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Microsoft's Surface Pro goes on sale Saturday

Microsoft’s highly anticipated Surface Pro with Windows 8 will be on sale Saturday starting at $899 and will test the company’s viability in the tablet market after the failure of the Surface RT. The Surface Pro tablet has an Intel Core i5 processor. It can also be used as a PC when a keyboard is attached. The tablet has a 10.6-inch screen and includes the Type Cover...

pcworld.com (3 months and 10 days ago)

Is Microsoft's Tablet Simply Misunderstood?

Filed under: Investing This week, research firm IDC released its latest projections for the tablet computer market, showing that for the entirety of 2013, Microsoft is expected to grab nearly 5% of the market. While the thrust of the report was that for the first time Google's Android is expected to take the market share lead over Apple's iOS, there was some critical...

dailyfinance.com (2 months and 8 days ago)

Is Microsoft merging Windows RT into Windows 8 for "Blue" update?

Microsoft’s Surface Pro makes sense for customers. It takes the power – and app support – of an Ultrabook, and combines it with the body of a tablet. Windows RT tablets, on the other hand, make a lot less sense. Limited app support and confusing incompatibility with legacy Windows apps make them niche products. If a new report holds any water, Microsoft realizes this and is...

gizmag.com (1 month and 22 days ago)

Is Microsoft merging Windows RT into Windows 8 "Blue" update?

gizmag.com (1 month and 22 days ago)

Windows RT tablets already may be doomed, analysts say

Windows RT tablets grabbed just 0.4 percent of the tablet market in the first quarter, a dismal result that led some tech experts to urge Microsoft to scrap the platform that's in its six-month infancy. "I wouldn't be surprised if they do streamline and do drop [Windows RT]," said Brian Proffitt, an adjunct instructor of management at Notre Dame's Mendoza College of...

pcworld.com (16 days ago)

Windows 8 tablet sales: not terrible so far

Although Microsoft is staying mum about Windows 8 tablet sales, research firm Strategy Analytics has some slightly encouraging news. In the first quarter of 2013, Windows 8 and RT devices accounted for 7.5 percent of the tablet market, with 3 million units shipped. That’s up from 0 percent a year earlier, before Windows-based tablets were feasible. Strategy AnalyticsQ1...

pcworld.com (25 days ago)

Samsung confirms it will stop selling its Windows RT tablet in Germany

Samsung on Thursday confirmed reports that it will stop selling its Windows RT tablet, the Ativ Tab, in Germany. The sales of the tablet will also be halted in other European countries, according to the German tech news site Heise, which first reported the news. Heise quoted a Samsung official, but a Samsung spokeswoman Thursday couldn’t immediately confirm or deny the...

pcworld.com (2 months and 15 days ago)

Will Windows RT bite the dust with Windows Blue?

Microsoft is about to kill Windows RT, according to a report published today.DigiTimes quoted "sources from the upstream supply chain" saying that the Windows RT name will be dead by the time the next major Windows update, thought to be called Windows "Blue," launches.And Windows Blue could launch into public preview as soon as June, according to the latest report.So why...

techradar.com (1 month and 21 days ago)

The Surface shines while Windows tablets wobble

The Surface tablet may not be crushing the competition with the vigor that Microsoft undoubtedly hoped it would. However, as compared to its third-party Windows tablet brethren, Surface is absolutely killing it—though Windows tablets still have a long road to travel before they're considered anything close to a success. Between the Surface Pro and the Surface RT, Microsoft...

pcworld.com (18 days ago)

HP to make $169 Android tablet, eschewing Windows

Hewlett-Packard is making a tablet computer that uses Google's Android operating system, steering clear of Microsoft's latest tablet-oriented version of Windows.

miamiherald.com (2 months and 26 days ago)

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