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Tag: Surface RT

Microsoft reportedly working on desktop Surface PC to challenge Apple’s iMac

Tuesday, July 5, 2016 12:01 pmTuesday, July 5, 201627 Comments

Microsoft reportedly is cooperating with upstream supply chain players to develop an all-in-one PC

Beleaguered Microsoft admits to parade of bugs in weak-selling Surface lineup

Thursday, December 17, 2015 1:57 pmThursday, December 17, 201520 Comments

As most of you know, whenever Apple has a problem with hardware or software…

A single quarter of iPad Pro sales will exceed the total of all Microsoft Surface tablets ever sold

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:39 am7 Comments

A single quarter of iPad Pro sales will exceed the all-time total sales of all Microsoft Surface tablets…

Microsoft’s Surface Book sells out in 5 days

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 2:55 pmWednesday, October 14, 201531 Comments

Underwhelming supply is the likely cause…

Microsoft finally set to axe its boneheaded Windows RT

Thursday, July 24, 2014 1:28 pmThursday, July 24, 201421 Comments

Microsoft never made a compelling case for why you should buy…

Losses mount for beleaguered Microsoft’s moribund Surface tablet

Monday, April 28, 2014 9:35 pmMonday, April 28, 201446 Comments

Economies of scale continued to elude Microsoft’s Surface line…

Microsoft looks ready to kill off Windows RT

Tuesday, November 26, 2013 6:07 pmTuesday, November 26, 201340 Comments

Do not risk your hard-earned money on Microsoft’s dead end products…

Beleaguered Microsoft pulls Windows RT 8.1 update; crashes Surface tablets

Monday, October 21, 2013 9:01 amMonday, October 21, 201354 Comments

Microsoft has pulled a Windows update from its website…

Years after being shown by Apple, poor Microsoft still doesn’t understand what tablets are for

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 4:00 pmTuesday, September 24, 201350 Comments

Microsoft aims to solidify their hold on a key niche market: People who hate fun…

Microsoft unveils Surface 2 tablet; nobody cares about this one, either

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 8:35 amTuesday, September 24, 201365 Comments

This will once again not end well for Microsoft…

Microsoft plans September 23 Surface tablet event

Monday, September 9, 2013 5:43 pmMonday, September 9, 201368 Comments

Microsoft on Monday sent out invitations to a September 23 event…

Turns out, nobody wants to touch Windows 8 (and Microsoft is screwed)

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 11:28 amThursday, January 2, 201441 Comments

Windows 8’s flaws have resulted in the worst of all worlds…

Class-action suit filed against Microsoft over Surface tablet flop

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 4:28 pmTuesday, August 13, 201333 Comments

The law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd has filed a class-action suit against Microsoft…

Desperate Microsoft cuts Surface Pro tablet prices; could signal even more losses

Tuesday, August 6, 2013 5:00 pmTuesday, August 13, 201356 Comments

Just over two weeks after Microsoft (MSFT) took a $900 million charge…

As iPad kills Microsoft Surface tablets, Bill Gates claims: ‘a lot of iPad users are frustrated’

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 11:09 amWednesday, July 31, 201378 Comments

The iPad is one of the most popular consumer products of all time…

Microsoft’s Surface sales figures are in, and they’re a total disaster

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:00 pmTuesday, July 30, 201369 Comments

Microsoft’s total Surface revenue for all of fiscal 2013 amounted to just…

Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer admits ‘iPad killer’ Surface RT tablet a huge mistake

Monday, July 29, 2013 1:29 pmMonday, July 29, 201360 Comments

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has finally admitted the obvious…

Why Microsoft’s Surface utterly failed and Apple’s iPad succeeded wildly

Friday, July 19, 2013 1:02 pmFriday, July 19, 201350 Comments

Microsoft has announced that it was taking a $900 million write-down on Surface tablets…

Microsoft slashes price of its moribund Surface RT tablet

Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:36 pmThursday, July 11, 201332 Comments

Microsoft is slashing the price of its anemic-selling Surface RT tablet…

iPad roadkill: Microsoft’s Surface flops despite relentless advertising

Thursday, July 11, 2013 1:03 pmThursday, July 11, 201345 Comments

Microsoft announced Surface last summer to great fanfare…

Microsoft’s moribund Windows RT rasps out death rattle

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 3:31 pmTuesday, July 9, 201332 Comments

