I want one
June 19th, 2012 at 12:15 pm by David FarrarThis looks very very nice. The magnetic clip on keyboard means it is a tablet and a laptop. I definitely want to try one.
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June 19th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
Not new of course. Think I posted on this months ago. Recall that it came from the site that entrepreneurs go to attract money.
agree its cool.
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
The Microsoft Zune of tablets – two years late. At least they didn’t make it in brown.
But unlike Apple announcements, where pricing is firm and availability is usually “next week”, neither are known now. So it could be vapourware for another year or two yet..
The funny part is having two models based on the CPU inside, which will go over most people’s heads. ARM or Intel? The Intel version will be heavier and run normal windows. The ARM version will run metro apps (all seven of them). The ARM version will weigh the same as an iPad. The Intel version about a kilogram. Might as well get a laptop.
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
What’s with that video though? It contains 90% special effects and zooming in and out and fuck all about showing the actual product. As I see it, the cool feature of the product is the magnetic-attached keyboard which got about half a second of airtime at the end of the vid.
That said, in my mind, the magnetic snap-on smart covers on the iPad2 are the best thing since sliced bread. So if this thing does the same sort of thing but with a keyboard, that’s pretty cool.
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Let the Litigation begin
There has to be enough new ideas there for truck loads of lawyers to claim this patent (so horribly vague it covers breathing and warming yourself in the sun) or that copyright etc.
The bastards have wrecked innovation.
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
If a design is genuinely good, then it will still be worth owning when it has been around for a couple of years. If it goes out of fashion it was probably a gimmick…
You don’t need patent protection now – there are fanboys with brand loyalty lining up to pay an absolute premium price for an iPhone that does whatever an Android phone does only slightly better. Because of oh! so lofty ideals such as “Apple are genuine innovators so I support them”…
(Funnily enough not many seem to extend these ideas outside of I.T. or they would all refuse to drive any car that wasn’t built by the Daimler-Benz Company of Germany…
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Can’t wait to kick my iPad 2 into touch.
This is the mid 80s all over again apple fan boys
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Ha ha, this is a laugh.
It will fail before lunchtime.
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Dime… Wash your mouth out! ( covers her iPad 2′s screen so it doesn’t see what the bad dine said!)
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Just like the Zune then.
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
I’ve been watching progress of MS product strategy in the IT press over the last year, they seem to be going from strength to strength. Apparently MS is “the” place to work in Silicon Valley at the moment, it has that kind of vibe about it. Quite a contrast from the old stodgy Windows NT/business suit image it used to have.
I’ve been impressed with what I’ve read about this product so far. I like the concept of the keyboard-as-cover; that’s a step up from the current tablet paradigm.
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Missing the point of a tablet. The iPad is about touching and swiping the screen. If you want a keyboard, buy a laptop.
This is a Lapzune
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 6:09 pm
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10814034
here is the Blurb
Vote:June 19th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Who wouldnt want to try one and see. I will be keen .
However, no release date, no cost, very few specs, loose details, no hands on demos of the keyboard (reporters were not allowed to use it – so it doesnt work yet) as well as the horrible windows tile interface – not sure it will be a winner as thats a lot to overcome and its a generation 1 product – think how many problems/limitations 1st gen iphones had .
Shame as real competition is a good thing. Right now you can go buy an Android Tab or Ipad3 thats what counts not what might come sometime in the future. Overall a typical microsoft, cant beat them so copy them, didnt appear to be a single feature that doesnt exist already on a tablet – the keyboard for example – logitech already make one of those for the ipad.
Vote:June 20th, 2012 at 9:36 am
This has Zune-like levels of fail written all over it.
Sent from my iPad
Vote:June 20th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
I particularly liked the way that the Surface crashed and locked up 5 minutes into the demo and had to be hastily replaced while the world’s tech media watched.
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