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The Windows 8 app platform: how is it going? A few clues from developers

By tim, on December 18th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

One way of looking at Microsoft’s Windows 8 strategy is as an attempt to establish a new tablet platform. By welding the tablet platform to the desktop platform, Microsoft ensured that every customer who wanted the latest Windows release would also get the tablet release, though some are stuck with keyboard and mouse to control

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Microsoft to make its own tablet called Surface, puts Windows RT centre stage

By tim, on June 19th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Microsoft has announced its own tablet, called Surface, for “work and play”, said CEO Steve Ballmer at an event in Los Angeles yesterday.

The first of what will be a family of devices has a 10.6” Corning Gorilla Glass screen, is just 9.3mm thick, and has a magnesium “VaporMg” case with a built-in stand/magnetic

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Three reasons why Microsoft should make its own Windows RT (ARM) Tablet

By tim, on June 15th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Rumours are flying that Microsoft will announce an own-brand Windows RT tablet on Monday.

No comment on the truth of these, but it would be a smart move.

Here are three reasons.

First, the OEM foistware problem. This has got a little better in recent years, but not enough to compete with Apple and

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Microsoft, Windows 8, and the Innovator’s Dilemma (or, why you hate Windows 8)

By tim, on June 7th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

One thing is obvious from the immediate reaction to Windows 8 Release Preview. Most of those who try it do not like it. It is a contrast to the pre-release days of Windows 7, when there was near-consensus that, whatever you think of Windows overall, the new edition was better than its predecessors.

Why would

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Tablets will be bigger than PCs. Are you ready?

By tim, on February 15th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference yesterday; Macrumors has what looks like a full transcript. Do not expect hot news; there is little or nothing in the way of announcements. It is interesting though as a recap of how Apple sees its future: iPad, iPhone, iCloud, Apple TV, maybe some

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Why there are no tablets running Windows Phone 7

By tim, on December 6th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Once again people are asking why Microsoft has not allowed OEMs to build tablets running Windows Phone 7. Matthew Baxter-Reynolds says it is to do with income from OEM licenses:

Now, Microsoft charges OEMs far less for Windows Phone licenses (about $15 per unit) than for full-on Windows licenses (on average, working out to about

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HP discontinues WebOS, considers PC spin-off. Should have stuck with Microsoft

By tim, on August 18th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Oh yes, and buys Autonomy, a fast-growing specialist in enterprise knowledge management.

Here’s the news from HP’s announcement:

As part of the transformation, HP announced that its board of directors has authorized the exploration of strategic alternatives for the company’s Personal Systems Group. HP will consider a broad range of options that may include, among

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Reports of 19% decline in Western European PC market show structural change

By tim, on August 17th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

As if we needed telling, a new Gartner report shows a steep decline in the PC market in Western Europe. A “PC” in this context includes Macs but excludes smartphones and what Gartner called “media tablets”, mostly Apple iPads. A few figures comparing shipments in the second quarter 2011 with the same period in 2010:

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RIM’s new BlackBerry tablet, WebWorks developer platform – but who wants small tablets?

By tim, on September 28th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Blackberry has announced its pitch for the emerging tablet market, the 7” screen PlayBook. It has a new OS base on QNX Neutrino, a webkit-based web browser, Adobe Flash and AIR – offline Flash applications – front and rear cameras for video conferencing as well as taking snaps, and includes a USB port and HDMI

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Apple iPad ascendant in business computing

By tim, on September 8th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Think Apple’s iPad is a consumer platform? Think again. I’m at the Cloudforce conference in London; and the level of iPad visibility has been striking. I’m not talking about attendees clutching the devices, though there are some. Rather, it’s the number of mentions and actual usage examples that are in the presentations. Before the keynote,

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