Posts Tagged ‘Windows RT’
Can Microsoft Compete in a Post-PC World?
Microsoft says it sold 100 million licenses for Windows 8 in the six months it was on sale. Not spectacular, but not bad either. But for Windows RT, Widows 8′s tablet-friendly little brother, things haven’t been so hot. …
The Late Microsoft Windows 8
In 2008, Microsoft’s Windows OS ran on 95% of all computing devices. By the end of 2012, Forrester estimated that Microsoft’s market share had declined to 30%.
In 2012 there were more Android devices sold than Windows devices. By the end …
How To Make Windows 8 Great
There has been a lot of discussion here lately, both in posts such as Why IT buyers are Excited About Convertibles and Hybrids and Microsoft Surface: How Relevant Are Legacy Apps and Hardware? about the failings and the potential of Windows 8. So inspired …
Ten Things I prefer to do on Microsoft Surface versus my Apple iPad
My primary tablet of choice for years has been Apple’s iPad. The iPad, iPad 2, and the New (now old) iPad (3). This is after trying at least 20 other tablets with Android phone, Android tablet, …
Why Surface Will Be Good for the iPad–and the Rest of Us
For the past 2 1/2 years, iPad as has ruled the world of tablets. Except for Amazon’s Kindle Fire and the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet, both special-purpose devices dedicated to consumption, there has been no competition worth mentioning. But …
Microsoft Pulls it Together (Almost) for Windows 8 Launch
I attended Microsoft’s launch last week for Windows 8, Windows RT, and Surface. While launch day is only one milestone in a string of milestones, launch day is the one day that everything must come together, the day …
Microsoft’s Surface: Less Than A Tablet, Less Than A Notebook PC, Less Than Ideal
Introduction
I hadn’t planned on writing a review of the Surface today. But after reading over a dozen reviews, a pattern has clearly emerged:
— Excellent hardware
— Not as good a tablet as the iPad
— Not as good a PC as a …
The Return of the Tablet PC
Acer Iconia W510
Microsoft’s decision to offer tablets in two flavors–Intel-powered slates running full windows 8 and ARM-powered units running Windows RT–has created a marketing and branding problem for manufacturers: How these very different products going to be distinguished for …
Battle Of The Tablet Business Models: Lessons Learned And A Look Ahead
RECAP
We’ve been looking at the tablet business models of Apple, Amazon, Google, Samsung and Microsoft. Today we wrap up the series by seeing what lessons we have learned and by asking ourselves what the various business models can tell us …
Windows 8 Mail App: Better, but Still Bad
The good news is that the lame Mail app in Windows 8 is about to get better. The bad news is that it will still fall well short of any reasonable expectations of a modern mail client.
As the Oct. 26 …
Battle Of The Tablet Business Models: Windows 8 And The Microsoft Surface
RECAP
We’re looking at the tablet business models of Apple, Amazon, Google, Samsung and Microsoft. Today we focus on Windows 8 and the Microsoft Surface.
5.0 Windows 8 And The Microsoft Surface
5.1 WHERE DOES WINDOWS 8 AND THE MICROSOFT SURFACE MAKE ITS …
Windows 8 Tablets and Email: A Disaster in the Making
I’m skeptical about Windows 8 as a desktop operating system, but I think it has a lot of potential on tablets. To win a good chunk of the market, however, Microsoft and its OEM partners have to convince buyers, both …
Without Metro Apps, Innovative Touch-based Windows 8 Consumer Hardware is Meaningless
Last week at IFA in Berlin, Germany, HP, Dell, Samsung, and Sony announced some very unique hardware designs for Windows 8. They included touch notebooks, convertibles, sliders, flippers, hybrids, and tablets that can take advantage of Microsoft’s Metro touch-based UI. …
Windows RT Grows More Mysterious as Launch Nears
Microsoft’s Surface Windows RT Tablet
I expected we would be seeing more clarity on the distinctions between Windows 8 and its Windows RT sibling (for ARM processor devices) as the expected late October launch grows closer. But the picture seems …
What Does Microsoft Have Against Email?
Email in Windows 8 is a catastrophe.
I know the cool kids think email is last decade’s technology, but the fact is that it remains a vitally important communications tool for both businesses and consumers. But it gets no respect from …
Deciphering Microsoft’s Latest Windows Blog on Windows RT
For over 20 years, I worked with Microsoft as a customer or a technology partner. Microsoft has a huge job in guiding their enormous Windows ecosystem down certain paths, and over those two decades I have seen …
The Windows 8 UI: Microsoft Makes a Tough Marketing Problem Worse
Over at ZDNet, Mary Jo Foley, master of all things Microsoft, reports sources tell her that having lost the name Metro in an apparent trademark dispute, Microsoft will call the new tile-based user interface for Windows 8 the Windows 8 UI. …
Will Windows RT Include Outlook? Microsoft Won’t Say
Folks who plan to use Outlook on ARM-powered tablets, such as the Windows RT version of the Surface, may be in for a disappointment. The materials Microsoft released this week along with the Consumer Preview of Office 2013 were frustratingly …
Office 2013: Can Complexity and Touch Get Along? [UPDATED]
The new version of Microsoft Office, unveiled this week in a consumer preview, has an awful lot riding on it. The strongest claim Microsoft can make for Windows 8 tablets, including the Microsoft-branded Surface, is that they will deliver the full …
Two Sides of the Consumer Coin to Windows RT
Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled via a blog the different Windows 8 editions and comparing the different features and functionalities. There are three versions, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, and Windows RT. One of the biggest changes in Windows 8 versus previous editions …
Windows on ARM May Get Its Own Brand
The Wall Street Journal‘s Don Clark is reporting that Microsoft is considering calling the version of Windows that will run on ARM chips something other than Windows 8, the name expected to be used for the Intel/AMD version. But I can …
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