Former Windows Boss On What Microsoft Thought Of The iPad
Remember Steven Sinofsky? Former Windows chief? Well, he is here with a timely post on what Microsoft was thinking when the iPad officially saw daylight a decade ago. Yes, …
Tag: Surface RT
Surface RT, Surface 2 No Longer Available For Purchase
It had to come to this. Microsoft has now officially stopped selling its Windows RT powered tablets, the original Surface RT and the power packed successor, the Surface 2. …
Surface RT Still The Most Popular Windows 8 Device Ever
data provided by advertising network AdDuplex for the month of September 2014, the Surface RT is currently the number one Windows 8 device on the market — with an …
Microsoft Releases A New Surface Pro 3 Firmware Update
page for the Surface Pro 3 for the full details, which include improved support for the Surface Power Cover, Microsoft LifeCam Front improvements, enhanced Surface Ethernet Adapter support, and …
Surface RT 32GB Gets A New Price Tag, Now Available For $199
report, the Windows RT powered slate will soon retail for as low as $199. This is the 32GB variant, and a number of specialty stores across the United States …
Week In Review (Dec 2 – Dec 6)
It was the week after the shopping rush. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday behind us, and the year about to end, attention is now shifting to the Holiday …
Discounted Surface RT 32GB Was Piping Hot On Black Friday, Sold Remarkably Well
Steve Ballmer may have said a few months back that Microsoft had actually ordered more Surface RT units than it could sell, but boy, the folks who purchased the …
Surface RT With Touch Cover Can Be Had For $179 At Micro Center On Black Friday
Black Friday deal alert for those that do. If you live at a location that has a Micro Center store nearby, and want to get your hands on a …
Microsoft Launches A Downright Special Surface Black Friday Bundle
Hard to say no to bundle deals, particularly one that is this good. If you are Surface fan, in the market for the first generation model, and can avail …
Surface RT Usage On The Up In North America, Statistics Show
Microsoft may be looking to merge Windows RT with the Windows Phone platform very soon, but it appears that users in North America are already sold on the idea …
New Black Friday Deals For Surface RT Announced By Microsoft
This much is clear that Microsoft is ready to clear out remaining inventories of the original Surface RT in order to focus on the second generation tablets and LTE …
Week In Review (Nov 11 – Nov 15)
After the comparative lull of the recent past, this week was filled with all sorts of thrills and spills. Not only did Redmond release plenty of updates to its …
Surface, Surface 2 And Surface Pro Get A New Set Of Improvements
The second week of a new month in the Microsoft world is always filled with software and firmware updates for many of its products, and this one is no …
Best Buy Offering Microsoft Surface 32GB For Just $199 On Black Friday
When it comes to Microsoft’s retail partners, Best Buy is one of the most important ones around. And the retail giant seems to have prepared a very special deal …
Microsoft Has Quietly Blocked Windows RT 8.1 Jailbreak
Well, it had to happen one day or another! Redmond waited months and months, but with the recent release of Windows RT 8.1, the company has finally decided to …
Windows RT 8.1 Suffers From A Battery Bug On Surface RT, Microsoft Issues Fix
Boy, Windows RT 8.1 sure has had a splendidly storied launch. Microsoft rolled out the new update on October 17, but had to pull it down real quick short …
Microsoft Fights Confusion, Surface RT Now Just Called Surface
There are some who claim that adding the RT moniker to the original Surface was not a good idea. Saner voices even go as far as to say that …
Incomplete Firmware Caused The Faulty Windows RT 8.1 Update
Surface RT owners that missed out on the Windows RT 8.1 deal late last week can now get down to the business of downloading the refreshed operating system on …
Windows RT 8.1 Is Now Available For Download Once Again
The Windows RT 8.1 launch party encountered a few unexpected hiccups, for some users at least, leading to Microsoft pulling the update from the Windows Store. But not before …
Windows RT 8.1 Update Pulled From The Store, Recovery Image Launched
The second generation Surface tablets are launching tomorrow, and this has resulted in the desktop versions of Windows 8.1 hogging up all the headlines. Microsoft actually launched the 8.1 …
Surface Brand Was Confusing Early On, Admits Microsoft
Redmond is all poised to unleash its second generation Surface lineup. Only two devices are on track for arrival later this month, in a variety of flavors, but more …
Best Buy Ready To Offer Up To $350 For Your Surface Tablet
Microsoft is gearing up to unleash its second generation Surface tablets later this month, and as expected, its partners are also joining in the fun as they roll out …
Ballmer Only Got 79% Of His Target Bonus Due To Slow Windows 8 Sales
It can be said with reasonably certitude that the past year or so was slow for PC industry in general and Microsoft in particular. Sustained decline in computers meant …
First Generation Surface Pro Is Now Officially Discontinued
There already are a million things that are different between the original RT and the original Surface Pro, and now you can add another one to the list. The …
Microsoft Going Full HD On The Second Generation Surface RT
The displays, along with the premium build quality of the tablets, are two things that have won plaudits for the first generation Surface slates. But now Microsoft seems to …
Surface Slates Will Not Get Firmware Updates This Month
You may already be aware that there is a little event scheduled for September 23 in New York City where Microsoft plans to official unveil its second generation Surface …
Next Generation Surface RT Will Have 1080p Display, To Be Powered By Tegra 4
While a few fans are clamoring for Microsoft to design its own high performance ARM chip, it seems increasingly likely that the company will stick with the Tegra 4 …
Leaked Versions Of Windows RT 8.1 RTM Now Available
If there is one thing Microsoft is no stranger to, it’s leaks. The maker of some of the most popular software and operating systems in the world regularly finds …
Second Generation Surface Said To Feature Tegra 4 Processor
After some of the grandiloquent news bits of the past couple of weeks, here are some exciting rumors and speculation about the future Surface tablets from Microsoft. Previously leaked …
Microsoft Is Now Selling Refurbished Surface RT Tablets For $299
Redmond cut the prices of its Surface RT slates by $150 back in July, which resulted in the units being available at $349 for the 32GB version and $449 …