Rotten iPad Quarter Better than Glorious Surface Year

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Jul 212015
 
Rotten iPad Quarter Better than Glorious Surface Year

The critics and analysts are shouting themselves hoarse that the sky is falling vis-a-vis sales of Apple’s iPad tablets. Tis’ true that Apple’s fiscal 3Q of 2015 witnessed the sixth consecutive quarterly decline in iPad sales. iPad unit sales tumbled to 10.9 million units, a 13% decline over the previous Read More

High on Sonoma County Sour Diesel Weed, Microsoft’s Surface Team Launches $1,549 Tablet

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May 202014
 
High on Sonoma County Sour Diesel Weed, Microsoft's Surface Team Launches $1,549 Tablet

Surface Pro 3 Tablet I swear on pregnant Scarlett Johansson’s unborn child that I’m not making up the $1,549 figure for Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3 tablet. Indeed that is the price for one of the high-end versions of Surface Pro 3. No, don’t even ask. For $1,549, you will Read More

Microsoft Surface Tablet Losses Put at $2b

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May 202014
 
Microsoft Surface Tablet Losses Put at $2b

Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Tablets – Fails to Excite Consumers Nomura Securities has estimated operating losses from Microsoft’s ill-fated foray into tablets at $2 billion, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Microsoft jumped into the tablet business in October 2012 with Surface, followed four months later by Read More

Surface Mini – Doomed at the Gate?

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May 192014
 
Surface Mini - Doomed at the Gate?

If you believe the rumors, Microsoft will Tuesday announce an expansion of its Surface line of tablets by adding a mini version. I expect the mini version of Surface will have a screen size of 7-inches to 8-inches. The current lot of Surface tablets have a screen size of 10.6-inches. Read More

Microsoft’s New Attack Ad Won’t Change Inevitable Destiny of Surface Tablets

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Aug 082013
 

The fate of Microsoft’s Surface tablets, be it the low end Surface RT or the high-end Surface Pro, is like the chronicle of a death defined. Surface tablets are doomed and the only way consumers will pick them up in large numbers is if Microsoft holds a fire sale. In Read More

Down! Tablets Take a Beating in Second Quarter

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Aug 052013
 
Down! Tablets Take a Beating in Second Quarter

Worldwide shipments of tablets dropped nearly 10% in the April-June quarter to 45.1 million units, according to market researcher IDC. In the previous quarter, tablet vendors shipped 49.2 million units. Apple Hit Without a new iPad tablet to energize its fan base and the overall tablet market, Apple took the Read More