June 18th - major announcement from Microsoft!

I'm not bashing the Surface but i just think it won't be a huge success.

 

I'm not bashing it either. It's just MS rumored pricing & WiFi only makes me think they're nuts. But maybe it's just a proof of concept project. And not meant to be profitable or longterm. MS might be saying to their hardware partners this is what we can do. So you better make you tablets better than the Surface. Or else we'll go into mass production, lower the price dramatically & partner up with Cellphone Carriers.

 

About pricing let's wait for Microsoft's official word.

And don't forget that Surface has USB ports. It could be sold by Cellphone Carriers with a 3g/4g modem included in the package, for example.

 

Or you could simply use your current sim card in your current smartphone by turning on the WiFi hotspot feature.

 

Demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSaXj1vIGxo

 

Let me guess, that link about the "fail" being posted again. I don't even need to open it to know, coming from you.

 

No hate here, i´ve just found it very funny

 

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=2075152&postcount=100

 

Editorial: Did Microsoft solve its perception issue this week?

 

I think Asus will be in a good competition with MS Slate.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/asus-tablet-600/#continued

 

Article from 4th June (I already posted about it in another thread). Besides, it's not even close to Surface's tech.

 

In its favour it isn't really a tablet as it isn't a computer without any of the useful bits. At the other end the construction of the fully assembled device brings to mind a laptop with broken hinges. Moving the machine about - the whole point of a mobile computer - with that floppy joint and its little stand to prop the screen up will become a neverending horror.

The relative functionality of such confabulations isn't what makes them sell anyway. It takes a long time for improved utility to translate into sales; typewriters retained their popularity long after the desktop computer offered a quicker way to mass produce documents and by similar note as someone mentioned the great commercial success of the Xbox I thought I'd point out that they were subsiding its losses for years. As with the iToys what determines the immediate profitability of such gadgets is the "Ooh look, Shiny" effect. Does the Surface have it? I guess we'll find out, but I'm guessing that Microsoft are in any case more interested in the wider impact with this release.

 

I know it,s old and may not be close to Surface but it,s highly valid here as:

- Asus might price ii well below the Surface so people can afford it easily.
- Using Intel,s medfield processor, x86 version of Win 8 tablet from Asus might be just as thin and light as ARM version.
- The specifications of these may be well below that of Surface but these might suffice many of ordinary users.

 

I think the Surface "tablet" and Windows 8 may actually be a major improvement on the current state of affairs in mobile computing. Windows 8, whatever you can say about its interface, is a Real Operating System. You can write documents on it, even compile stuff. Also, the Surface has a built in keyboard, which should be enormously better than the on-screen bogo-keyboards of the iPad and other tablets.

Tablets are... tablets. The Surface, by its appearance, is a colorful netbook with a touch screen. The Pro version is even x86, with a CPU faster than the one in my Dell Precision workstation. This thing is not a toy, it is a real computer.

I still can't say I'm impressed with the idea of a Windows App Store or whatever, but this all looks like a vast improvement on shiny tablets with no keyboards and toy OSes. Maybe if it catches on, other vendors will start to get the message.

 

Microsoft Surface: a gentle kick in the teeth of the OEMs

 

How Microsoft's tablet Touch Cover could change game controls

 

Microsoft Surface: Game developers' reactions

 

Bring on the Pablet: Why I am bullish about Microsoft's Surface

 

Windows 8 reminds me of WOW ( -http://www.mywowcomputer.com ) Maybe that's the market.

 

Microsoft and OEMs: New game, new rules

 

That's quite enough Microsoft propaganda, thanks.

 

Sherlund: Microsoft's Surface will be licensing Windows same as other OEMs

 

Don't get your hopes up. Seems like a neverending blue bold wave...

 

"Please don't act desperate, even if you are."

 

To all....

Just a personal perspective here - simply because you can post oodles of links from the vast expanse of the Internet, doesn't mean you should feel compelled to do so. The simple fact of the matter is that much of what passes for technical analyses these days is repackaged marketing drivel. This is not unique to tech news, it seems to be impacting virtually all information sources and all topically focused camps are guilty in this situation.

Let's try for some level of curation which elevates the level of discourse.

Finally..., let's keep the discussion focused on the topic rather than turning towards the posters.

Thanks in advance.

Blue