Hur länge klarar klarar man köra enbart Android?

From the time I wake up, late and probably hungover on New Year's Day 2014, until I go to bed on 31 January 2014, I am going to use nothing but Android devices. No Windows, no Mac, no Linux, no PS3. There are going to be some exceptions of course, there have to be. For example, most cash machines run on Windows, or maybe OS/2. I’m still going to use cash machines. But otherwise, it’s going to be Android all the way. I’m going to keep a “defenestration diary” through the month and share it with you. And you can get involved too. If there’s something you’d like me to try to do with Android, leave a comment below or tweet @INQ using the hashtag #tINQae.

Skulle bli jävligt less på att inte ha ett tangentbord tror jag. Men kör han android på en dator så är nog inte en månad något problem.

De finns ju vanliga datorer med android ^^

Unfortunately, it quickly becomes clear that Skype for Android doesn't poll for new messages as quickly as its desktop counterpart, so my conversation with the office in London becomes quite stilted.
I write my first article of the day using Quickoffice. It's a bit fiddly switching between the press release and my work, but I manage.

The various office apps in Android are all well intentioned, but none of them seem to be completely finished yet. Some don't offer word counts. Some don't save in the format you need. Some are just downright fiddly. Worst is that several of them crash as soon as you minimise the window, forcing you to start again. Between them, there are the makings of a good app. If all the best bits from the different packages were combined, you might have something really special.

But the experiment is about living with Android, not just working with it, and so to crumble now would be to cave over a small part of a large project. I do have a "business critical" getout clause that I can invoke, allowing me to work using Windows if I find it is affecting my job or my co-workers, however I haven't caved yet.

So I sought workarounds. The workaround I found involved doing something I've resisted doing for years. I've started writing my articles in HTML, fully coded and ready for the website.

It makes perfect sense - one copy and paste into our CMS and it's ready to go. It's something I will keep doing after this month is over. It's true what they say - sometimes crisis leads to opportunity.

I'M ON THE HOME STRETCH, and this time next week I'll write my conclusions about what a rollercoaster its been, but for now the Android doctor is scrubbed up and ready to address more of your questions and challenges.

THAT'S IT, I GIVE UP. Not the whole experiment, obviously - I'd be a bit lame if I stopped now with just a day to go, but I mean the video editing lark. If you've been reading these columns thus far, you'll know that one of my challenges was to edit a video, and I've concluded that it can't be done. Or at least, it can't be done with the quality to which I would be happy putting my name. Of course, I'm willing to be proven wrong. [... ]

So, for the last regular column, I'll be looking at how Android and I manage in a crisis. Then, next week, I'll round the experiment up and try to draw some conclusions.