Microsoft really upset some of its partners when it announced that it would be getting into the tablet market making its own hardware. Microsoft and its Surface tablets are due to come to market at roughly the same time Windows 8 launches. Many of Microsoft's partners are also going to be producing their own tablets running Windows RT and Windows 8.
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Lenovo tips Windows RT tablets to be up to $300 less than Windows 8 tablets
Lenovo plans to beat Surface with superior hardware
Acer hasn’t exactly been coy when it comes its opinion on Microsoft’s Surface tablet, but Lenovo believes that it can beat the tablet with some good old fashioned competition. CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, voiced his opinions on the company’s latest earnings calls, saying, “Although we don't like Microsoft providing hardware, for us, it just adds one more competitor,” when asked about Surface.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 14, 2012
Welcome to Tuesday, folks. It was a busy day today, and there's plenty of news to cover, so let's get right into it. It appears that the worldwide mobile phone market is falling a little bit year-over-year, and the Motorola DROID RAZR HD might be launching sometime in October. Fisker is currently at work investigating the fire that claimed one Karma EV over the weekend, and we received word of another EV catching fire during the Pikes Peak Hill Climb that took place in Colorado this past weekend as well.
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Windows RT tablet market: Toshiba’s out
Toshiba has announced this week that it will be pulling out of the Windows RT market before it begins this coming season, letting it be known that they'll be working with Windows 8 software instead. The difference between Windows 8 and Windows RT is Windows RT's limitation to what was formerly called "Metro" apps. Toshiba had noted previously that they'd be using Texas Instruments processors in their future Windows RT tablets, but at the moment they've sited a delay in getting components for devices in time for their planned release date as the reason why they've pulled out.
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Microsoft Surface reportedly aiming for $199
Google and ASUS shocked consumers when they revealed that the Jelly Bean-based Nexus 7 tablet would retail for $199, but is Microsoft poised to do the same come October? That may be the case according to a report from Engadget. Microsoft was coy on the pricing details for its Surface tablet, with one report suggesting the 32GB model would retail for $599. According to Engadget’s sources, launch details suggest that the tablet will retail for as low as $199 on October 26th.
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Lenovo hits Windows 8 with IdeaPad Yoga
Lenovo has been showing a lot of support for Windows 8 lately, and today it showed even more. ABC News reports that the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga will be running the Windows RT version of Windows 8 when it arrives later this year, but that isn't all, as Lenovo is apparently preparing multiple versions of the Yoga for release. Even better is that the IdeaPad Yoga is expected to launch around the same time Windows 8 does, which is on October 26.
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Lenovo’s Windows RT tablet will be ARM-based IdeaPad Yoga
Last week it was reported that Lenovo was working on a convertible tablet that would run Windows RT, Microsoft’s ARM-based version of Windows 8. The concept was the same as the IdeaPad Yoga first shown off at CES 2012, but instead of running full-blown Windows 8 and using Intel’s Core i5 chip, the tablet would be utilizing one of NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processors and running Windows RT. ABC News corroborates the report, saying that the tablet will carry the IdeaPad Yoga branding.
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: August 10, 2012
This morning we're getting several tips on the future of Microsoft's own Surface tablet - coming to stores near you soon. The first is a plee from Acer to Microsoft that they don't make the devices too cheap. Next you'll find these tablets coming with Windows 8 and their recently rebranded Modern UI Style. On the Android side of things, if you've got an HTC One X specifically, software updates are on the way.
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Acer: Please Microsoft, just don’t make Surface too cheap
Acer has renewed its commitment to Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets, with chairman JT Wang saying that the company's criticisms of Microsoft's Surface don't mean it is ditching its Windows slate plans. The company made headlines after criticizing Microsoft's own-brand hardware, arguing that the tablets would "create a huge negative impact" to the Windows ecosystem. Now, DigiTimes reports, Wang has tempered his comments, though still believes that Surface will do more harm than good.
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Microsoft rebrands yet again with “Modern UI Style”
Yesterday we heard word that Microsoft was ditching the Metro branding for UI design and elements within Windows 8, replacing it instead with “Windows 8 design.” It looks like the company might still be at odds as to the final naming decision, with Microsoft employees reportedly using the term “Modern UI design” in reference to Windows 8 apps and design language.
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Lenovo reportedly readying convertible Windows RT tablet
When Microsoft announced its Surface tablet running Windows RT, it was reported that NVIDIA’s quad-core Tegra 3 chip would be powering the tablet. Now NVIDIA looks to have signed a deal with Lenovo that will see the Chinese manufacturer making use of the same silicon, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal. Not only that, but Lenovo is reportedly working on yet another convertible tablet device, this time using an ARM chip instead of an Intel processor.
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Microsoft reportedly replacing ‘Metro’ branding with just ‘Windows 8′
Ready for some news that's so anti-climactic it hurts? We all know that Microsoft has been forced to ditch the Metro branding it gave Windows 8 and Windows RT, but what we didn't know was which new brand it chose to take Metro's place. We might have an idea now, as ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft has made the woefully bland decision to just begin calling everything Windows 8.
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