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Surface Mini Rumor Roundup
Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 4:45pm | 101Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will hold an event on Tuesday, May 20 to unveil something. No one knows exactly what that something will be, but many assume it will be related to the company's miniature Surface tablet. Benzinga will bring you all the details surrounding Microsoft's event this week....
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Intel Paves Way For $99 Tablets
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 12:44pm | 457Read More...Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is reportedly developing low-cost, entry-level platforms for Android tablet manufacturers. According to DigiTimes, the company will add Android support for Bay Trail-T (a system on a chip for tablets) by the end of the year. Bay Trail-T was initially launched for Windows...
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Microsoft's Surface Pro Clearance Knocks $100 Off MSRP
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 1:43pm | 579Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reduced the price of its first-generation Surface Pro tablets. Consumers will now pay $699 for the 64GB model (down from $799) and $799 for the 128GB iteration (down from $899). The new prices -- which were first discovered by The Next Web -- have already taken effect...
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Microsoft's Surface 2 May Be Hurt By Late Arrival, High Prices And Weak Ecosystem
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 9:43am | 496Read More...Is Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) being hurt by its late arrival to the tablet market? In the months and years after Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) released the iPad in April 2010, dozens of companies entered the fray. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) and Toshiba (...
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New Surface, New Kindle Fire, Record-Breaking iPhone Sales And More From The Final Week Of September
Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 10:54am | 208Read More...Tech companies were determined to cram as much as possible into this week. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), for example, made an unexpected (and ultra-quiet) announcement regarding its new Kindle Fire tablets. Instead of holding a press conference, Amazon sent out a press release in the middle of the night...
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Microsoft Surface May Achieve 1% Market Share In 2014 (MSFT)
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 10:05am | 444Read More...Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) next-generation Surface tablets could prove to be more popular than the last. According to DigiTimes, the Windows maker sold 900,000 Surface tablets during the first quarter of 2013 and an additional 300,000 units during the second quarter. All told, Microsoft sold...
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Microsoft's $449 Surface 2, $899 Surface Pro 2 Coming October 22 (MSFT)
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 12:16pm | 834Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has unveiled the long-awaited successor to its first series of tablets. Surface 2, the follow-up to last year's Surface RT, will retail for $449 and ship on October 22 with a special 8.1 version of Windows RT. The new tablet comes with a full-HD display and a CPU whose...
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Microsoft 'Surface 2' Rumor Roundup
Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 1:10pm | 722Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is roughly a week away from unveiling the next version of Surface. Surface 2 (the presumed name of the upgrade) is expected to come in multiple sizes, including a seven-inch model designed to compete with Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad Mini and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Nexus 7...
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Microsoft To Unveil New Surface Tablet September 23 (MSFT)
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 1:30pm | 483Read More...In just 14 days, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will host an event to unveil the second-generation Surface tablet. The event was confirmed by a Surface-shaped paper invite that's circling the net. While the event's exact location has been blurred by media outlets (likely at Microsoft's request), the...
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Can Google Sell Expensive, High-Tech Glasses Without A Store Presence?
Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 7:05pm | 658Read More...Last fall, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) conducted an interesting experiment. Instead of launching Surface RT (the company's first tablet) at tech outlets across the country, Microsoft decided to sell the device exclusively online. This sales plan may have been designed to create a distinct style and...
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Don't Write Off The PC Just Yet
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 12:26pm | 622Read More...“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” American humorist Mark Twain supposedly said this (or something close to it) after reading newspaper articles about his pending demise. There are those who feel the same way about personal computers. Forbes recently reported that, despite...
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Microsoft Won't Stop Waging Battle In Tablet Wars (MSFT)
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 9:46am | 602Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is on a mission to convince consumers that Windows 8 Tablets are better than the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad. One way Microsoft is trying to do this is through a side-by-side comparison on Microsoft’s website. There consumers can compare four Windows 8 or Windows RT (a...
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Surface Revenue Falls Below Microsoft's $900 Million Write-Down (MSFT)
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 10:06am | 571Read More...Unsold inventory for Microsoft's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Surface RT tablet recently led to a write-down totaling $900 million. That number turned out to be greater than the amount of revenue earned on the entire Surface product line. According to GeekWire, total Surface revenue reached $853 million on...
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Apple to Ship 4M Fewer iPads After Market Share Drops to 35% (AAPL)
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 10:32am | 472Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may ship fewer iPads in the September quarter to compensate for the decrease in demand. According to market intelligence firm TrendForce, the entire industry has been affected by waning interest from consumers. The market for seven-inch tablets with a resolution of at least...
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Chromebook Shipments Could Rise 200% in 2013 (GOOG)
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - 10:31am | 510Read More...Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chromebook platform could receive a major shipment boost in the latter half of 2013. According to DigiTimes, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Acer, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) and Lenovo will launch new Chromebooks within the next five months. With the release of these products,...
