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Microsoft: No Tablets Until It's Distinctive

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the build-up-them-forearms dept.

BogenDorpher pointed us in the direction of a pocket-lint story saying "Microsoft’s UK managing director and ex-BBC man Ashley Highfield has exclusively told Pocket-lint that the company won’t produce a tablet device, and therefore follow in the footsteps of Apple and Google, until it's got something to shout about. 'We won't do anything in the tablet market unless we can be distinctive,' he told us." Have you considered making it light enough that your arm doesn't ache after 5 minutes?

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  1. In other words... by Nimloth · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We're looking for an idea but we ain't got squat.

    1. Re:In other words... by CharlyFoxtrot · · Score: 5, Informative

      They already released their "slate" with HP with Balmer being on stage to introduce it:

      "press images of the HP Slate just hit the web, right as Ballmer showed it off during his CES keynote. The prototype device is said to be coming later this year, and it's running Windows -- Ballmer showed it running the PC Kindle app."

      Fortunately for them it has bombed so badly they actaully have a chance of people buying this shit about them not wanting in the tablet market yet.

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  2. M$ fired the guys who had already designed one by ehack · · Score: 4, Insightful

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Courier

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  3. Not a problem by Chrisq · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you considered making it light enough that your arm doesn't ache after 5 minutes?

    My arm gets plenty of exercise.