CES turned the tables around for Microsoft; the world
expected windows biggie Microsoft to come up with a larger than life
answer to Apple’s iPads. It failed terribly; the only thing it could
come up with was exposed computer guts!
Eyebrows were raised on whether Microsoft will ever be able to produce a competent tablet or in fact a tablet itself to be able to compete with the elegant Apple iPad. Demonstrations on half built computers with software hardly any different from Windows 7 further solidified this view. It is the best time to enter markets trade analysts believe; Microsoft’s absence at this time will only lead to adverse implications for them later.
Tablets are being introduced at a disbelieving rate and their sales are expected to be sky high! This is because people are going to choose the tablet when given an option between the PC and tablet; for the very simple reason that they are sleeker, simpler and smarter. PC’s will face a run for the money which is essentially the market segment Microsoft heavily relies on.
The change is apparent with Apple becoming the second largest public company in the US leaving Microsoft way behind. Figures assert this stance further where Microsofts’s shares are hovering around the $20 to $30 range for the past decade. Apple, on the other hand, has seen its share price more than triple since the first iPhone was announced in 2007.
Microsoft has not been absent from the tablet discussion – Windows tablets have been around for years, but the devices never caught on with the mainstream but those gadgets have none of the iPad's class, and Microsoft has not marketed them any better. It's the upcoming Honeycomb version of Android, Google's first to be designed specifically for tablets that can near Apple in any way.
The scales are not in Microsoft’s favor. It has to play smarter and safer to snatch the deal away.
Eyebrows were raised on whether Microsoft will ever be able to produce a competent tablet or in fact a tablet itself to be able to compete with the elegant Apple iPad. Demonstrations on half built computers with software hardly any different from Windows 7 further solidified this view. It is the best time to enter markets trade analysts believe; Microsoft’s absence at this time will only lead to adverse implications for them later.
Tablets are being introduced at a disbelieving rate and their sales are expected to be sky high! This is because people are going to choose the tablet when given an option between the PC and tablet; for the very simple reason that they are sleeker, simpler and smarter. PC’s will face a run for the money which is essentially the market segment Microsoft heavily relies on.
The change is apparent with Apple becoming the second largest public company in the US leaving Microsoft way behind. Figures assert this stance further where Microsofts’s shares are hovering around the $20 to $30 range for the past decade. Apple, on the other hand, has seen its share price more than triple since the first iPhone was announced in 2007.
Microsoft has not been absent from the tablet discussion – Windows tablets have been around for years, but the devices never caught on with the mainstream but those gadgets have none of the iPad's class, and Microsoft has not marketed them any better. It's the upcoming Honeycomb version of Android, Google's first to be designed specifically for tablets that can near Apple in any way.
The scales are not in Microsoft’s favor. It has to play smarter and safer to snatch the deal away.
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