Surface Tablet

Surface Tablet May Affect Microsoft's PC Partnerships Sci-Tech Today The obvious "low hanging" market opportunity for Microsoft's Surface tablets is with business buyers that have an installed base of Windows PCs. That is precisely the same market that Dell, Hewlett-Packard and other PC vendors had been hoping to target ... See all stories on this topic » Sci-Tech Today

Microsoft: Surface Tablets May Cause OEMs To Abandon Windows Redmond Channel Partner Microsoft acknowledged on Thursday that its forthcoming Surface tablet could strain relationships with its hardware partners. A cautionary note buried in Microsoft's 100-page Securities and Exchange Commission filing was highlighted by The New York Times ... See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft admits Surface tablet debacle TG Daily PC vendors - including Hewlett Packard (HP) - are up in arms over Redmond's recent decision to enter the lucrative tablet market with its indigenously designed Surfacedevices. The ongoing furor prompted Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to reassure jittery ... See all stories on this topic » TG Daily

Microsoft Acknowledges Partners May be Harmed by Surface Tablet DailyTech Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says that 10.6-inch Surface tablet is merely "priming the pump" for OEM partners' Windows 8 tablets. But his filing indicates clearly that he and his company are aware that OEMs may be damaged by their inability to compete with ... See all stories on this topic » DailyTech

Microsoft Admits It Could Be Burning Bridges With Surface Tablet RedOrbit Microsoft admitted in filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it might just anger a few people with its Surface tablet line. Apple and Microsoft are both competing companies when it comes to making operating systems in the computer ... See all stories on this topic » RedOrbit

This Week in Tablets: The 9 most important tablet mysteries of 2012 TabTimes ... until the last second. For what it's worth, if Microsoft does charge $199 for a basicSurface tablet, I expect the company to come up with some kind of Xbox Live-type yearly subscription service to temper losses. It's the only way the company can make it work. See all stories on this topic » TabTimes

Microsoft Acknowledges That Surface Tablets Represent A Potentially Risky Move Mobile Magazine When the Microsoft Surface was first unveiled there were many in the tech world that felt it was an attractive looking tablet design, but it also raised up questions including whether or not it could potentially affect Microsoft's Windows OEM partner relationships. See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft's Leap into the Tablet Realm is Admittedly Risky NASDAQ On page 14 of its annual report, Microsoft stated that its Surface tablet computers may weaken support for Windows among partners in the industry. At the risk of damaging important relationships, the company has decided to move forward with Surface ... See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft: Surface Tablet May Alienate OEM Partners - Slashdot HangingChad sends this excerpt from PCMag: "Microsoft this week admitted that its upcomingSurface tablet might hurt its relationships with PC maker partners. mobile.slashdot.org/.../microsoft-surface-tablet-may-alienate-o...