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Microsoft Could Drop Support for Windows RT
According to Microsoft Devices Chief Julie Larson-Green, Microsoft has too many operating systems for consumers and is looking to compact rather than expand. “We have the Windows Phone OS, we have Windows RT and we have full Windows. We’re not going to have three”, said Larson-Green. Larson also points out…
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Microsoft Says Its Surface Brand Is Confusing Customers
To our average reader I’d expect the difference between the Surface Pro and the Surface RT is pretty obvious – one runs Windows 8 RT and the other runs full Windows 8, one has an Nvidia Tegra 3 ARM processor and the other an Intel Core i5 processor. The differences…
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Second-Gen Surface Tablets Have No 4G LTE Support – WiFi Only
ZDNet reports that Microsoft’s second generation series of Surface tablets will not have 4G LTE support. In fact the second generation Surface tablets will apparently have no cellular connectivity at all – they will be WiFi only. Clearly Microsoft hasn’t learnt its lessons from the failure of the previous generation…
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Microsoft Starts iPad Trade-In Campaign – Store Vouchers For Old iPads
Microsoft has launched a brand new campaign in the USA to try and boost sales of Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets – this time by taking aim at competitors Apple and their iPads. Microsoft is offering consumers who trade in an Apple iPad 2, 3 or 4 (note the…
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Microsoft Second Generation Surface RT Will Have 1080p Screen
New reports about Microsoft’s second generation Surface RT from Neowin have revealed new details about the devices specifications. Apparently the second generation Surface RT will simply be called Surface 2 and should feature Nvidia’s Tegra 4 SoC. Additionally the tablet will use a 1920 x 1080 display, a two position…
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Microsoft Has No Immediate Plans For An 8 Inch Surface Mini
Despite the widespread recognition that Microsoft really needs a smaller Surface tablet to capture that 7-8 inch tablet market TechCrunch reports that Microsoft has no immediate plans to release an 8 inch tablet aka Surface Mini. We will apparently see “smaller” Surfaces in terms of the device’s thickness but the…
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Windows RT 8.1 RTM Leaked Online
Microsoft and its customers are probably more than used to seeing leaked versions of Windows operating systems popping up on the internet well before the release date and the Windows RT 8.1 RTM operating system joins this list. Windows 8.1 RTM has already been leaked quite some time ago…
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Microsoft Offering Refurbished Surface RT Tablets For $299
Microsoft has decided to start offering refurbished variants of its Surface RT tablets on the Microsoft store for $299 with free shipping and free returns in the USA. This means American consumers can pick up the 32GB refurbished Surface RT model for $299 or the 64GB model for $349. Microsoft…
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Microsoft To Make Recent Surface Price Cuts Permanent For Every Region
We’ve already seen Microsoft go a bit crazy with cutting prices in big markets like Europe, North America and the UK but now they are planning to make these cuts permanent and to spread them to all markets. ZDNet reports that Microsoft wants to make recent price cuts a permanent…
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Microsoft Sued For Lying About True Surface RT Sales Figures
Microsoft’s experiences with the Surface RT tablets just go from bad to worse. After having to pay a $900 million write-down on adjusting inventories recently, Microsoft is now been taken to court for lying about Surface RT sales. Law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, who filed the lawsuit on behalf…
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Surface RT Sales On The Rise
WinRT Source has been trying to figure out whether Microsoft’s recent price cuts have boosted sales. After asking several stores across the USA whether the price cuts have boosted sales, they say 100% of the 20 stores asked said that they had increased sales. It is not surprising as Microsoft…
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Microsoft Has 4.5% Tablet Market Share For Q2 2013
Strategy Analytics reports that Microsoft has managed to attain only 4.5% of the tablet market for the period Q2 (April-June) of 2013. This means Windows still trails significantly behind both Android and iOS in the tablet market. Apparently consumers have stated that a lack of applications for Windows RT is…
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Steve Ballmer Admits Microsoft Made Too Many Surface Tablets
One thing is clear in the tech world recently, Microsoft are not doing well in the tablet world, their Surface device just isn’t winning people over and now it seems they’ve admitted why it’s costing them so much. Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft has admitted that the company simply…
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Microsoft Offers $150 Discount On Surface RT
Microsoft has announced a rather large discount on the Surface RT tablet on their website. The discount sees $150 knocked off the Surface RTs with new prices of $349 (down from $499.99) for the 32GB Surface RT and $449 (down from $599.99) for 64GB Surface RT (tablet only prices). We…
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Samsung Reaffirms Anti-Windows RT Position
A recent report suggested that there is much growing discontent with Microsoft’s Windows RT operating system to the point where Microsoft might be considering its retirement. Samsung are one of the most high profile dissenters and recently, speaking with Forbes magazine, Samsung stated that they would not be producing any more…
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