Microsoft kept PC partners in dark about Surface
SAN FRANCISCO/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp kept its personal computer partners largely in the dark about its plans to launch a competing tablet computer, with some long-time collaborators learning of the new gadget only days before its unveiling, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The secrecy that shrouded the Surface tablet risks alienating Microsoft's hardware partners, and marks a departure from the software company's... full story
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Microsoft Surface Pro tablets already sold out at multiple locations (Photos)
It was earlier reported that Microsoft only ordered one million Surface Pro tablets for its first shipment from its manufacturing partners. The company may have underestimated demand, as the Windows 8 Pro (not RT) tablet / laptop sold out quickly...
examiner.com (3 months and 10 days ago)
Microsoft’s 128GB Surface Pro Sells Out
When Microsoft released its first tablet, the Surface RT, back in October, details on how it sold were hard to come by, but there was no evidence it was a smash. On Saturday, the company released the Surface with Windows 8 Pro — the Surface which runs conventional Windows applications and otherwise behaves like, well, a PC — and the $999 128GB model instantly sold out. Now,...
time.com (3 months and 8 days ago)
Microsoft's PR Team Misfires As The Surface Pro Launches
The launch of the Microsoft Windows 8 Surface Pro has not gone to plan. While many people have been waiting to see what Microsoft's second tablet device would be like, mistakes in presentation and allowing others to dictate the story has damaged the launch of the Surface Pro.
forbes.com (3 months and 10 days ago)
Microsoft: Surface Pro tablets with 128GB arrive Saturday
If you're looking to pick up Microsoft's Surface Pro with 128GB of storage, you might have luck at a Microsoft Store or Best Buy toward the end of the week. A Microsoft official said on Twitter that the company will ship more 128GB models of its Surface tablet to Microsoft Stores and Best Buy stores by Saturday. The info came from Panos Panay, Microsoft's corporate vice...
pcworld.com (3 months and 6 days ago)
Microsoft to support Surface Pro tablet until 2017
Microsoft will support its Surface Pro tablet until July 2017, or almost four-and-a-half years after its launch last weekend, the company's website confirmed. Like its predecessor the Surface RT, the Windows 8-powered Surface Pro sports a support lifecycle that's less than half the usual 10 years Microsoft allots its software products. Microsoft will support the Surface...
pcworld.com (3 months and 7 days ago)
Don’t hold your breath for a Microsoft Surface Windows Phone
There's really no need for Microsoft to build its own Windows Phone 8 hardware since partners are offering solid handsets, says Microsoft's Terry Myerson. Maybe hardware isn't the problem.
gigaom.com (1 month and 3 days ago)
Microsoft Surface sales underwelm, at an estimated 1.5 million units
Microsoft's Surface RT and Surface Pro haven't made much of a dent in the tablet market, according to unofficial sales estimates. So far, Microsoft has sold roughly 1.5 million Surface devices, Bloomberg reports, citing three unnamed sources “with knowledge of the company's sales.” The split in sales is reportedly more than 1 million units for the Surface RT and about...
pcworld.com (2 months and 7 days ago)
Microsoft Surface sales taking off slower than expected, sources say
Only around 1m of the RT version of the tablet computer have been sold, with suppliers saying orders have been halvedMicrosoft has only sold about 1m Surface RT tablets since its launch in October 2012 and about 400,000 Surface Pros, which run the full version of Windows 8, since their release a month ago.The figures are cited in a report by Bloomberg, citing sources who...
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 8 days ago)
Updated: Surface 2 release date, news and rumors
Surface 2 news and rumoursWe're fans of Surface on TechRadar, even if we think that Surface Pro is too expensive and Surface RT is too limited. We already know that Microsoft is working on future models of its Surface tablet beyond the Core i5 Surface for Windows 8 Pro that came out in January, thanks to job adverts revealing the kinds of experts Microsoft is...
techradar.com (1 month and 8 days ago)
First Impressions: Microsoft Surface Pro
Microsoft’s Surface Pro launched today, and I’ve spent the last 24 hours evaluating their sophomore PC hardware effort with mostly positive observations. What follows are my initial impressions of the Surface Pro, with a detailed review coming down the pipe within a week. Surface Pro ≠ Tablets First, one important guideline to keep in mind: I won’t be comparing the Surface...
forbes.com (3 months and 10 days ago)
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