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Tag: Surface

Ballmer on tablets: ‘I don’t think anyone has done a product that I see customers wanting’

Saturday, October 27, 2012 1:36 pmSaturday, October 27, 201296 Comments

Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer trumpeted the company’s new Surface tablet…

Microsoft exec blasts Apple’s iPad mini as ‘seven-inch recreational tablet for $329’

Friday, October 26, 2012 4:32 pmFriday, October 26, 201274 Comments

With Windows 8, Steven Sinofsky said that Microsoft and its PC-making partners…

Apple wannabe Microsoft paying people $100 to line up for Surface tablets at retail stores

Friday, October 26, 2012 1:19 amFriday, October 26, 201247 Comments

Microsoft really wants to be sure there are enough people at its stores Friday…

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…

Microsoft profit slips as Windows PCs fizzle

Friday, October 19, 2012 8:41 amFriday, October 19, 201239 Comments

Microsoft Corp’s quarterly profit fell a greater-than-expected 22 percent…

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 inexplicably claims Surface RT tablet lower resolution screen beats iPad with Retina display

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:23 pmWednesday, October 17, 201268 Comments

Microsoft’s Surface RT has a better display than does the iPad…

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 likely moved ‘iPad mini’ launch to screw up Microsoft

Monday, October 15, 2012 11:20 amMonday, October 15, 201251 Comments

Much to the chagrin of Apple aficionados, October 10 came and went and the press did not…

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…

Microsoft to open ‘pop-up’ stores for Surface tablets Oct. 26, battle Apple at 29 locations

Thursday, October 4, 2012 4:00 pmThursday, October 4, 201266 Comments

Microsoft will go toe-to-toe with Apple…

Ballmer: ‘Windows 8 is going to do great; It’s a fantastic product’

Monday, September 17, 2012 7:33 pmMonday, September 17, 201294 Comments

This fall, Microsoft is embarking on one of its biggest series of launches ever…

Why is the media still taking Microsoft seriously?

Monday, August 20, 2012 4:30 pmMonday, August 20, 201264 Comments

This week, some online pundits speculated about the possible pricing for Microsoft…

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…

Acer CEO to Microsoft: ‘Think twice’ about Surface tablets

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 12:37 pm35 Comments

JT Wang, chairman and chief executive of Acer, said Microsoft’s plans…

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 CEO Ballmer unveils Office 2013 public beta

Monday, July 16, 2012 3:59 pmMonday, July 16, 201266 Comments

Today, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the customer preview…

Ballmer: Uh, yeah, ‘Surface is just a design point,’ you know

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:11 pmWednesday, July 11, 201268 Comments

After proclaiming in his keynote address at the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference…

Microsoft reportedly dumps ‘VaporMg’ chassis, will use ‘VaporMg’ only as ‘surface treatment’

Monday, July 9, 2012 2:30 pmMonday, July 9, 201240 Comments

Microsoft reportedly planned to adopt unibody magnesium-aluminum chassis…

Bill Gates: Apple may have to make a Surface-like device

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 5:35 pmTuesday, July 3, 2012116 Comments

Now that he’s in his 50s, Bill Gates is still fanatical…

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…

HP said to dump Microsoft over Surface; to cozy up to Google Android for tablet efforts

Monday, July 2, 2012 8:51 pmMonday, July 2, 201272 Comments

Remember when we said that Microsoft management was essentially incompetent…

Microsoft faces ‘major dilemma’ pricing Surface tablets against iPad

Monday, June 25, 2012 3:08 pm26 Comments

Chris Whitmore with Deutsche Bank doesn’t have high hopes for the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup…

How Apple pushed Microsoft to create its ‘Surface’ tablets

Monday, June 25, 2012 10:21 amMonday, June 25, 201226 Comments

Appel basically forced Microsoft to concoct their Blurry Ass Tablet™ efforts…

Jason Schwarz: Top 10 reasons why Microsoft’s Surface is DOA

Friday, June 22, 2012 1:26 pmFriday, June 22, 201251 Comments

The only explanation for Ballmer still being the CEO of Microsoft is that he must have photos on Bill Gates…

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…

How Steve Jobs changed the game and forced Microsoft to try playing by Apple’s rules

Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:37 pmThursday, June 21, 201230 Comments

If I’m right, it’s inevitable now that Microsoft will acquire Nokia…

Dvorak: The real reason for Surface tablets is to lure people into Microsoft stores

Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:46 amThursday, June 21, 201219 Comments

None of Microsoft’s partners have any idea what the long term intentions…

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…

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…

Microsoft’s Surface tablet destined to be as successful as the Zune

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:31 pmTuesday, June 19, 201264 Comments

Microsoft announced ambitious plans on Monday to produce a tablet computer…

Surface: Why Microsoft’s big mystery turns out to be a big mistake

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:42 am74 Comments

Oh Microsoft, what were you thinking?

Microsoft’s Suicide, er… ‘Surface’

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:41 amFriday, April 28, 201774 Comments

Either Microsoft is not serious about competing or…

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…

Microsoft previews own ‘Surface’ tablet

Monday, June 18, 2012 8:49 pmTuesday, June 19, 2012138 Comments

Microsoft Corp unveiled a tablet called Surface on Monday…

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