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Report Claims Microsoft Beat Apple in Online Tablet Sales for October (winbeta.org)
Eloking writes: Apple's iPad tablet ushered in the modern tablet era when it was introduced in 2010, and it's dominated tablet sales ever since. iPad sales have stagnated recently, but nevertheless Apple has maintained its lead in overall tablet market share. WinBeta received an early version of an upcoming report, '1010data Facts for Ecom Insights, January 2014 – October 2015' by the 101data Ecom Insights Panel, however, that indicates all of that might be changing as Microsoft assumes the mantle of best-selling tablet maker in terms of online sales in October.
Played with one in a shop today, it was very disappointing. The pen is shit. Horrific lag, unpredictable latency. Tried the builtin software ("fresh paint"?), what a pile of crap. Every tool works like a tweaked airbrush from deluxe paint 2. No real sense of accuracy or control trying the various pencils.
The reviews online have gushed over the interface, how much shilling is going on? Going to try the iPencil when it turns up here, but not expecting a huge inprovement over the surface. First-gen might get skipped here.
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If this is the case, which I won't concede, exactly how many of the Microsoft tablets are sitting in a warehouse somewhere, only "sold" in order to make the numbers look good?