MSI Postpones Windows Tablet, Focuses on Android Instead
MSI Postpones Windows Tablet, Focuses on Android Instead
Posted 10/21/2010 at 7:52am
| by Paul Lilly
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We don't want to proclaim Windows 7 as the Rodney Dangerfield of tablet OSes, but seriously, where's the love? Beginning earlier this year, vendors began dropping plans to release Windows-based tablets faster than sponsors kicked Tiger Woods to the curb after his whole ordeal, and we thought both were old news by now. We were wrong.
To be fair, MSI isn't completely scrapping plans to launch a Windows tablet, it's just postponing the release. MSI originally wanted to sell a Windows tablet in the third quarter of this year, but rather than do that, the OEM is focusing on bringing an Android slate to market, which will launch by the end of March 2011.
The Android Wind Pad tablet will come with a 10.1-inch screen and both USB and HDMI ports. Early reports suggest it will carry an MSRP somewhere around $500.
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publicimage
October 21, 2010 at 4:52pm
It makes me wonder if Microsoft is up to something here? Lenovo just said they're holding on Win 7 tablets until 2011. Do they know something we don't? Maybe MS is secretly chatting behind the scenes with hardware makers to have them purposefully postpone their tablet hardware until a more streamlined tablet OS can be released? Something Windows Phone 7-ish perhaps? Just thinking out loud, and probably wishful thinking on my part. Or these manufacturers could simply be waiting for Intel's next-gen mobile chips, also coming in 2011.
nlriehl87
October 21, 2010 at 8:57am
While I am excited about Android OS on tablets and I like that manufacturers are rethinking how to implement Windows on a tablet, I can't help but think of Ubuntu. The Ubuntu Netbook OS would be great if adapted for a touch screen setup. (Maybe it already is?)
The Open Source community is very good about making things work and I can see where using Ubuntu would be an excellent option for a power user or somebody who wanted just a bit more from the tablet than the paltry offerings of iOS.
I want to know what others think of this idea. (No Fanboi Stupidity)
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