Surface

Rumor has it that Microsoft is planning to price its Windows RT-powered Surface tablet at a highly-competitive price point of $199. Unless Microsoft is willing to take a serious dive on each tablet sold, this sort of pricing is never going to be achieved. There’s been a great deal of mystery and speculation surrounding how Continue Reading →

We’ll admit to being a little blown away when Microsoft launched the Surface — it was an impressively polished tablet that we had heard barely a whisper of leading up to the mysterious launch event. But, there was one thing that we were still left wondering: how much would it cost? Now, with Acer getting Continue Reading →

Looks like Surface didn’t scare everyone off like Microsoft said it might, because today the company announced some official Windows 8 partners. From the sound of it, we’ll see devices from Dell and Samsung all running the operating system. Lenovo is also on board, but we’ve already heard about the ARM-based convertible RT tablet it’s Continue Reading →

Microsoft might be launching the next Xbox within the next year and a half. The software giant last night posted a job listing on its Web site seeking a marketing professional. In that posting — which now appears to be taken down — the company said that “over the next 18 months, Microsoft will release Continue Reading →

The first Surface tablet isn’t due to be released until October 26th, but that hasn’t stopped Microsoft from looking ahead to the next version of its iPad rival. TechRadar has spotted Microsoft job postings showing the company is looking for more people to join its “Surface Team” and that the company is already “building the Continue Reading →

Just about the last thing Microsoft wants to hear right now is comparisons of any of its products to the Zune, its failed iPod killer that mercifully got the axe last year. But InformationWeek reports that Canalys analyst Tim Coulling this week dropped the Z-bomb when discussing Microsoft’s highly-anticipated Surface tablets, writing that ”the information Continue Reading →

It appears that Microsoft may be preparing to launch a number of ‘holiday stores’ in major metropolitan areas for the end-of-the-year sales rush. If you are Microsoft, what’s one of the largest challenges that you face, looking forward towards the conclusion of 2012? It’s not proving to people that the Surface is a good-looking device. Continue Reading →

It’s high time for some competition in the tablet device space, after new data suggested that Apple holds a whopping 85 percent share of the market. That in mind, the release of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet and unveiling of Microsoft Surface are set to bring a dose of serious competition at right on time. The Continue Reading →

Supersite for Windows is reporting that Microsoft has confirmed that the Surface is due to start shipping on October 26th, alongside Windows 8. Supersite for Windows reveals that a Microsoft filing with the US Security and Exchange quietly reveals that the tablet will start shipping to customers on October 26th.That’s the same day as Windows Continue Reading →

Since it first debuted its new Surface tablet, Microsoft has insisted that the device will not alienate its longtime PC manufacturing partners. The party line: By developing internally the tablet it evidently didn’t trust its partners to build, Microsoft isn’t stepping between them and their customers, it’s simply providing a reference design meant to guide Continue Reading →