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Windows 8 Sales Grind to a Halt
How Joe Wilcox Came To Love Windows Again - Two Words: "surface Pro"
Longtime Apple Aficionado Andy Ihnatko Switches From iPhone to Android
Windows 8 Sales Grind to a Halt
Motley Fool's Steve Heller observes that four months after being released into the wild, no one seems to care that Microsoft Windows 8 has been desperately trying to reinvent the desktop PC experience. Heller reports that according to Net Applications, February was a disastrous month for Windows 8; with Microsoft's new flagship OS only gaining 0.4% more of the desktop PC market, and cumulativvely since its debut having only achieved an embarrassingly low 2.67% market share.
Heller notes that the pace of adoption is so awful that Microsoft Vista actually commanded more of the market after the same amount of time, and observes that judging by the last decade of share performance, Microsoft investors are obviously feeling the effects of living within a post-PC world.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://goo.gl/66TJC
How Joe Wilcox Came To Love Windows Again - Two Words: "surface Pro"
On the other hand, BetaNews columnist Joe Wilcox has posted a glowing report on Windows8 after using it for most of February on a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet as his primary PC, saying he's loved the experience.
"I haven't felt so good about using a Microsoft operating system for a decade," enthuses Wilcox. "Actually, I've never felt like this. Windows 8 Pro is simply amazing when experienced on the right device, and starting point is touch. Modern UI really works for me. Windows 8's visuals are stunning, making a truly satisfying and fun place to work. I enjoy working on Windows 8, which pretty UI beckons me to come back again and again."
Surface Pro is how Microsoft's Modern UI needs to be experienced, says Wilcox, lamenting that distribution is limited to a few stores and a few countries.
For the full review visit here:
http://goo.gl/u6KEL
Longtime Apple Aficionado Andy Ihnatko Switches From iPhone to Android
Heretofore Apple-oriented tech pundit Andy Ihnatko reports that about a month and a half ago he walked into an AT&T Store, handed over his iPhone 4S, and asked to be switched from his unlimited iPhone data plan to a new LTE data plan.
He's been an iPhone user since the first-generation iPhone, but says he wanted more than the ability to stream Netflix 24/7... something that hadn't existed during his five years as an iPhone owner.
What changed? "Android got great," says Ihnatko. "The OS got great, and the hardware got great.... Time after time last year, I'd pack up and send back another flagship Android phone, switch back to my iPhone exclusively, and spend the following few weeks missing a great feature of the Android phone's hardware or OS that I'd come to rely on during my testing.
"And so, by the end of the year, the idea of continuing to use an iPhone exclusively, or even as my primary phone, was no longer appealing. That's why I willingly parted with my unlimited data plan. On my new LTE plan, I can swap my iPhone's SIM with other phones and get the high speeds all of the other digital features of the AT&T network.
"In 2007, I switched to the iPhone because it was way better than the Windows Mobile device I was using at the time," he says, "I would say: 'If someday in the future somebody makes a phone and an OS that's a better fit for me and my peculiar needs than the iPhone, I'll make the exact same choice.'
"That day has come...."
What's better? Notable examples:
• Better keyboards - "I find that typing on an Android device is faster and much less annoying than typing on my iPhone. It's not even close."
• A large screen, for real
For the full commentary visit here:
http://goo.gl/rsnHk
Windows 8 Sales Grind to a Halt
Motley Fool's Steve Heller observes that four months after being released into the wild, no one seems to care that Microsoft Windows 8 has been desperately trying to reinvent the desktop PC experience. Heller reports that according to Net Applications, February was a disastrous month for Windows 8; with Microsoft's new flagship OS only gaining 0.4% more of the desktop PC market, and cumulativvely since its debut having only achieved an embarrassingly low 2.67% market share.
Heller notes that the pace of adoption is so awful that Microsoft Vista actually commanded more of the market after the same amount of time, and observes that judging by the last decade of share performance, Microsoft investors are obviously feeling the effects of living within a post-PC world.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://goo.gl/66TJC
How Joe Wilcox Came To Love Windows Again - Two Words: "surface Pro"
On the other hand, BetaNews columnist Joe Wilcox has posted a glowing report on Windows8 after using it for most of February on a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet as his primary PC, saying he's loved the experience.
"I haven't felt so good about using a Microsoft operating system for a decade," enthuses Wilcox. "Actually, I've never felt like this. Windows 8 Pro is simply amazing when experienced on the right device, and starting point is touch. Modern UI really works for me. Windows 8's visuals are stunning, making a truly satisfying and fun place to work. I enjoy working on Windows 8, which pretty UI beckons me to come back again and again."
Surface Pro is how Microsoft's Modern UI needs to be experienced, says Wilcox, lamenting that distribution is limited to a few stores and a few countries.
For the full review visit here:
http://goo.gl/u6KEL
Longtime Apple Aficionado Andy Ihnatko Switches From iPhone to Android
Heretofore Apple-oriented tech pundit Andy Ihnatko reports that about a month and a half ago he walked into an AT&T Store, handed over his iPhone 4S, and asked to be switched from his unlimited iPhone data plan to a new LTE data plan.
He's been an iPhone user since the first-generation iPhone, but says he wanted more than the ability to stream Netflix 24/7... something that hadn't existed during his five years as an iPhone owner.
What changed? "Android got great," says Ihnatko. "The OS got great, and the hardware got great.... Time after time last year, I'd pack up and send back another flagship Android phone, switch back to my iPhone exclusively, and spend the following few weeks missing a great feature of the Android phone's hardware or OS that I'd come to rely on during my testing.
"And so, by the end of the year, the idea of continuing to use an iPhone exclusively, or even as my primary phone, was no longer appealing. That's why I willingly parted with my unlimited data plan. On my new LTE plan, I can swap my iPhone's SIM with other phones and get the high speeds all of the other digital features of the AT&T network.
"In 2007, I switched to the iPhone because it was way better than the Windows Mobile device I was using at the time," he says, "I would say: 'If someday in the future somebody makes a phone and an OS that's a better fit for me and my peculiar needs than the iPhone, I'll make the exact same choice.'
"That day has come...."
What's better? Notable examples:
• Better keyboards - "I find that typing on an Android device is faster and much less annoying than typing on my iPhone. It's not even close."
• A large screen, for real
For the full commentary visit here:
http://goo.gl/rsnHk
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