Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 8 Draws Heightened Tablet Competition
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Excitement over Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows 8 OS is growing...and so is competition among OEMS, evidently.
Word Friday is Lenovo will aim to be the first OEM with a Windows 8 tablet on the market when it launches, which the company believes will be in October. Lenovo debuted a mock-up Windows 8 tablet at CES dubbed IdeaPad Yoga. The name comes from an attached keyboard on a 360-degree hinge to fold it out of the way when not in use. Clever idea, if done right.
Not wanting to let that happen is Dell (Nasdaq: DELL). Despite a sketchy past (at best) in the tablet sector with the Steak series of devices, CEO Micheal Dell said earlier in the month Dell wanted to be there the first day Windows 8 tablets are going to be made available.
Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Microsoft's official Windows Phone partner, is also working on a tablet to utilize the OS which will probably be out the same time as the others.
Others with tablets in the works include Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Samsung, and Asustek. It should be noted any tablet running Windows 7 can be converted to Windows 8 so long as it has support for five touchpoints as well as the following, as highlighted by tech blog The Verge: "power, rotation lock, Windows key and volume up / down. They will also have to use UEFI firmware, WLAN, Bluetooth 4.0, a 720P camera, and include a gyroscope. Microsoft's minimum resolution is 1366x768 for tablets, and vendors must also include at least one USB 2.0 port, a magnetometer, speakers, and an accelerometer."
It should be noted Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) third-generation iPad tablet device debuted. This means everyone else not using iOS (the above, plus many more) have had a solid two years to grasp what should be in a tablet. Windows 8 will only be as good as the device its on: clunky performance will ruin the experience, souring a potential winner for Microsoft. One company not sitting still is Nokia, whose Lumia series of smartphones have gotten plenty of positive attention. Samsung has gotten plenty of accolades for its Galaxy series of tablets, which Apple is working hard to keep of the market. Should Dell and H-P shape-up, there might be some serious competition coming in the second half of 2012 with the Windows 8 tablets.
Shares of Microsoft are slightly lower Friday.
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Word Friday is Lenovo will aim to be the first OEM with a Windows 8 tablet on the market when it launches, which the company believes will be in October. Lenovo debuted a mock-up Windows 8 tablet at CES dubbed IdeaPad Yoga. The name comes from an attached keyboard on a 360-degree hinge to fold it out of the way when not in use. Clever idea, if done right.
Not wanting to let that happen is Dell (Nasdaq: DELL). Despite a sketchy past (at best) in the tablet sector with the Steak series of devices, CEO Micheal Dell said earlier in the month Dell wanted to be there the first day Windows 8 tablets are going to be made available.
Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Microsoft's official Windows Phone partner, is also working on a tablet to utilize the OS which will probably be out the same time as the others.
Others with tablets in the works include Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Samsung, and Asustek. It should be noted any tablet running Windows 7 can be converted to Windows 8 so long as it has support for five touchpoints as well as the following, as highlighted by tech blog The Verge: "power, rotation lock, Windows key and volume up / down. They will also have to use UEFI firmware, WLAN, Bluetooth 4.0, a 720P camera, and include a gyroscope. Microsoft's minimum resolution is 1366x768 for tablets, and vendors must also include at least one USB 2.0 port, a magnetometer, speakers, and an accelerometer."
It should be noted Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) third-generation iPad tablet device debuted. This means everyone else not using iOS (the above, plus many more) have had a solid two years to grasp what should be in a tablet. Windows 8 will only be as good as the device its on: clunky performance will ruin the experience, souring a potential winner for Microsoft. One company not sitting still is Nokia, whose Lumia series of smartphones have gotten plenty of positive attention. Samsung has gotten plenty of accolades for its Galaxy series of tablets, which Apple is working hard to keep of the market. Should Dell and H-P shape-up, there might be some serious competition coming in the second half of 2012 with the Windows 8 tablets.
Shares of Microsoft are slightly lower Friday.
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