[Asus Transformer TF700] scott.m:
I have tried other wallpapers. On the tf300 I could just select an image from the gallery and it would bring it into a cropping app that accounted for the scrolling. The tf700 has a similar crop app but the rectangles are smaller and dont show the extra space from the scrolling. Even the default Asus wallpapers don't scroll. There is also a thread saying no tf700 has scrolling wallpapers... so yours must be running a custom rom :P

I don't like the point of view that they didn't remove anything, they simply didn't add everything back lol.

Its like buying a new geforce card and seeing it doesn't support shadermodel3. Sure its new hardware that never had sm3 so you COULD say it wasn't removed... but the previous models supported it, and for some reason this one doesn't.

I guess I'm just an old PC geezer now. I expect privacy and for hardware baring the same brand name to build off the previous. In The mobile world it seems there is no such thing as privacy and each device has its own selling points. Its scary to see this direction combined with the notion that we're living in a post-pc world. This mindset is accepting the lack of privacy, and lack of feature consistency, as a positive thing... its not.

I don't care if Socialize claims its to help make the app targeted to me. The only thing it targets to me are the ads. No developer on the planet has made their app ui change depending on the data collected by Socialize. That's simply a half truth used to fool uninformed consumers into thinking they are benifitting from it, and that it somehow isn't spyware.

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I hate this mindset. This makes any PC user cringe.

You're right that I need to watch more closely what I buy these days. In the past, you could expect that windows98 includes all the features from win95, and you can expect that the new steam update isn't going to remove achievements, etc.

I've learned in the mobile world its more about instant gratification - enjoy what you have in your hands and be ignorant of all else. Updates often remove features. New models often lack what previous models included. The only way to make your new device have all the features you had in your previous device is to throw out the warranty.

Its wrong. Asus could never get away with this in the PC market. Their motherboards for example... you won't find out that their newest motherboard has opted to downgrade to AGP or included a 56k modem. They know PC users wont put up with that crap. They couldn't get away with it even if they printed the downgrade right on the box... they would be laughed out of the PC market before they sold a single unit.

Mobile users seem to be less aware and accept whatever is placed in front of them at face value. Yes please mister, track all of my usage habits in order to serve me (ads) better!

Imagine if Microsoft or Steam started forcing ad toolbars into your browser. Currently, antivirus software detects this crap for the unwanted garbage that it is. Microsoft's own web browser doesn't track anything. Could you imagine the backlash if someone with wireshark found IE relaying their browsing ha bits to Microsoft?!

Unfortunately, apps are a different story. Even most paid apps seem to still be bundled with spyware that does exactly this. Essentially you are paying twice. Once when you're exposed to the advertising, and once when you pay for the privilege of installing such a wonderful ad portal.

Even if the app isn't displaying ads inside of itself, it is still collecting info about every phone call you make, who you chat with, and what apps you use, in order to serve you ads elsewhere