Looks like some shady stuff may be going on in the Windows 8 app store. There's an app for $1.49 called Google Chrome Browser but the listed developer isn't Google. One called Adobe Flash Player for $2.49 but it's not issued by Adobe.
And while I'm thinking about it, why do we need standalone Mac/PC apps for services (like Facebook, Twitter or YouTube) that were designed to run inside a web browser?
If the future of the laptop/desktop OS is to mimic our smartphones, why not just give people a wireless keyboard/trackpad to go with their tablet... and HDMI-out for when they need a bigger display... and some sort of overpriced case gizmo that can support the tablet, keyboard and trackpad for when they want to prop it all up on their laps. You see where I'm going with this, right? Maybe just buy a laptop and be done with it instead of allowing these guys to nickel-and-dime you into the poorhouse?
I still maintain that the most useful function of the tablet was to encourage laptop manufacturers to increase battery life and decrease start-up/resume times. Before the iPad, most laptops were little more than portable desktops/thigh-warmers but with recent improvements in performance and technology, I can't make a good argument for why a tablet would be preferential to a laptop for the average Joe - especially when he already owns a smartphone.
