Lisa Gade reviews the Microsoft Surface RT Windows 8 RT tablet. This is a 10.6″ tablet with a 1366 x 768 Gorilla Glass 2 IPS touchscreen. It runs on the quad core NVidia Tegra 3 T30, just like some popular 10.1″ Android tablets and it has 2 gigs of RAM and 32 or 64 gigs...
According to Taiwanese website Digitimes, the first batch of Windows 8 tablets might be targeted at the lower-end of the price band. The site says some hardware makers are working on these entry-level tablets priced around $300 to take on tablets like Kindle and Nook. But there are some loose ends that don’t justify a...
In the Consumer Preview that was launched last month, Microsoft showcased the redesigned ‘Metro’ interface. This change in the design is the most conspicuous and widely discussed topic. In addition to it, below are some more features that caught our eye. New Task Manager The task manager was redesigned and optimized for the most common...
Nokia could have a Windows 8 Tablet ready to launch by Q4 2012 latest rumors suggest. Let alone this there are also rumors of the features this tablet will have. Reportedly featuring the following specs, 10 inch screen & a Dual Core Qualcomm SoC, the tablet will be running Windows on ARM which Microsoft is...
Windows 8 consumer preview release was launched last week and within 24 hours there were1 million downloads. OEM’s definitely will be eyeing to take advantage of this popularity and excitement and Dell might be leading this race. According to CEO Michael Dell, there was a growing demand for a secure Windows tablet that is able...
At the Mobile World Congress that is currently underway in Barcelona, Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop told the media that his company is happy with Microsoft’s Windows 7. Nokia is using this OS in its Lumia smartphones. According to him, Nokia is “looking very closely at what is coming out of Microsoft in terms of Windows...
We have seen considerable buzz around Windows 8 tablets from HP and now there’s more news. This time it is directly from the horse’s mouth – HP’s CEO Meg Whitman. During a recent earning’s call, she told that HP will be shipping Windows 8 based products by the holidays. As Apple becomes the number one...
The list of PC manufactures planning for Windows 8 based devices is growing continuously and it’s a bit strange that these plans are giving clues about the launch of Windows 8. According to Fujitsu’s product road map, it seems like Windows 8 will be released in the fourth quarter of 2012. While showcasing its upcoming...
Our previous posts talked about the grand plans PC manufactures like HP, Lenovo, ASUS etc have in their roadmap with respect to Windows 8. But a recent report in DigiTimes, about ViewSonic launching a Windows 8 tablet in Taiwan during Q2 of 2012 beats everything. According to Max Liu product marketing director of ViewSonic Asia...
Like Intel, AMD also missed the bus in the Smartphone and tablet markets. And now Windows 8 will enable ARM processor companies like TI, Qualcomm, Nvidia to grab the market more. AMD has some serious competition to beat before cashing in on the Windows 8 opportunity. It is ‘arming’ itself with two new chips targeting...
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