The most important devices for computing to me by far remain PCs (running Linux -I haven't used Windows as a main operating system in over 10 years).
Thinking a bit more on this, I guess I'm a bit to set in my ways. I prefer to be sat at my desk to browse the Internet. I like a real keyboard and a big (mine's at 28") monitor. I'm not a great media consumer (something these things seem to be good for).
It's funny I suppose the way my Android experience has gone.
I got the phone to replace my ageing Sagem when I was starting going out for walk in the woods on my own. Only a mile or so but I wanted something I felt more reliable plus I thought I ought to at least try to get myself a little bit in touch with this technology.
While I liked some things about it, for something Linux based I was quite disappointed. Google seem more interested in supporting Word documents than OS Libre/Open Office and lack both nfs (file sharing) and CUPS (printing) support - basic stuff that I still feel any Linux type system should offer as built in.
I've used alternatives (eg. Samba shares) for the former and written my own apps (none of the letsprintdroid, etc. at the time actually met my requirements). A particular for reason I had for wanting CUPS was to print snapshots taken on the phone to make 4x6 prints on glossy paper. But I found I didn't care much for the Ace 2's camera. Pay a few hundred for a more expensive phone or get a reasonable camera that fits in my pocket? I opted for a Panasonic Lumix camera.
I can't remember why the Acer tablet came in but the Nexus 7 came as a result of an email. A user of my CUPS app emailed me asking if I'd consider adding support for the new print services. I was willing but needed a device that ran KitKat. So where am I now?
I pulled the Android by that time apps (the one with printservices was a separate app targeting kitkat - I didn't want to risk breaking what I felt had pretty much proved itself) from the PlayStore following a period of personal problems which coincided with a spate (the first run it had) of poor feedback scores. The newer app great for me to use Chrome and say print off a couple of copies of the Guardian crossword when our PCs are off but I use it for little else except, eg. show family how I can print when they visit.
We have MythTV on Linux and that has DLNA built in. I also installed Media Tomb on that box. The tv also has DLNA. I can, via 3rd party apps,
view tv recordings on the Android, use the Androids to send music to the living room speakers, etc. but what for? None of us use it except maybe to show someone else what can be done...
I'd put the app I mentioned in the previous post in the same sort of category. I'd done (well sort of - I must revist one day but it's good enough for now) my attempt at home automation over a year ago. It was easy to tie that in with the code I'd already written (Android app just uses a websocket for status updates and I just needed a more compact page for that part to work with a webview) but what for? Am I better off having sensors turning the areas we've wanted automatic (mainly the route from kitchen to hall to living room) or shouting at a phone? (still as said above it will serve as a talking point with someone that plus I suppose it at lease gave me another reason to look at Android coding so maybe a small memory refresher.
Then of course I can only use whatever I try to do within the home. I can manage to buy a lower end phone for example but my phone is on PAYG. I can't get involved in commitments like the £x per month for a contract with data built in and pretty much view the phone as a family/emergency contacts only device.