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Microsoft to Relaunch Windows Slates Again at CES
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This is the kind of tablet I want. One running Windows 7 well so I can use all my applications on it and not dumbed down smart phone types. Maybe they could make it duel boot into Windows Phone 7 for people who want that. If the hardware is good ill be buying one of these asap.
Its interesting to see how everyone had a fairly good idea that Apple were working on a tablet long before it came out but we didn't know any details. Obviously the fact that the competitors are only appearing 12 months later shows that the competition must have waited to see what Apple were doing rather than getting ahead with their own ideas. I reckon this shows just how effective Apple's policy of secrecy really is, not only does it create the hype around new product launches but it is giving them an automatic head start as they have become the industries creative leaders.
Yeah, and what about the Latvian National Hero of the Month site huh? HUH? Just TRY logging into that without Flash!
Flash is quickly dying and almost no one misses it. Over 90% of my desktop browser crashes (Safari and Firefox) are in the Flash player module, and I'm not exaggerating that number (yes, I check the stack trace). Good riddance.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2.1; en-gb; Nexus One Build/FRG83D) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1)
Relaunch?
Relaunch?
You can have it, but it'll either be slow as crap, or get 4 hours of battery life, with fans blowing hot air out the sides. At least until they move to ARM.
Maybe on that wasteland of an OS. On Windows I've never had a Flash-related crash. And that's not just Windows 7, I'm talking since XP at least. Flash is not dying. HTML5 is getting more popular, but Flash is not even close to slowing down. Two million developers don't stop just because 5% of the market says so.
So what about Pizza Hut? What about Dominos? What about carrier pages? What about videos sent by family members? What about 70% of the web?
So much for "I don't have to change myself to fit a product, it just fits me."
Also, just because, #3. 3 is better than 13.
Microsoft is headed in the right direction with WP7, but Windows 7 on a tablet is not the right direction. I'm simply calling it as I see it. These tablets will not do well, and for good reason.
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Android tablets... Chrome OS tablets... Windows tablets... it's all just a blur to me and I presume for the average consumer as well. You have to wonder what kind of chance any of these products stand with the amazingly consistent branding Apple has done with the iPad.
And am I the only one having trouble telling the difference between Google and Microsoft lately? They seem to be all about me-too products, and all of them pale imitations of the Apple version.
That has to be a joke. Please tell me there's at least a speck of irony behind that comment.
And am I the only one having trouble telling the difference between Google and Microsoft lately? They seem to be all about me-too products, and all of them pale imitations of the Apple version.
That has to be a joke. Please tell me there's at least a speck of irony behind that comment.
I absolutely agree. Productivity apps is best handle on a desktop with a full keyboard and a mouse. A laptop is okay for short period of time, but not for daily work. A tablet and/or smartphone is used primarily to consume information and a tiny bit of producing info.
Digressing a little bit here: I am new to google docs and I have fell immediately in love with it! With a few more improvements e.g. letting me customize the tool menu, and I am ready to get rid my MS Office. Perhaps I am jumping the gun a bit here when today sense freedom at hand, I got rid of Word, Excel and Powerpoint shortcuts in my laptop dock! I hope this is for good. I thought this day would never come.
disclaimer: I have no connection of any kind to Google.
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What are you talking about. Pizza Hut has a mobile version, and you were already told Dominos only uses flash for their cheesy pizza-building animation.
Ah, a mobile version. Whereas a Windows tablet will give you the full experience despite also being a mobile device.
Thanks for proving my point. Been waiting for that keyword, 'mobile.'
"...and then work on Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint while doing work."
Really? And a person with this gramatical skill, is being cited as a reputable source? Okaaaayyyy.
I've always wanted to work whilst doing work. Nothing like working with work so I can work on my work.
'Said someone familiar with the plans...' - 'Said a 13-year-old kid' more like.
Really? And a person with this gramatical skill, is being cited as a reputable source? Okaaaayyyy.
I've always wanted to work whilst doing work. Nothing like working with work so I can work on my work.
'Said someone familiar with the plans...' - 'Said a 13-year-old kid' more like.
Right. That's what they've learned from all this. Microsoft has been trying to make a tablet for what, a decade? More? They got nowhere. The only successful tablet has been one aimed at casual use and running a light OS. Microsoft's response? Banging their head against the wall one more time. This time, though, they're going to be successful. Why? Because they're following the same strategy they followed the last 3 times...
Why does it have to be either/or? I would be very happy with an iPad and tablet-based Mac (e.g. Modbook) in my house. There are many times where I would gave up 60% of my iPad battery life to have access to the power and apps of a full operating system in a tablet format.
This, I think, is another case of Jobs understanding the users better than the users do. Jobs, if I'm remembering correctly, made the statement that "tablets are only useful for surfing the web from the toilet".
Until I read your comment, I always felt that Jobs had proven himself wrong with the release of the iPad. Now I'm realizing he proved himself right, and got richer doing it.
He went and built the best toilet web device in the industry. People here were screaming for full OS X, but Apple knew better. They didn't try to make it run Excel, or finite element analyses of jet turbines-- because we don't do those things on the toilet. We read books, and surf the web, and maybe throw birds at egg stealing pigs.
And maybe it's not always the toilet. Maybe it's an airline seat, or a bus, or sitting in a waiting room. But the point is people use it casually, not productively.
Your family sends videos using Flash? They'd be better off using proper, widely-supported video formats. And as for your 70%, that figure is plainly bs.
People like you will take the longest time of all to realise that Flash is slowly dying, Apple saw it years go, even MS sees it (they shifted the purpose of Silverlight to the WP7 development platform because the idea has had it's time). You can flame the iPad all you like, but Flash is still on the way out whether you like it or not.
Good luck with your WinPad.
They'd make more money bringing out Office for iPad.
They're sitting on a goldmine but are too distracted and misdirected to.
They're sitting on a goldmine but are too distracted and misdirected to.