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MS Hypes Win7 Tablets For CES — Again

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the deja-what-now dept.

jfruhlinger writes "About a year ago at this time, we were all hearing exciting news about Windows-based tablets that Microsoft would be unveiling at CES. They would transform the industry and strangle the iPad in its cradle! Well, now the hype machine is starting again, for the same products that never materialized last year. This time around, though, the market has changed so much so quickly that Microsoft's tablet bid isn't cutting edge; as Ryan Faas points out, it's desperate."

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  1. Re:You'd better hope Win 7 for tablets does well by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Informative

    While I don't like Google any more than you do, I'm less worried about Android. Only a subset of Android devices are tied to Google in any useful way. Since Android is available as a largely apache licenced middleware stack for the GPLed kernel(plus whatever proprietary apps and drivers the vendor feels like shipping), assorted "Android" devices have sprung up like mushrooms that are about as connected to Google as a Gentoo box is to Linus Torvalds. By contrast, every box of Windows sold is money right into Redomond's coffers and, as of now, isn't shy about phoning home.