was nice, the improvements in app manager were nice. All the software I wanted bar TCL was available (and TCL was found but not till I'd reflashed)

However...

- the main screen is ugly. The Fisher Price icons were much worse than the OS2007 versions, even Plankton didn't help that much. THe status bar icons were less usable, especially the battery one.

- FB reader was unsuable with thumb tap scrolling. The screen kept reading the tap as a selection not a scroll. Drove me barmy!

- I didn't like the huge menus such as the bookmark menu. Possibly thumb-friendly, certainly eye-hostile. Should be user-selectable, some of us are perfectly happy to use the stylus.

- seemed to use more battery. Getting 2007 to "battery full" was quick, 2008 never seemed to get there.

- xterm used up a lot of real estate with the control key bar along the middle of the screen rather than at the side. (And when I reflashed, I lost the control bar entirely! Somewhere out there is a different osso-xterm that has control keys up the side, but where?)

The biggie for me was the difficulty in FBreader. Could live with the rest although I really do find the big menus horrid and the main screen ditto. Can get used to the visual pollution but not the reduction in usability.

If they fix the screen sensitivity issue then I might go back to 2008. If they give me a theme that makes it look like 2007 with Plankton as well, I'd be even more likely to go back. Be nice if they could fix the battery issue....

Zebee