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Don't Bank on Microsoft Launching a 7-inch Surface RT Model This Spring

Posted 02/07/2013 at 12:51pm | by Paul Lilly

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Surface RT's future is anything but clear.

Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet debuted to heavy criticism in the media, primarily over poor battery life and the high cost of ownership. Another factor that could ultimately affect sales is consumer confusion over what type of device the Surface Pro is, and that's something we suspect Microsoft will work on in the coming months. One thing Microsoft won't be pursuing, however, is another iteration of Surface RT, not in the short term, anyway.

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Wikipad 7-inch Android Tablet for Gamers Launches in Spring for $249

Posted 02/07/2013 at 11:11am | by Paul Lilly

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Inside and out, the Wikipad is primed for gaming.

It's safe to say that Steve Jobs was wrong about the 7-inch tablet category, which even Apple competes in these days (iPad mini). As times goes on, you can expect to see even more smaller size tablets enter the market place, including the 7-inch Wikipad, which is scheduled to launch in the Spring of 2013. The Wikipad is built on top of an Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC foundation and is essentially a smaller (and less expensive) version of its 10-inch sibling, though it's geared for gaming.

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Lenovo's ThinkPad Helix is Just Weeks Away

Posted 02/06/2013 at 12:00pm | by Paul Lilly

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The ThinkPad Helix supports four distinct modes.

Surface Pro is off to a rocky start, at least as far as early reviews are concerned, many of which complain about short battery life. Will Microsoft's hardware partners do a better job with their own versions of Surface? Microsoft is counting on it, noting that the best devices have yet to come out. One Windows 8 device on the horizon is Lenovo's ThinkPad Helix, another notebook-slash-tablet PC, but with a twist.

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Reviewers Slam Surface Pro for Poor Battery Life, High Cost

Posted 02/06/2013 at 9:22am | by Paul Lilly

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Less than flattering reviews of Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet start to, uh, surface.

Microsoft is starting to find out what Acer meant when it said that the hardware business is like "hard rice" and "is not so easy to eat." Yes, those are real quotes, albeit probably a rough translation. The point Acer has repeatedly tried to hammer home is that Microsoft has no business competing against its OEM partners, and that it should focus on software, not hardware. Initial reviews of the Surface Pro aren't likely to change Acer's opinion, but will they change Microsoft's?

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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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Low Prices are Driving Rapid Tablet Adoption, Where Does That Leave Surface?

Posted 01/31/2013 at 9:50am | by Paul Lilly

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IDC says tablet shipments grew by three quarters in 2012.

Analysts came up short in predicting just how popular tablets would be in 2012, which according to preliminary data from International Data Corporation (IDC) grew 75.3 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter. Tablet shipments topped 52.5 million units worldwide in Q4, and to put that number into perspective, the same research firm says PC shipments reached 89.8 million units in the same quarter.

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Microsoft's Surface Pro Tablet Touches Ground February 9 for $899

Posted 01/22/2013 at 2:01pm | by Paul Lilly

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Surface Pro wields a Core i5 processor and full support for legacy Windows applications.

After months of anticipation, Microsoft finally settled on a launch date for its upcoming Surface with Windows 8 Pro (Surface Pro from now on) tablet. It will be available in the U.S. and Canada starting on February 9, 2013, through all Microsoft retail stores, Microsoft's online store, and at Staples and Best Buy locations in the U.S., as well as from a number of un-named locations in Canada.

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Sony Launches Slim Xperia Tablet Z in Japan

Posted 01/21/2013 at 9:27am | by Paul Lilly

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Sony's newest Android tablet is just 6.9mm thin.

Technically speaking, Sony's newly unveiled Xperia Tablet Z is ever-so-slightly skinnier than Apple's iPad mini, measuring a scant 6.9 millimeters thin versus 7.2 millimeters. The difference in depth isn't exactly splitting hairs, which is measured in micrometers, but for all intents and purposes, the two tablets are comparable in thickness, or lack thereof. Unlike the iPad, however, Sony's tablet isn't afraid of a little water.

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Global PC Shipments Continued Downward Trend in Fourth Quarter

Posted 01/14/2013 at 11:48pm | by Pulkit Chandna

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Gartner and IDC blame poor Windows 8 uptake, bad economy and competing devices

While Microsoft’s recent claim that Windows 8 is following a similar sales trajectory as its predecessor may or may not be fully accurate, the latest PC shipment numbers from market research firms Gartner and IDC have made one thing very clear: that Windows 8 sales between October 26 and December 31 weren’t enough to help the PC industry avoid a rare fourth-quarter sales slump.

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7-inch MeMO Pad From Asus Delivers Jelly Bean Experience for Peanuts

Posted 01/14/2013 at 8:17am | by Paul Lilly

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And in this corner, featuring Android 4.1 and a $149 price tag: Asus MeMO Pad.

Perhaps because the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week was so heavily focused on Windows 8 devices and technologies, Asus chose to wait for the dust to settle before introducing its Android-powered MeMO Pad tablet. Or maybe Asus didn't want anything else to overshadow the fact that it's launching a 7-inch Jelly Bean tablet for just $149. Could this be the beginning of a new generation of low-cost Android slates?

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Surface RT's future is anything but clear.

Inside and out, the Wikipad is primed for gaming.

The ThinkPad Helix supports four distinct modes.

Less than flattering reviews of Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet start to, uh, surface.

Microsoft Surface RT sales “significantly lower” than shipments

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Surface Pro wields a Core i5 processor and full support for legacy Windows applications.

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