The death knell is sounding for Microsoft’s Windows RT operating system…

Microsoft massively discounts anemic-selling Surface RT tablets to schools worldwide

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 6:34 pm42 Comments

Microsoft has announced a new program that will see schools around…

Microsoft gives away 10,000 Surface RT tablets at education conference

Monday, June 17, 2013 6:02 pmMonday, June 17, 201365 Comments

Microsoft will give attendees at the…

Apple’s iTunes snub is yet another nail in Microsoft’s Windows RT coffin

Monday, May 13, 2013 10:47 am13 Comments

Windows RT just can’t catch a break. Last week’s big news…

Microsoft wants Apple to make iTunes for Windows 8 tablets, but it’s not coming ‘any time soon’

Friday, May 10, 2013 11:00 amFriday, May 10, 201340 Comments

Microsoft wants Apple to create a “Metro” version of iTunes…

Windows 8ista: Microsoft admits failure

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 10:01 amTuesday, May 7, 201387 Comments

One of the most prominent admissions of failure since Coca-Cola’s New Coke fiasco…

Microsoft cautiously preps 2nd-generation of Surface tablet flops with smaller displays

Thursday, May 2, 2013 9:25 amThursday, May 2, 201335 Comments

Microsoft is expected to announce second-generation Surface tablets…

Strategy Analytics: Apple’s iPad maintains 48% tablet market share worldwide; Windows tablets capture 7.5% share

Friday, April 26, 2013 10:32 amFriday, April 26, 201321 Comments

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics…

Windows RT tablet prices drop, pointing to failure of Windows RT

Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:31 pmThursday, April 4, 201320 Comments

Prices of Windows RT devices have started falling…

Microsoft’s Surface tablets said to fall far short of predictions

Friday, March 15, 2013 11:32 amFriday, March 15, 201344 Comments

Microsoft Corp. has sold about 1.5 million Surface devices…

Analyst: Microsoft’s Surface RT on track to join Zune and Kin in the great consumer electronics discount rack in the sky

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:32 amWednesday, March 13, 201359 Comments

Microsoft has never had a good track record with consumer hardware…

Analyst: Microsoft should pull the plug on poor-selling Windows RT tablets, admit defeat

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:34 pm35 Comments

Samsung already has pulled its Windows RT tablets from some markets in Europe…

Samsung likely to pull the plug on its failing Windows RT tablet in Europe

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 6:45 pm24 Comments

By now it’s clear that the early reception to Windows RT has been…

The Verge reviews Microsoft’s Surface Pro: Too big, too fat, frustratingly poor battery life; it just feels limiting

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 8:35 amWednesday, February 6, 201313 Comments

It’s supposed to be freeing, but it just feels limiting…

Microsoft’s Windows RT: Circling the bowl

Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:05 pmWednesday, February 6, 201319 Comments

Over the past several days, Windows CFO and CMO Tami Reller…

IDC: Apple dominates worldwide tablet market with 43.6% unit share

Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:44 amThursday, January 31, 201326 Comments

Worldwide tablet shipments outpaced predictions reaching a record total of 52.5 million units…

Crash and burn: Windows RT tablet sales in 2012 likely to total less than one million units

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:30 amWednesday, January 30, 201345 Comments

Actual sales of Windows RT tablets, including, but not limited to Microsoft’s own Surface RT, so far are likely to be less than one million units…

Windows 8 bloat: Microsoft’s 64GB Surface Pro will offer users only 23GB of available storage space

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:01 pmTuesday, January 29, 201341 Comments

Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet was knocked for the dearth of storage…

Microsoft launching Surface Pro tablet on February 9, starting at $1090.95 with keyboard and mouse

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 9:49 amWednesday, January 23, 201348 Comments

Surface Windows 8 Pro will be available for purchase on Feb. 9 in the U.S and Canada…

UBS slashes Microsoft Surface estimate in half

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 11:17 amTuesday, January 15, 201335 Comments

When Microsoft next reports earnings, don’t expect Surface sales…

With Surface tanking, clueless Microsoft digs faster

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:13 pmWednesday, December 19, 201274 Comments

Microsoft just doesn’t know when to stop doing itself severe damage…

Below the Surface lies Microsoft’s impending doom

Friday, December 14, 2012 3:05 pmFriday, December 14, 201227 Comments

Device economics offer the explanation for an otherwise perplexing Surface strategy…

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