[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] internetpilot:
With the Kitkat external SD card debacle (which did NOT exist when I purchased the Note 10.1 2014), in order to use my tablet how I wanted to (which is just to continue to access the the external SD card from 3rd party apps like I could when I first bought the device), I had to root it. I actually did not want to ever root the Note 10.1 2014, and really had no reason to do so until the external SD card fiasco. So I rooted it, left it with a stock ROM and stock Recovery just so I could get full access to my external SD card back, and now the latest OTA update will not install. I can pretty much guarantee you that if the Lollipop ever drops for the Note 10.1 2014, it also will not install on my tablet. Knox is a completely worthless PITA, each update locks everything down again, and whatever happened to Android being the more open ecosystem??? Can't wait to find out what features Samsung/Google is going to take away from my tablet with Lollipop.

I don't have any of these issues with my Windows tablet. I already received the "Get Windows 10" notification on my tablet, so know that'll be happening within the month, and I know that it will download, and it will install. I had and will continue to have full administrative access to the device from the second I powered it on and configured it. I didn't have to root it, jailbreak it, unlock the bootloader, etc. As for "apps" and on the go usability, when you're using a tablet with real, full desktop OS, you don't have to think "apps" -- instead you're running full applications. You have a real, full version of Office, you have the desktop version of Chrome Browser (or IE or FireFox, etc.) so you don't need an "app" when you can use a full desktop browser to access the actual webpage, you're printing to ANY printer not just a printer that you're lucky enough to have an app for. Facebook, YouTube, Weather.com, News, etc., is the full, real deal rather than a feature limited, scaled down app that was originally designed for a small phone screen. I'm viewing HTML5, I'm viewing Flash (which we all know is still very prevalent), I'm using a real photo and video editor, etc., and all of this is just as much "on the go" as any other wifi tablet.

I didn't purchase the wrong tablet -- the Note 10.1 2014 was the best Android tablet out at the time. My mistake was listening to the usual review sites and forums poo-poo the whole Windows 8 tablet thing, so I just disregarded it. Then all of a sudden the industry is raving about the Surface tablets, and then I notice a sale on the ASUS T100, glanced at it, re-read it again after noticing the rather excellent specs, and I really couldn't believe that this Windows tablet was released about the same time as the Note 10.1 2014 was. Then I did feel stupid, but not because I bought the Note 10.1 2014 (because it was the best Android tablet), but because I bought another Android tablet.

I can access most of my home network with my Android devices, but it's like using a pencil and piece of notebook paper compared to how seamless and painless it is for my Windows tablet to access everything on my network. And I don't have to type a lot or use the mousepad a lot. It's not a "have to" -- it's a can. Sure, for browsing around the internet, reading a book, etc., the Note 10.1 2014 is fine, but so is my Windows tablet. I can pop it right off the keyboard and it's a touch tablet just as much as the Note 10.1 2014 is. But when you need to type an email, a forum post, PRINT something, etc., that's where the ASUS T100 ceases to be "just a touch tablet" and actually becomes just as productive as desktop or laptop. Anyone who doesn't value that keyboard is highly likely someone who can't touch-type (so they're fine with hunting & pecking on an on-screen keyboard). Handwriting recognition will never be the dominant text input method. At best, it's still just a novelty and useful by the minority who have the need that you do (math equations, annotating , etc.). If you're writing up complex math equations on the Note 10.1 2014, it's not like it's being translated to text. I have a narrow point stylus that works fine for that type of purpose on my Windows tablet. I've never sat down and handwritten a forum post or an email with the S-pen on either my Note 2 phone or my Note 10.1 2014 tablet. I gave up that method of input back in like 1990 when I bought my last ballpoint pen and mechanical pencil set. I actually gravitated to the Note 2 phone (and Note tablet) because of coming from the Palm PDAs which all had a stylus rather than fat-finger smudging up a touch screen like everyone does with their devices these days. I do use the stylus more on the Note 10.1 2014 than on the Note 2 phone, but I really don't use either of them much at all. I think I used it the most to take a screen snapshot.

Anyway, sorry to take this thread so off-topic, but my point was that forget about giving up on Lollipop for our tablet -- I've pretty much given up on Android tablets in general. I still like my Android phone, and for a smaller screen phone I actually do appreciate the Android "apps", but after running real applications on tablet, there's no way I could go back to just running "apps" on one.