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Samsung Won't Release Windows RT Tablet In US

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-for-you dept.

New submitter sandoval88419 writes "During CES the U.S. head of Samsung Tablet business announced they won't release Windows RT devices in the U.S. Explanations are low demand, heavy investment to educate the consumer on the differences between windows RT and 8 and more importantly the effort to keep a low retail price with the Microsoft offering. "

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  1. No surprise by blind+biker · · Score: 5, Informative

    You don't become the leading smartphone manufacturer by being a sucker.

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  2. Re:interesting... by sribe · · Score: 5, Informative

    Funny the Slashdot community skipped right over the news Microsoft sold 60 million licenses so far. this place really is the fox news of tech.

    Because:

    1) That's actually a low rate for Windows adoption;

    2) More importantly, it provides no information at all on sales of Windows RT tablets.

  3. Re:Those are OEM sales by Billly+Gates · · Score: 5, Informative

    OEM buys the licenses beforehand.

    All MS has to do is say "Ok, instead of having 1 months supply of Windows 8 licenses I need you to buy 5 months ahead of time!"

    Then MS releases a press release saying "OMG DEMAND FOR WINDOWS 8 WENT UP 500%!" Intentionally, exgerated of course but that is my point. We all know the accounting tricks of Vista numbers where people and businesses bought them but wiped them and downgraded to XP.

    Online website counters are the real way to predict adoption. If anyone is interested in the real number of people *actually using* windows 8 click here from statcounter who checks millions of websites each day? Windows 8 was 2% the last I looked. In comparison Windows 7 jumped 3x more in the same time period 3 years ago!

    In otherwords it is a dud.

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