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Windows RT Tablet Demo = Yikes
Oh boy – if The Verge’s recent video demo of Windows RT is anything to go by, Microsoft’s upcoming tablets are going to be a flat out disaster. Ross Miller took a tour around a tablet running what...
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I Ordered a Kindle Fire HD Today
Like it says above, I just ordered a Kindle Fire HD a short while ago on the Amazon site. I’m not ‘switching sides’ all of a sudden, but I am interested in trying out some of the iPad’s most...
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First TV Ad for Microsoft Surface: ‘Movement’
Microsoft has started running their first TV ads for their upcoming new tablet/laptop device, Surface. The ad is called ‘Movement’ and I saw it several times last night during Monday Night Football....
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Microsoft Exec Calls iPad Mini a ‘Recreational Tablet’
A tablet war of words seems to have broken out over the last few days between Apple and Microsoft. Apple and Google and Amazon have occasionally traded barbs about their tablet devices, but now that...
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Microsoft CEO Believes Unicorns Exist, Pigs Fly, & Surface Is the First...
OK, so the first two parts of the post title may be a little exaggerated, but Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, does apparently believe that the new Microsoft Surface ‘PC tablets’ are coming into a...
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Flirting with the Dark Side
I received my Nexus 7 32GB with Mobile Data last night. I think I was likely one of the last stops on the UPS route, as it hit my doorstep at around 7PM. I’m not actually flirting with the dark side...
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TechRepublic’s Half Assed Surface RT to iPad Comparison
Image Source: writerdood.wordpress.com TechRepublic has a post up this week from Patrick Gray that is billed as a hands-on comparison of the Microsoft Surface RT and the iPad. It’s a half-assed piece...
View ArticleThe New Surface Pro Ad: It’s the Funky Bad Dancing Tablet?
Wow. I’ve watched this new ad for Microsoft’s Surface Pro a few times now, and I still find myself laughing and shaking my head at it. I guess I just don’t get what the strategy behind the Surface ads...
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Surface Sales Estimates Are Bleak, Microsoft Thinks Better Marketing Will...
Predictions and estimates offered last week for the early sales numbers for Microsoft’s Surface tablet line don’t paint a very pretty picture. They’re pretty bleak in fact – especially considering how...
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My Newest Tablet: Not an iPad
My newest tablet, just acquired today, is not an iPad. It’s the brand new Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 –s shown above right between my Nexus 7 and the iPad mini. I’ve become quite a fan of the 7-8 inch...
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Survey Says: iPad Still the Runaway Leader in Tablet Usage
The latest report from the Chitika online advertising group shows that the iPad is till the runaway leader in tablet usage share. The report is based on web traffic share – and the iPad’s lead...
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Bill Gates Says iPad Users Are Frustrated Because They Can’t Type, Create...
Bill Gates has shared some thoughts on the iPad again, during a CNBC interview – this time claiming that lots of iPad users are frustrated at their lack of ability to do things like type or create...
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Latest Enterprise Mobile Device Activations Report: Who Cares about a...
The latest report on enterprise activations of mobile devices from Good Technology has very good news for Apple, the iPad and iPhone, and Android. And some very grim news for Microsoft and their...
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Microsoft Slashing Price of Surface RT Tablet
It looks like Microsoft is about to slash the price of their Surface RT tablet line. As The Verge reports, the price for all models of the Surface RT is set to drop by $150 starting this Sunday, July...
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How’s the Surface RT Doing? Microsoft Writes off $900 Million for Unsold RTs
Wow. Just when you think the news can’t get much worse for Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet, it does. Yesterday TechCrunch reported that Microsoft has reported a huge writedown for unsold Surface RTs in...
View ArticleSomeone Should Explain to Microsoft How Trash Talking Works
That’s Microsoft’s latest Siri-mocking, iPad bashing, Surface RT bragging ad shown above, released yesterday. Pretty ballsy stuff when you consider they literally just announced a huge $900 million...
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Latest Tablet Market Share Report Shows Android Way Ahead
The latest report on the global market for tablets, from Strategy Analytics, shows that Android leads in shipments and market share – by quite a big margin. As The Next Web reports, these figures for...
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Microsoft’s Surface Tablets ‘Officially a Flop’
Lots more bad news for Microsoft and their Surface tablets this week. Microsoft’s most recent financial results filing (for their fiscal year that ended June 30 of this year) show a total of $853...
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Now Microsoft Lowers Price on Surface Pro Too
Following its big recent price cuts on the Surface RT tablet line, Microsoft has now dropped the price for its Surface Pro tablets by $100. As The Verge reports, Microsoft has confirmed that customers...
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Another Day, Another Surface Beats iPad Ad
This week Microsoft have released yet another of their TV ads comparing the iPad to a Surface or another Windows based tablet. In this new ad it’s the Surface RT that’s pitted against the iPad. The...
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Microsoft Ad Features the 1 Teacher in America with Surface Tablets in his...
The latest Microsoft TV ad for their clickety clackety keyboard wielding Surface tablets features a teacher talking happily about how all his students have the new MS tablet. He emphasizes that the...
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Saying Hello to My First Windows Tablet
I’ve been wanting to try out a Windows tablet for quite a while now. I even once spent several hours at a local Microsoft store with every intention of buying one of their Surface tablets – and then...
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Review: Tocomail for iPad – Kid Safe Email
Do you remember Clippy? He was a chipper guy, who when I first saw him in Windows as a spotty teen I thought “that’s cool, an interactive comic character who will help me use Office 97!”. Clippy was...
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Surface Pro 3: Microsoft’s iPad Rival That’s not an iPad Rival
Yesterday Microsoft unveiled their new Surface Pro 3 tablet. Or tablet / laptop hybrid. Or, in the words of their early ad strapline, ‘The tablet that can replace your laptop’. I didn’t get a chance...
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The Challenging State of the Tablet Market
Before Apple’s stock price soared to even greater heights this week thanks to strong iPhone sales, growing services revenues, and rumors of spectacular devices to come, we got the bad news about iPad...
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Microsoft Announces Surface Tablet – Some Quick Thoughts
Image Source: The Verge Yesterday evening Microsoft held a special event to announce their new tablet / PC called Surface. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer described it as being a PC and a tablet – and...
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For a Smart Guy, Bill Gates Is Very Dumb When Talking about the iPad
Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft and now a leading global philanthropist, was the guest on the Charlie Rose show this past Monday night (July2). Although Gates is a fascinating figure and a...
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Oh Good, Now There’s a Head-to-Head Review of iPad vs. The Tablet That...
I’ve got great news for you if you’re a fan of apples to watermelons type comparisons. There’s a wonderful iPad 3 vs. Surface head-to-head style review at a site called Trusted Reviews. Maybe it’s...
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Microsoft Announces More Windows RT PC/Tablet Partners
Microsoft has announced that there are a number of their hardware partners planning to release Windows RT based PCs/tablets, in the same class as their own Surface RT device.Here’s a slice of their...
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Rumor: $199 Price for Microsoft Surface for Windows RT
Well this could be quite interesting. Engadget reports today that they’ve heard that Microsoft’s upcoming Surface for Windows RT tablet, the one using an ARM processor, will be priced at $199....
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