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Lenovo Halts Sales of Small-Screen Windows 8.1 Tablets Due To "Lack of Interest"

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-not-want dept.

DroidJason1 writes Microsoft has attempted to compete in the small-screen tablet market with Windows 8.1 and Windows RT, but it looks like the growing adoption of small-screen Android tablets are just too much for Lenovo to handle. Lenovo has slammed the brakes on sales of small screen Windows tablets in the United States, citing a lack of interest from consumers. In fact, Lenovo has stopped selling the 8-inch ThinkPad 8 and the 8-inch Miix 2. Fortunately, these small-screen Windows tablets have seen some success in Brazil, China, and Japan, so Lenovo will focus on efforts there. Microsoft also recently scrapped plans for the rumored Surface Mini.

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  1. Why and how is it "fortunate"? by demon+driver · · Score: 5, Funny

    That those less usable tablets have had "some success in Brazil, China, and Japan"? Do you hate the Brazilians, the Chinese, the Japanese?

    1. Re:Why and how is it "fortunate"? by paiute · · Score: 4, Funny

      That those less usable tablets have had "some success in Brazil, China, and Japan"? Do you hate the Brazilians, the Chinese, the Japanese?

      Studies have shown that these three countries have a high number of tables with uneven legs.

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    2. Re: Why and how is it "fortunate"? by DickBreath · · Score: 4, Funny

      They have to firesale those devices in developing countries. In the US, the EPA isn't going to let them just bury them in a big hole in the ground. The Windows 8 software might leak into the soil causing a massive ecological disaster.

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  2. Re:Was it worth it? by MachineShedFred · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or, was half the remaining Blackberry customer base simply tricked into buying something else that sucks?

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