While Microsoft intended the major appeal of a Windows RT device (aside from its lowed price) to be the inclusion of Office 2013, that hasn’t seems to do much good so far. Windows RT devices are far from matching even most of the less popular Android tablets in the same price range. Although there are [...]
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The Microsoft Surface tablet is going to be in use by the end of this week, but opinions are divided over whether it has a strong shot. We’ve been over the numbers comparing the Surface and the iPad in terms of their hardware already. Microsoft’s offering has the iPad 2 beat without a doubt, while [...]
It’s been a while since we first heard about the Surface. Microsoft made a big production out of the announcement, explained a lot of the broader concepts involved with it, promised power and reliability, and hasn’t really said much since then. At least they hadn’t until now. As of October 16th, the Surface is available [...]
While the initial reaction to Windows RT devices was not entirely favorable for many critics, since one of the advantages of sticking with a Windows device is the backward compatibility, there are some indications that Windows-based ARM tablets will have a fighting chance. One of the more important advantages will be price. According to Lenovo’s [...]
When they announced that the first in-house Windows tablet was on the way, Microsoft got a lot of people excited. We were presented with a lot of interesting information, impressive potential, and the beginning of a serious Windows 8 vs iOS showdown. What we did not get was information on pricing. So far there has [...]
HP might have decided that the ARM side of Windows 8 tablets wasn’t going to work out for them right now, but Samsung appears ready to fill in the gap. The makers of the most popular Android tablet on the market today (excluding the Kindle Fire since it is cut off from the Android ecosystem) [...]
While they had originally announced plans to release tablets making use of both ARM and x86 architectures for the launch of Windows 8, HP has decided that they can’t see their way through to actually doing so. They have decided to forgo the ARM-based Windows RT tablet and work exclusively on their standard Windows 8 [...]
Wouldn’t it be hilarious if after months of building up to a real product, the anticipated Google tablet was completely blown away by Microsoft doing the same thing even better? According to current speculation, that may be exactly where things are headed. A sudden and less than detailed invitation went out a couple days ago [...]
Our first glimpse of what the next version of Microsoft Office is going to look like on Windows RT was finally revealed during the keynote presentation at TechEd North America. TechEd is Microsoft’s big IT conference, drawing in developers for the purpose of keeping them educated and up to date on all the most important [...]
