tablets

  • First Look: The iPad Mini 3, iPad Air 2 and more

    And hey, Stephen Colbert was there! Apple, uncharacteristically, lost a little PR steam from a leak of some information on its new iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 models a day before the launch event, which took place on Thursday at the company’s Cupertino headquarters. But that doesn’t mean […]

  • Why the Surface Pro 3 just killed Windows RT

    Say good-bye to Windows RT. The introduction of the Surface Pro 3 just killed it, if not sooner, then later. Here’s why the operating system has not future. With the Surface Pro 3, Microsoft has finally clarified its tablet strategy: Build productivity tablets that do double-duty as ultrabooks, and charge […]

  • Balky browsers tick off tablet owners

    Crashes are the top complaint from iPad Air, Fire HDX owners, No. 2 annoyance on iPad Mini, says Fixya Browser problems are the most common complaints of iPad Air and Fire HDX tablet owners, an online community of troubleshooters said Friday. San Mateo, Calif.-based Fixya mined 10,000 user-generated reports related […]

  • HP ends tough year on a high note

    The company reported higher-than-expected revenue and a return to growth in its enterprise business Hewlett-Packard reported results for the last quarter of its fiscal year on Tuesday, and although sales were down from a year earlier there were some much-needed signs of improvement. HP’s enterprise division, which sells servers, storage […]

  • PC satisfaction scores dip as customers drift to tablets

    ‘Misalignment of expectations’ caused by Windows 8 disconnect with traditional computing devices, says pollster The jarring combination of Microsoft’s radical reinvention of Windows with old-style hardware caused the average satisfaction score of PC makers to slip in the last year, a pollster said today. Meanwhile, Apple again took top honors […]

  • Windows 8 surpasses Vista’s uptake rate — 10 months after launch

    New OS gains 2.5 points in August, second-largest one-month jump by a Microsoft operating system Microsoft got some good news Sunday as metrics company Net Applications said Windows 8’s user share in August is now larger than Vista’s at the same point in the latter’s post-launch timeline. Windows 8’s user […]

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    Microsoft chops Surface RT price to $349

    One Microsoft bull urges consumers to take a pass, even at that price Microsoft on Sunday slashed prices on its Surface RT tablets by as much as 30%, with the entry-level 32GB model selling for $349. The 64GB Surface RT was also discounted by $150, and now sells for $449, […]