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The scout looks cool, but have they actually made it so you can sort the results for searches by distance?

I would say that while OneNote is great, it still sometimes has glitches when you are resting your palm on the screen while writing. The rest of the Office apps aren't quite as ink friendly as I'd like to see. Hopefully this will get better.

@Shawn Wildermuth: Another great source of Metro icons is The Noun Project (svg compatible browser required). That they match up with the Metro look isn't intentional, however their style seems to come from the same basic reasoning.

@xyztwentythree:Middle click ++

Actually, there's a lot more to it than that...

...no there's not. Funny costumes, crazy contraptions, and spectacular failures. That's about it.

Does it work in the Beta? I followed the video through with the beta, and I can't get it to work at all.

I know you guys are hoping to be able to iterate the software quickly as you flesh out the feature set. You've probably got a wishlist a mile long, so I'm not going to prod you too much on that subject.

What I'd really like to know is how quickly you are going to be making changes to the hardware requirements. Obviously the iPhone is the new hotness right now, and I've had a few devices in the past that have had features like a front-facing camera.  I couldn't really use for anything because it was an OEM feature. What are your plans to balance between providing a consistent experience and still allowing OEM's to produce innovative hardware? Or at least keep pace with the rest of the industry.

I'm liking what I've seen so far, but I don't want to see this platform stagnate because you can't get the OEM's to play ball.

No, that's definitely not Office 2010. It has the Office button instead of "File" to get to Backstage.

Apple's policies forbid development on any platform/language/framework other than their tooling on a Mac. Period. It is doubtful that this will ever change.

This reflects my understanding of what I've read. I might be wrong.

Of course it is going to support POP3. The specific support of various protocols and technologies has not been detailed yet. The information that has been released is only to introduce everyone to the new bits. There's no point in making any assumptions about things that were(n't) shown in any of the released materials.