Tag: Windows RT

Undoubtedly, the last holiday season was outstanding for mobile device vendors, as the global Tablet shipments reached all time highest for any single quarter in Q4 2012. According to a recent report from Futuresource Consulting, 64 million tablets were shipped in Q4 2012. More importantly, Q4 2012 accounted for almost half of all tablets sales in the last year....

It’s pretty much known that Microsoft initially barred HTC from participating in the first round of Windows 8 Tablet campaign. But a new twist in the game arose, just a few days before, when Bloomberg reported that HTC planned to release two Windows RT Tablets--7-inch and 12-inch--in third quarter next year. Definitely, it could be a big turnaround for...

Microsoft launched its Surface Tablet (RT) on October 26 this year, followed by the launch of Windows Phone 8 in the same month. As scenarios reveal, it seems that the demand of Surface Tablet and Windows Phone 8 Smartphones is expected to surge in this quarter. Yesterday, Microsoft announced that Surface Tablet will be available at additional retail stores as...

This time, everyone is waiting to see how Windows 8 devices will reinvigorate PC market. Undoubtedly, dozens of Windows 8 powered laptops and Tablets with eye-catching designs and features are coming next month. And it's also true that we have already familiar with handful of these Windows 8 powered devices. But what's new with the OS ? Microsoft has endeavored to...

On Monday, Microsoft confirmed “release preview” for the latest version of Windows 8 OS, scheduled in the first week of June this year. An official declaration was done by Windows unit president—Steven Sinofsky—at Windows Developer Days event in Japan. At the event, the company also demonstrated its two earlier test releases including a “consumer preview”, which was previously released...

Previously, we have described how Microsoft endeavored to bring Windows on ARM architecture. On Monday, Microsoft officially announced that three editions of its next-generation "Windows 8" Operating system—Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT--will be available in the market later this year. However, the company has promised that all editions of Windows is potentially viable to provide a...