Hi,
Maybe, you might have seen me hanging around in slatedroid forums. I was around xda forums quite during the windows mobile 5 days.
If True crypt is hard to port to surface rt, what about the software called "Freeotfe."
http://www.osalt.com/freeotfe
Freeotfe works very much like truecrypt.
In the world of android, there is a program called LUK manager that can decrypt volume files encrypted by Freeotfe on the windows desktop.
This makes it very convenient because I can use the same encrypted volume file on the windows desktop as well as on the android tablet.
I hope someone who is good in porting legacy windows softwares to surface rt will look into these useful softwares.
I want so much to believe that there is hope in surface rt.
I used to be a big fan of windows pocket pc. Suddenly, capacitive touch screens became popular. There was a shift of interest for software interface menus that are finger friendly instead of having to pull out a stylus. There was also a great interest in making devices that can handle internet browsing well. Microsoft was slow to adapt to the change of interest for bigger screens, finger friendly menus, internet handling and therefore windows pocket pc faded away. Windows pocket pc used to dominate those days.
I like to see windows rt become successful but I am also aware that INTEL processor maker seems determined to enter the mobile devices market that used to be dominated by the ARM processor makers. Asus already manufactured their Fonepad android tablets with intel atom processor. So, it is a very difficult period to decide the future of windows RT.
It is nice that Microsoft has decided to create an arm based os and it is very impressive indeed. Just like in the days of the pocket pc, I am not expecting that microsoft ARM based operating system can do everything the INTEL based windows can do but i am hoping that it can at least handle useful softwares like
Truecrypt or
Freeotfe
as well as the Android.
If windows rt can handle softwares that the Android can handle than it won't be long before windows rt will become more powerful than the android. As much as we like softwares that are finger friendly, i don't think we can completely avoid having to use a stylus for certain programs. Windows rt is offering that freedom of choice use what is best according to the situation.