Microsoft announced in April that it would drop Windows license fees for mobile devices like tablets with displays measuring less than 9 inches. The move was widely seen as a move to increase adoption of Windows devices in the smaller screen space and where Android dominated due to the fact that Google does not charge any licensing for its use. Now […]
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Android and Windows dual-booting ASUS M82T gets FCC certification
The ASUS Transformer line of tablets comes in both Android and Windows flavours. According to FCC certification documents, ASUS may be planning a new model (or even a completely new family of devices) that will come with the ability to boot in both. According to the filing, the ASUS M8xT series will come in at least three flavours: The M80T […]
Microsoft planning additional Surface tablets
Microsoft may have a good reason for not disclosing sales numbers for its Surface Windows RT; general concensus is that it is selling quite slowly. One estimate suggests that only one million were sold in Q4 2012. One factor working against the Surface is its relatively high cost – it starts at US$ / CA$ . The upcoming Surface Windows […]
Canadian pricing for the upcoming Surface Windows 8 Pro
Microsoft yesterday announced that the Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet would hit stores on February 9th. As expected, Canadian pricing will be slightly higher than U.S. pricing. The 64GB model will sell for CA$919 and the 128GB model for CA$1019. Much as we saw with the Surface RT pricing, Canadian pricing adds a CA$20 premium to the U.S. pricing. This […]
Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro launch in Canada and U.S. set for February 9th
Microsoft today announced that its Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet (renamed from the original Microsoft Surface Pro with Windows 8) will launch in Canada and the U.S. on February 9th, only slightly later than it had originally promised. Surface Windows 8 Pro is an exciting new addition to the Surface family, bringing a powerful, work-ready device that is just […]
ASUS considering Windows Phone 8 including Padfone model
Things are looking for the Windows Phone 8 operating system. According to The Wall Street Journal, ASUS is the latest manufacturer to be considering making devices powered by Microsoft’s mobile operating system. Benson Lin, corporate vice president of mobile communication products confirmed that ASUS is currently engaged in licensing discussions with Microsoft. “There is no target timeline… but we are […]
Microsoft Surface RT sales only reach 1 million last quarter?
Microsoft’s tablet business may be off to a slow start. Rumours back in November suggested that Microsoft had reduced its 2012 orders from 4 million to 2 million units. UBS analyst Brent Thill now expects that Microsoft may have only sold about 1 million Surface RT tablets in Q4 2012. Thill cites two reasons for the low sales: “Surface RT […]
Windows RT Samsung ATIV Tab tablet to skip U.S.
It appears that Samsung is having second thoughts about Windows RT. The company this week revealed that it will not launch its Samsung ATIV Tab tablet in the U.S. Its plans for other global markets are also in doubt at this point. Mike Abary, the Sasmung senior vice president who heads up the company’s US PC and tablet group, told […]