Android's default browser isn't chrome? what the hell? News to me lol..

I am talking about the default Android Browser (pre 4.2.1). It is much faster than Chrome. I don't know about Dolphin, never used it.

It is, beginning from 4.2.1. Before that it was just called Android browser and it was much better than Chrome. I don't why they changed their mind, stupid decision. Fortunately it is easy to sideload the APK.

I'm pretty sure Google Flagship phones have Chrome as default...

Surface is a solid device. Even better considering this is their first device. I still think it will take them one or two more iterations to perfect the experience. I think for most people the price becomes an issue as Surface seems more expensive than it really is.

I personally haven't felt the need for tablet yet as i don't know where it will fit in between having a smartphone and desktop pc. Tablet's are getting better and better each year and cover most of the things average users really want to do. Exited to see what Nokia does with their windows tablet plans.

Actually, the Nexus devices aren't laggy (I've a N7 and it's absurdly fast). The Chrome browser version in it is a little heavy indeed, but it have the advantage of beeing very complete for a mobile browser, rendering pages exactly like the desktop version. Some sites are faster on my WP IE browser, but it isn't rendering pages like the desktop browser, with a lot of missing parts and problems specially with CSS and JS, so it isn't a good comparison.

I'm not sure how valid any of these will be since all the ultrabook/ultrathin platforms are being updated with touch screens with great battery life and much more powerful.

I also loved the Surface. If I didn't buy an iPad almost a year ago, I'd seriously get the Surface. Oh well :) iPad is still very nice.

I agree there are some CSS issues with IE but this is mainly because pages tend to be designed for Webkit browser. You will run in to occasional dropdowns not working properly etc on IE browsers... So Microsoft has to improve there for sure. Maybe provide a "webkit" remder emulator mode.

However the overall user experience and fluidity of the IE on the Surface is still noticable. And this is on the lowly Tegra 3. iPad browser runs on a chip which is supposdly twice as fast. 

With that said, Nexus 10 is probably hurt with the massive amount of pixels it needs to render which also hurts the images quality due to upscalling. I am positive nexus 7 and other tablets run a bit smoother. 

This!

I'm waiting to see how Intel's new chip turns out and I think then it'll be an ultrabook transformer model which switches between laptop and tablet. I can't see the money in tablets with a watered down OS for me. I want a full fat windows experience, but the tablets that offer that at the moment cost the price of full fat laptops.

Tablets are looking increasingly like a bridge product at the moment that will be irrelivant in 2-3 years.