Whether it’s the ongoing consumerization of IT, or just companies looking for a more flexible approach, businesses are beginning to take tablets seriously. IDC expects global tablet sales to hit 117.1 million this year, rising to a staggering 261.4 million units by 2015. Rival analyst Gartner expects business purchases of tablets to triple between now and 2016. [...]
Review: Microsoft Surface Pro Falls Short as Tablet or PC
February 6, 2013 | Posted by
U.S. tech writers have given Microsoft’s new Surface tablet-laptop hybrid largely negative reviews, casting a shadow over the software group’s hopes to take a bite out of sales of Apple’s iPad and MacBook Air. The latest Surface runs on an Intel chip and features the full Windows 8 Pro operating system, which Microsoft hopes will make the device [...]
Microsoft Pulling a Google: Will Withdraw Later From Tablet Market
June 20, 2012 | Posted by
Microsoft’s objective in unveiling its new Surface tablet is to prod device makers to bring out Windows 8 tablets, then withdraw from the tablet market once that’s accomplished, according to reported comments from Acer founder Stan Shih. Microsoft “has no real intention to sell own-brand tablet PCs,” according to a report in Taipei-based Digitimes, citing [...]
Microsoft Ready to Enter Tablet Market; Apple Territory
June 16, 2012 | Posted by
Microsoft is set to unveil a tablet next week that will mark its entry into rival Apple’s territory with its own branded product, TheWrap has learned. The company has scheduled a secretive event for Monday at 3:30 p.m. June 18 in Los Angeles, where it will make a “major” announcement whose nature has not been [...]
