[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121011_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] After years of mostly minor changes in the way they operate, Microsoft is about to rock the boat big time beginning later this month. They’re releasing Windows 8, a brand new OS with a steep learning curve. They’re continuing their mobile push with the launch of the Continue Reading →
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Microsoft’s Surface tablet has been a contentious subject for many PC makers, but don’t count Lenovo as one of them. “Surface is a tablet, but it’s purely a tablet. Our products are very distinguishable, so I don’t see that there’s any conflict there at all,” Lenovo product president Peter Hortensius told VentureBeat during the launch Continue Reading →
TNW received an invite this morning to an event in New York City on October 25th, concerning the launch of Microsoft’s Surface line of tablets. According to The Verge, a Microsoft spokesperson has stated that the Surface, as expected, will debut on the 26th at midnight. If you are looking for one of the devices Continue Reading →
Microsoft’s temporary, or “pop-up,” stores will open Oct. 26 and will sell the Surface tablet, according to the company’s website. And in all but a few cases, Microsoft will go toe-to-toe with Apple: 29 of the 32 stores are located in the same mall or shopping center that houses an Apple retail store. The 32 Continue Reading →
With Windows 8 scheduled to launch on October 26, we’ve still received almost no official confirmation of what devices running Microsoft’s new operating system will cost. But leaked information published today by ZDNet reveals that a trio of Asus touch-screen devices will cost anywhere from $599 to $1,299. Microsoft hasn’t yet revealed pricing for its Continue Reading →
Microsoft hasn’t been very forthcoming about what it plans to charge customers for its soon-to-be-released Surface tablet, but CEO Steve Ballmer told the Seattle Times that the device will be priced more to compete with Apple’s iPad than with low-cost tablets such as the Kindle Fire HD or the Google Nexus 7. Specifically, Ballmer said Continue Reading →
This fall, Microsoft is embarking on one of its biggest series of launches ever, with new versions or updates of nearly all its products and services, from Windows to Windows Phone, Office to Windows Server. On top of that, the company is debuting its first branded computing devices: the Surface tablets. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Continue Reading →
Reprising a Windows Phone 7 giveaway from back in 2010, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer announced at the company’s annual event that all 90,000 or so full-time employees are getting a taste of its latest hardware. That’s one Surface for Windows RT tablet and Windows Phone 8 phone (we’re told that last time around these came Continue Reading →
Microsoft and its OEM partners haven’t been particularly forthcoming on how much the first round of Windows 8 tablets are going to cost, but one Lenovo executive just gave us a hint. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, David Schmoock, Senior VP of Lenovo’s North American division, said that full-on Windows 8 tablets would ring Continue Reading →
Microsoft is reportedly well aware that pricing its entry-level Windows RT tablet at $199 will push its vendor partners out of the market, but it might launch the device at that remarkably low price point anyway. Citing multiple unnamed sources from notebook vendors, Digitimes on Thursday reported that Microsoft’s hardware partners are very worried about Continue Reading →