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Microsoft CEO: 'We Built More Devices Than We Could Sell'
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Like the Zune, there's going to be a few dozen people who really love this thing. Everyone else just has an iPad.
Four finger swipe left or right. If that doesn't work, go to Settings, then General and turn on multiswipe gestures.
I own a Zune HD, love the sound, HD Radio and UI. Microsoft handled that one badly.
Competition is why MS can't compete in the mobile market. Other companies have better Operating Systems and hardware.
It's more like Apple handled it supurbly.
... for an additional $100+monthly service? No thanks. I already have a phone.
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You must have small fingers. Four of mine are the full height of my phone.
Eh, swiping between apps is a clunky, inelegant solution to multitasking on iOS. It works, but it's not really smooth or quick.
iOS7 is taking steps to fix this, but it's still not as good as it could be.
Sorry B4U, I'm a little confused. Was your comment related to what I said or who I was replying to? Because if the Surface does run Android then I really feel like a fool right now
My comment meant the person you were replying to is an indication of how the surface is now.
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It is for the iPad...
Why bring up a "phone" when the topic is about the surface which is a "tablet"?
Apple had little to with it because the iPod was well established. It boiled down to no marketing on Microsoft's part for the Zune HD. Other than that a superb sounding device.
Wall Street: "So what else is new."
Wall Street: "Holy s***. Sell! Sell! Sell!"
They would have big problems with the FCC, a fire sale is the only way to go. Then MS can write off their losses.
Actually, I know three people who own one; they're all incredibly happy with it.
Myself? I hate tablets of any kind with a passion.
2) Yes, sell a high end hybrid tablet/laptop at way below cost, so your licensees cannot make any money competing against you. Then they stop selling Win8 tablets and making you any payments. Brilliant!... /s
Apple had what, 76% of the mini music player market ? They didn't invent the digital music player, but they stepped in and took it over with a superior product and infrastructure. Apple handled it supurbly. I bought a first generation Nano on release day. I was hooked. MS could have spent a trillion dollars trying to market the Zune, there would have still been no reason for me to switch. Apple controls the digital music player market.
$100? What data service costs $100?
I think standard plans are $30 for 3 GB or simply $10 on a "share everything" style plan.
Really not having a cellular option was a huge mistake. Prevent people from easily making it a laptop replacement like people already do with the iPad.
Really the Surface was a good idea with ok marketing. But there are drawbacks, storage space lies, low res screen, slow processing power, poor touchcover implementation, etc.
I won't consider one for $350 but if they drop into the $150 range I might just to keep at work.
But then shouldn't we still give Apple the recognition for establishing the iPod as THE goto mp3/media player? When the iPod first arrived it was already in competition with a slew of other mp3 devices with features that the iPod didn't have. Apple just marketed their mp3 player and continued to build upon their first model till we are where we are today with the iPod as the dominant portable media player (excluding smartphones).
Apple came into the market after it was already established and even though it was still young, the competition was ready to take on the newcomer Apple. I still have my RIO S10 that I use when doing yard work. As well MS was just sloppy handling Zune. It is a solid player, but they couldn't make much of dent in the market.
Microsoft sales reps keep calling me at work (a middle school), begging us to buy some at $199.99. They sound so sad when I tell them about our 200 MacBook Airs and pure Mac environment.
No way. Ballmer needs to go down with the ship. He provides the comic relief the stock holders need to distract them from the numbers.
Then as soon as the company goes under, Ballmer hits the "American Idol" circuit as his second career.
Its a win/win for everyone.
"despite the slow sales of the surface rt, microsoft is pushing ahead with plans for a second generation tablet."
hmm... Doesn't history repeat itself. Perhaps by the 3rd gen. Steve will wake up from his dream.
Discussion was about tablets. Then again, my phone has a nice 4.7" screen.
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I think they should ditch ARM and go with Intel all the way (Haswell) - for all day battery life. If they price it right, it will be a huge hit.
From my eyes, I think what really hurt Surface RT is incompatibilities with Windows app. I mean that's the strongpoint of Windows, having a rich app ecosystem. Then they're just throwing that advantage away to get battery life? The fourth generation Intel core processors (Haswell) solve this.
From my eyes, I think what really hurt Surface RT is incompatibilities with Windows app. I mean that's the strongpoint of Windows, having a rich app ecosystem. Then they're just throwing that advantage away to get battery life? The fourth generation Intel core processors (Haswell) solve this.