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Microsoft Takes Another Stab At Tablets, Unveils Surface 2, Surface 2 Pro

Posted by samzenpus on from the let's-try-this-again dept.

Dputiger writes "Microsoft has unveiled both the Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro, updating the former with a Tegra 4 processor and the latter with a new Haswell chip. Among the additional improvements are a more comfortable kickstand with two height settings, 1080p displays for both devices, USB 3.0 support, better battery life, and a higher resolution camera. Pricing for the 32GB Surface without a Touch or Type Cover is set at $449."

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  1. Key differences by DougOtto · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The main thing that both Android and Apple based tablets have that Microsoft doesn't, is customers.

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  2. Microsoft seems not to understand. by intermodal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People don't want Microsoft on their tablet. They've lost this war. Ironically, they're losing for the same reason IBM lost control of the PC: They can make all the products they want, but the software that people want runs on an OS owned by someone else.

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  3. Re: Why aim for shrinking Market share. by organgtool · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Web browsing numbers show the ipad at around 88% of marketshare, which counts actual purchased devices.

    No, it doesn't. It counts the number of visitors of a particular web site that have content strings that claim they are using an iPad.

  4. Re: Why aim for shrinking Market share. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is this marked insightful? Are even 1% of users spoofing their user agent string? Are 0.01%?

  5. Re: Why aim for shrinking Market share. by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is this marked insightful? Are even 1% of users spoofing their user agent string? Are 0.01%?

    No, but it made the poster feel better about his personal biases.

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