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Microsoft’s Surface instigates mix reaction from its hardware partners – Part 1

Microsoft’s new stunt of plunging into the hardware business has opened a whole new array of Pandora’s boxes from all sides. Experts tout that the new Surface tablets are doomed to fail and now Microsoft’s hardware partners are expressing mixed feeling about the new devices. The Windows-makers kept its dozens of hardware partners, the likes […]

Microsoft’s Surface instigates mix reaction from its hardware partners – Part 2

Apple has almost no one to please in the personal computing industry, as far as hardware partnership goes. It builds its own software, manufactures its own hardware—through vendors like Foxconn, of course. It has the industrial leeway to launch anything it wants with utter freedom. On the other hand, Microsoft is bound by several anti-trust […]

Will the new Surface tablets be able to spur the market with Windows 8 or is it doomed to failure? – Part 1

Microsoft might have launched the new Surface line of tablets in comparatively secretive manner but the post-launch is making all kinds of cheers and jeers. The rumble comes from all sides, Microsoft’s hardware partners like Acer, experts from every corner of the world and above all the media. Last week Acer VP and President in […]

Will the new Surface tablets be able to spur the market with Windows 8 or is it doomed to failure? – Part 2

Windows tablets like HP TouchSmart and the never-released HP Windows 7 Slate gathered the least attention in the recent history. They were ultimately discarded due to lack of demand. There are different seasons why Windows tablets were utter failures in the consumer market. There was a lack of touch-centric applications and the hardware was too […]

Business strategy changes: Microsoft jumps into hardware business with new Surface tablets – Part 1

Microsoft is clearly revamping its long-held strategy: Produce a software and let others handle the hardware. Of late, the company has shown some activities including this week’s conference in Hollywood that bodes a different Microsoft in the coming years. The Windows-makers plunged into the hardware business as well, as they showed off their first line […]

Business strategy changes: Microsoft jumps into hardware business with new Surface tablets – Part 2

Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund revealed his theory on Thursday that Microsoft is planning to provide Pegatron, a Taiwanese hardware manufacturer with the equipment to manufacture the smartphones. However, he also suggested that it might be a reference smartphone for Microsoft’s hardware partners, Samsung, HTC, Nokia and ZTE, to build new Windows phone on the same […]

New Surface tablets bodes unhealthy relationship between Microsoft and hardware vendors – Part 1

Microsoft is taking a stab at the tablet market and most probably the smartphone market next year with a different strategy. Although we have seen the original version of this strategy at Cupertino with Apple, Microsoft face a different scenario altogether. The Windows makers are taking a plunge into the hardware business with the launch […]

New Surface tablets bodes unhealthy relationship between Microsoft and hardware vendors – Part 2

However, both of them were of little words responding to Microsoft’s latest stunt. While HP isn’t commenting on Surface “we will have a full range of Windows 8 machines,” HP spokesperson Marlene Shostack told the media. Dell had little to say as well. “Microsoft is an important partner to Dell and we look forward to […]

Microsoft Surface tablets: Efficient for reading and good for writing

Microsoft Monday replied Apple and Google with its new line of tablets. The company announced two version Surface RT and Surface Pro that will be branded and marketed by Microsoft themselves. With the release of these new slates the company will be in direct competition with not only Apple and Google, but also its hardware partners like Dell, […]

Microsoft introduces Touch Cover and Type Cover, two screen shields that turn into full keyboards

Microsoft’s take on the tablet technology came late to the market but the release has its pros to lure both existing users and late adopters who still are mulling over the notion of the new culture. Though the likes of Apple, Samsung and Asus have brought slim and sleek slates to the market that are […]

The new age of Tablets: Whose game is it?

The contemporary era that we are living in is the post-desktop regime that is and will be dominated by tablets and all-in-one desktop computers. In that regard, major technology players; Apple, Microsoft and Google are thriving to take the leading position. However, so far only Apple has been in the front position to lead the […]

How to boost the PC performance by cleaning up and tuning the hardware and software? – Part 1

Ever wondered why your laptop or desktop is performing less than when you purchased it? There a number of complaints that we tech geeks receive everyday from our friends, not so tech geek, that there computers are stuck or are taking forever to run a program or never reboot in a single day. Buying a […]

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