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Tag: Surface tablet

Interest in Microsoft’s Surface tablet plummeted 53% after product details, price revealed

Friday, December 14, 2012 1:20 pm23 Comments

Consumer preferences in one of this holiday’s hottest categories…

Philip Greenspun: Microsoft’s Windows 8 is a Christmas gift for someone you hate

Friday, December 7, 2012 9:29 amFriday, December 7, 201224 Comments

A dog’s breakfast of a user interface…

App developers shun Microsoft’s Surface tablet

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 5:55 pmWednesday, December 5, 201229 Comments

Microsoft has reportedly spent more than $1.5 billion to market…

Microsoft’s Surface tablet flops, orders reportedly cut in half

Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:32 pmThursday, November 29, 201270 Comments

Other Windows RT-based tablet orders also seeing weak performance…

Windows 8 sales are ‘slow going, disappointing’

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:36 pmTuesday, November 20, 201264 Comments

Further confirming our suspicions that Windows 8 is off to a slow start…

Design guru Nielsen: Windows 8 a ‘misguided’ product; UI ‘smothers usability’

Monday, November 19, 2012 6:02 pm30 Comments

User interface design guru Jakob Nielsen is none too pleased with Microsoft’s Windows 8…

Acer delays Windows RT tablets; adopts ‘wait and see’ approach after poor Surface RT reviews

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 4:32 pm30 Comments

Taiwanese computer maker Acer is putting off the launch of tablets using…

Ballmer: We’re going to make more Microsoft-branded hardware

Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:16 pmThursday, October 25, 201246 Comments

Microsoft’s chief boss has confirmed he plans to release more devices…

Gizmodo reviews Microsoft Surface RT: Do not buy; inferior to Apple’s iPad; the worst of both worlds

Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:51 pm43 Comments

Microsoft’s Surface RT is not worth your paycheck…

The Verge reviews Microsoft Surface RT tablet: ‘The whole thing is honestly perplexing; who is this for?’

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 3:27 pmWednesday, October 24, 201258 Comments

Microsoft’s US$499 (and up) Surface with Windows RT…

Analyst: Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet priced too high, could be the next Zune

Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:02 pm37 Comments

Surface’s high pricing could prove to be a fatal mistake and relegate it to be a niche…

Dvorak: ‘Microsoft’s Surface tablet isn’t the Apple iPad, so it shouldn’t be priced like one’

Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:30 am43 Comments

To compete with an Apple product, Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet must be priced aggressively lower…

Microsoft airs first TV ad for Surface tablet (with video)

Monday, October 15, 2012 11:12 pmTuesday, October 16, 2012102 Comments

Microsoft on Monday kicked off a $1 billion advertising campaign for Windows 8/RT…

Apple’s ‘iPad mini’ to obliterate Microsoft’s Windows 8, Surface RT tablet launches

Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:00 amSaturday, October 13, 201235 Comments

The 23rd of October is a very useful date for the success of Apple’s diminutive tablet…

How Microsoft could – but shouldn’t – sell Surface Windows RT tablets for $199

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:00 amWednesday, August 15, 201223 Comments

Microsoft, master of nothing but unwieldy names…

Microsoft Surface tablet pricing leaked; US$1,000 for ‘cheapest’ Windows RT model

Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:57 amThursday, July 26, 201225 Comments

Microsoft’s Surface tablets look to be priced well above the Cupertino Colossus’ market-defining, market-dominating iPad…

Microsoft’s ‘Surface’ ARM tablet is a terrible mistake

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 2:01 pmWednesday, July 11, 201253 Comments

When Microsoft unveiled its Surface with Windows RT tablet last month…

Why I love Microsoft’s vaporware Surface tablet

Friday, June 22, 2012 11:03 am51 Comments

I don’t wish to suggest that Microsoft Surface is truly vaporware, but…

Microsoft’s Surface tablet said to be Wi-Fi only at launch; no 4G, no 3G, no 2G, not even 1G

Friday, June 22, 2012 8:55 amFriday, June 22, 201240 Comments

Microsoft Corp.’s Surface tablet computer, unveiled this week…

Microsoft outsources Surface assembly to Pegatron; prices above $799 for Windows 8, above $599 for Windows RT expected

Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:04 pmThursday, June 21, 201224 Comments

Sources from notebook players have revealed that Microsoft’s 10.6-inch Surface tablet…

Acer founder: Microsoft will quit making tablets soon

Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:32 amThursday, June 21, 201240 Comments

Microsoft’s foray into full hardware production with its Surface tablet…

Devastating video shows Microsoft’s Surface event aping Steve Jobs’ iPad unveiling (with video)

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:23 pmWednesday, June 20, 201275 Comments

“On Monday, Microsoft held a secret press event in Los Angeles where it announced…

Thanks to Apple, Microsoft is doomed in the era of mobile computing

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 2:50 pm36 Comments

The major battles have been fought and the handwriting is on the wall…

The cost of Microsoft’s Surface tablets

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:35 amWednesday, June 20, 201229 Comments

Apple’s acclaimed iPad 2 starts at just $399

Apple’s revolutionary iPad vs. Microsoft’s anti-tablet ‘Surface’

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:10 amWednesday, June 20, 201241 Comments

For ten long years Microsoft tried to get us to use their desktop operating system…

Fox News: Copier Microsoft is doomed to fail with Surface tablet

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 4:03 pm44 Comments

Microsoft has always mimicked other technologies, mostly Apple’s….

ZDNet Sr. Tech Editor Perlow: Microsoft’s Surface has catastrophe written all over it

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:24 amTuesday, June 19, 201243 Comments

All of this reeks of suicidal thinking from Microsoft…

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