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Acer Chooses To Pass on the Current Version Windows RT

Posted 05/05/2013 at 2:25pm | by Justin Kerr

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Acer planned to release a Windows RT tablet in Q2, but will hold off for now.

Windows RT tablets are of questionable value when compared to the competition, and Acer can’t resist the temptation to pile on. The PC maker has been making some interesting tablet and Ultrabook designs lately, but is choosing the wait and see approach for the ARM version of Windows 8.

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Rumor: Microsoft to Update Some First-Party Windows 8 Apps This Month

Posted 03/08/2013 at 8:08am | by Pulkit Chandna

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Windows 8 users may not have to wait until “Blue” for much-needed improvements to core apps

Tami Reller, the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Marketing Officer of Windows at Microsoft, last month admitted in an interview with ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley that first-party Windows 8 apps are far from perfect in their current state. Now the veteran scribe is reporting that updates to first-party apps bundled with Windows 8 might be available much earlier than previously believed.

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Surface Tablet Family Set to Expand to More Countries

Posted 03/01/2013 at 12:54am | by Pulkit Chandna

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Microsoft “working super hard” to address Surface Pro supply issues

Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet is currently available in the U.S. and Canada only, but Microsoft has announced that, beginning in March, the Windows Pro-running tablet will be rolling out to seven additional international markets. The Surface RT won’t be left behind either, expanding to six new countries.

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Acer Softens Stance on Windows RT, Preps Tablet for 2013

Posted 02/27/2013 at 9:50am | by Paul Lilly

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After delaying the launch of a Windows RT tablet, Acer is now ready to make the jump.

Acer has been outspokenly critical of Microsoft's decision to launch its own brand Windows 8/RT hardware, but that isn't the only reason the OEM has yet to release a Windows RT tablet of its own. The Taiwanese computer maker decided it was best to take a wait-and-see approach, allowing Microsoft to be the guinea pig. Apparently satisfied with what it saw, Acer says it plans to release a Windows RT tablet of its own sometime later this year.

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IHS iSuppli: Microsoft Surface RT Sales Low, Returns High

Posted 01/31/2013 at 11:36pm | by Pulkit Chandna

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Microsoft Surface RT sales “significantly lower” than shipments

Microsoft has been mum on Surface RT sales ever since the Windows RT device first hit the market on October 26, 2012, even maintaining its deathly silence on the subject during its recent fiscal second quarter earnings call. There can be only one explanation for this: Surface RT sales have been low. So low, in fact, that the company is embarrassed even to talk about it.

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Registry Hack Improves Surface RT Touch Response

Posted 01/14/2013 at 5:51am | by Pulkit Chandna

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Simple Windows RT registry tweak makes the Microsoft Surface RT a “touch” more responsive

The Surface RT firmware update Microsoft made available last week as part of this year's first Patch Tuesday brought with it a number of improvements, including improved audio playback in Connected Standby and “additional capabilities for handling firmware updates during low battery situations.” But as with most firmware updates, there are always issues, known and unknown, that remain unresolved until a future update — or, as in this case, a simple registry hack — gets rid of them.

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Samsung Loses Interest in Windows RT Tablets, What About You?

Posted 01/11/2013 at 2:21pm | by Paul Lilly

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After studying the market, Samsung decided now is not the time to launch a Windows RT tablet.

We don't know what the future holds for Windows RT tablets, but if we had to guess, well, it's probably not good. Overpriced and hamstrung by an operating system that can't run legacy applications, Windows RT tablets are of limited appeal, and at least one major vendor wants no part of it. For now, anyway, Samsung won't be launching a Windows RT tablet in the U.S. market.

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Windows RT Jailbreak: Microsoft Lauds Hacker's Ingenuity, Rules Out Possibility of a Security Threat

Posted 01/08/2013 at 5:42am | by Pulkit Chandna

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Hacker behind Windows RT jailbreak gets a pat on the back from Microsoft

Over the weekend, a hacker, known only by the nom de guerre C.L. Rokr, claimed to have found a way of running unsigned apps on Windows RT. Microsoft on Monday issued a statement on the development, lauding the hacker’s ingenuity but insisting that the approach poses no threat to Windows RT users.

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NVIDIA TegraZone Comes to Windows RT, Brings Tegra 3-optimized Gaming Goodness

Posted 12/27/2012 at 5:22am | by Pulkit Chandna

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After Android success, NVIDIA now hopes its TegraZone app will make a splash on Windows RT

Having its Tegra 3 SoC chosen for two platform-defining tablets, the Google Nexus 7 and the Microsoft Surface RT, has got to be one of the highlights of NVIDIA's year. However, the company is not content merely with design wins. This is evident from its TegraZone initiative, a one-stop shop for Tegra-optimized games and outright exclusives. Till now restricted to Android, the TegraZone app is now available for the two-month-old Windows RT.

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Nokia Preps Windows RT Tablet for Early 2013 Launch

Posted 12/24/2012 at 10:00am | by Paul Lilly

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Nokia's Windows RT tablet will sport a built-in battery.

Move over Surface, and make room for Nokia's own version of what an ARM-based Windows RT tablet should be like. According to The Verge, Microsoft's BFF in the mobile space is planning to launch a Windows RT tablet sometime in early 2013. It will have a 10.1-inch display similar to the Surface RT's panel, HDMI output, USB ports, and a built-in cellular radio that AT&T will be the first to take advantage of.

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Acer planned to release a Windows RT tablet in Q2, but will hold off for now.

Windows 8 users may not have to wait until “Blue” for much-needed improvements to core apps

Microsoft “working super hard” to address Surface Pro supply issues

After delaying the launch of a Windows RT tablet, Acer is now ready to make the jump.

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After studying the market, Samsung decided now is not the time to launch a Windows RT tablet.

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