A Qualcomm executive Friday defended Windows RT tablets despite poor initial sales, saying the mobile device chip maker is "very optimistic with the future of Win RT." Qualcomm currently supplies ARM-based Snapdragon processors for ...
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Windows RT tablets grabbed just 0.4% of the tablet market in the first quarter, a dismal result that led some tech experts to urge Microsoft to scrap the platform that's in its six-month infancy. "I wouldn't be surprised if they do ...
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Tablet shipments soared by 142% in the first quarter of 2013 year-over-year as all Android tablets, including low-budget white box versions, dominated the market over Apple iOS tablets, IDC said. Apple outpaced IDC's original forecast for ...
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Microsoft garnered just a "niche" in the global tablet market in the first quarter of 2013, following a period of user confusion after the launch of Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets, analysts say. According to Strategy Analytics, Windows ...
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Dell remains committed to Microsoft's Windows RT, despite the poor market reception to the OS and a decline in prices of related tablets. The company has "future generations" of its XPS 10 tablet, which runs Windows RT, under development, ...
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Dell remains committed to Microsoft's Windows RT, despite the poor market reception to the OS and a decline in prices of related tablets. The company has "future generations" of its XPS 10 tablet, which runs Windows RT, under development, ...
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Microsoft will launch a new line of Surface tablets later this year, including one or more smaller 7-in. devices, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report was published just hours after research firms IDC and Gartner spelled out a ...
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Microsoft has relaxed a Windows 8 certification requirement to allow devices with lower resolutions, a move analysts said signaled Microsoft would soon join the accelerating shift to smaller, less expensive tablets. "The sub-eight-inch ...
Microsoft's support for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.8 will end in the second half of 2014, according to the software maker. Microsoft listed the sunset dates on its Web site recently, with WP8 support ending July 8, 2014, and ...
Microsoft's two-pronged OS push into tablets -- Windows RT and Windows 8 -- confuses customers, and the company should focus on the more robust Windows 8, an IDC analyst said today. Tom Mainelli, IDC's research director for tablets, said ...
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Microsoft‘s two-pronged push into the tablet market, consisting of the Windows RT and Windows 8 operating systems, confuses customers, an IDC analyst said on Wednesday. The company should instead focus on the more robust Windows 8 ...
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Microsoft's new version of Windows written for ARM processors may not be an unqualified success, but ARM CEO Warren East said the software maker will learn from its mistakes with Windows RT and come back with a better product. "I'm well ...
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Microsoft is about to embark on a second wave of Windows 8 client hardware promotions and user education, an executive said Wednesday. "Starting soon, you'll see us do a lot more education of the business user and consumers," said ...
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Lenovo has announced new 7-inch and 10-inch tablets with quad-core processors and Google's latest Android 4.2 operating system, becoming one of the few companies to offer that version of the OS in tablets. The S6000 tablet has a 10-inch ...
Google may be taking a page from Apple as it considers opening brick-and-mortar retail stores, according to reports. Google is working on plans to open retail stores in the U.S. where the company would sell Google-branded hardware, ...