Nothing sends a stronger signal to the public that a product is a flop than repeated price cuts. Microsoft Surface Pro Tablets – No Takers Surface Pro Price Cut Close on the heels of price cuts to its Surface RT tablets, Microsoft has now slashed the price of its high-end Surface Pro tablet by $100. […]
Bring ’em on! That was the strong message Apple sent to the Samsungs, Sonys, Motorolas, HTCs and other Android vendors nipping at its heels. Apple sold 31.2 million iPhones in its fiscal third quarter ending June 29 proving that the pricey smartphones can still weather the attack from the dozens of Android devices flooding the […]
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times. Not only does Microsoft have no hope of selling its Surface RT or Surface Pro tablets in any meaningful number, the devices are also turning to be a huge drag on the company’s earnings. A short while ago, Microsoft announced that it was taking […]
A few weeks after Microsoft launched heavy student discounts for its Surface RT tablets, the company now plans to lop off $150 from the price of its overpriced tablets for the general public. The twin discounting moves suggest that consumers are turning a cold shoulder to these tablets. Surface RT – $150 Discount Follows Flop […]
Life’s hard for Microsoft in the tablet and mobile phone arena. Nobody, nobody gives a damn for Microsoft’s Surface tablets or its mobile phones. Consumers don’t love them. Developers are indifferent to them (Microsoft is reduced to bribing developers to build apps). The fault is entirely Microsoft’s since it came too late to the tablet […]
The people have voted with their wallets and the result is an ignominious disaster for Microsoft’s Surface tablet. A new survey of tablet shipments in the first quarter of 2013 has come out and the numbers are nothing less than a catastrophe for Microsoft. Mon dieu, Surface tablet shipments did not amount to even a […]