Thank you Brandon. Thank you so much for the heads up.
The only concern I have with Windows RT 8.1 is the lack of 3g/4g USB dongle support. Currently, the 3g/4g USB dongle when attached to the RT device, they appear as storage media. The same happens in 8.1 preview. When inquired, the TechNet guys suggest that those dongles are not optimized for low energy network platform (NDIS 6.3?) running RT so can't be trusted, but works fine in all non-RT version. Only the built-in 3g/4g support is allowed in RT devices. The devices which don't support the 3g/4g dongles can only connect via WIFI. Which is a demise of one great feature and a very handy alternative!
So dear Windows Team, please consider this scenario:
"When user attach the 3g/4g USB dongle to WinRT device, warn the user that the attached device non-power-saver or not battery-friendly and if they use it as Network adapter, the efficiency of their device battery would be affected".
This is it, your job is to warn the user and recommend them the best practices. If they still want to use non-optimized device, its their battery loss. What if they really needed to use 3g/4g dongle for the most critical 10 minutes of their life? So, not letting them do which they are accustomed to do with Windows in past...just because you think they will permanently loose some fraction of their battery strength...is certainly not a good idea... Whoever engineered this idea, is WRONG!
Also, from ecosystem or ubiquity point of view, this graceful degradation of power consciousness feature (which is only one aspect of WindowsRT) is a better user experience compared to degrading the purpose of the device (Network adapter -> storage media...). This is NOT the way Windows ever worked or should work. Windows always provide wide range of options and care about the users investments.
Please convince the bosses who matter that lack of this feature is insanely wrong.
Please fix this.
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