The Microsoft Surface RT is a PC. It’s not a mobile device and it’s not a tablet, it’s a PC. And Microsoft’s first self-branded computer. It is, in short, the physical incarnation of Microsoft’s Windows 8.
The expectations and competition for the Surface are daunting.
Microsoft front gets another makeover
Summary: CodePlex/Microsoft wolf in new sheep’s clothing; Free software luminaries are not foolish enough to fall for it
In order for Microsoft to speak on behalf of its opposition (Microsoft’s CodePlex does this a lot), Microsoft must pretend to be a friend of the competition.
Featured | Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Fuzzy LogicContrary to claims that Microsoft has cut its orders for Surface tablets, Microsoft says it has “increased production”, while bringing the Surface to retailers in the US and Australia, with more countries to get Surface at retail next year.
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) might be planning to sell its Surface for Windows RT tablet for $199, a staggeringly low price to potentially counter Google Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire tablets. Is Microsoft ready to make some Surface tablets loss leaders, figuring to make up the shortfall on application and media sales, according to a published report?
If analysts are right, the reason Microsoft is being coy about Surface tablet sales is because they are more subdued than even Microsoft's own conservative predictions.
Rep. Smith, R-N.J.:"They [Microsoft] need to get on the right side of human rights rather than enabling tyranny, which they're doing right now."...
Clink, snap, click, swipe – the sounds and the feel of the new Microsoft Surface comes alive today out of Microsoft’s self-described Willy Wonka style workshops. This is the birthplace of the Microsoft Surface.
Darrell Etherington broke the news this morning of the pricing, which Microsoft mistakenly posted on its website and then quickly took down.
Summary: Vapourware is all that Microsoft has to show when it comes to hardware ideas; in terms of actual products, Microsoft lags behind the competition
MICROSOFT is a major failure in hardware [1, 2], with the exception of mice and keyboards which it stamps with its logo.
One example of a huge failure, commercially (except KIN [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7], which is a failure that’s hard to bea
Summary: Just paying people to use Vista Phone 7 [sic] is the sarcastic advice Glyn Moody gives to Microsoft; Microsoft marketing expenses now exceed a billion dollars
MICROSOFT LOSES about 3 billion dollars online every year. It’s not hard to see why.