Editorial: The future of Steve Jobs' iPad vision for Post-PC computing, part 2

In 2010, Steve Jobs introduced the first iPad as a new product category between the smartphone and notebook. Born into ridicule, there's still a widespread misunderstanding of what iPad actually is, seven years later. Here's a look at why.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 37

Microsoft touts Surface success, claims more MacBook switchers than ever

Calling the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar a "disappointment," Microsoft claims that more users than ever are switching from Apple's MacBook lineup to its competing Surface lineup of hybrid laptop tablets.

Neil Hughes 9 years ago 86

Microsoft looks to lure MacBook owners with $650 trade-in discount off Surface devices

Hoping to attract some people who might otherwise buy Apple's updated MacBook Pro, Microsoft is offering up to $650 for people willing to trade in an existing MacBook towards a Surface Book or Surface Pro 4.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 40

Microsoft Surface sales boom amid tepid iPad demand

Microsoft on Thursday announced earnings of $4.9 billion on revenues of $22.3 billion for the first fiscal quarter of 2017, a Wall Street beat helped along in part by a strong performance from the company's Surface line of convertible computers.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 72

Despite 9% growth, Microsoft Surface sales remain stuck at around 1M units

Microsoft announced quarterly operating profits of just $3.1 billion on revenues of $20.6 billion, hit hard by slow sales of Office, a 17 percent drop in cloud profits, an $870 million decline from Windows Phone and tepid Surface sales that grew by 9 percent year over year but remained below $1 billion.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 52

Dell abandons its remaining Android tablets, 6 months after HP

The weak sustainability of low-end market share has claimed a new victim. Dell has dropped its remaining Venue-branded Android tablet line and will instead focus on selling conventional PCs and hybrid "2-in-1" devices running Windows, citing over-saturation and declining demand for slate-style tablets.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 17

"Sleep of Death" bug hits buyers of Microsoft's pricey Surface Book

Microsoft's pricey Surface Book laptop is frustrating buyers with crashes, "unplanned shutdowns," overheating issues and a "Sleep of Death" issue that regularly causes machines to become completely unresponsive during sleep. Users complain that Microsoft isn't addressing the problem.

Daniel Eran Dilger 10 years ago 55

Apple's iPad Pro beating Microsoft Surface in 'detachable' tablet market

Apple's iPad Pro is already surpassing the Microsoft Surface in the so-called "detachable" tablet market, though that market is still relatively small, according to a new research report.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 54

A look inside Apple ahead of its Q2 2016 earnings report

Apple — the world's most profitable public company — is a day away from releasing its March quarter earnings. That means that while the company itself is in an official quiet period, everyone else is free to publish false and misleading information about it. Let's take a look at some of the worst fallacies.

Daniel Eran Dilger 10 years ago 41

Microsoft Surface blamed for NFL football playoffs meltdown

Microsoft Surface Pro tablets stopped working on the sidelines of a major U.S. football game today, causing a spectacular black eye for the struggling product just as its maker was performing an advertising blitz for the hybrid tablet device integrated into the game itself.

Daniel Eran Dilger 10 years ago 217

IDC offers a rosy forecast for Microsoft Surface, reminiscent of its 2012 Windows Phone outlook

Four years ago, IDC issued a prediction—disguised as fact—that claimed Windows Phone would eclipse Apple's iPhone by 2015. While laughable in hindsight, IDC now says Microsoft's Surface sales will improve at the expense of iPads, offering an even less plausible explanation for why this could happen.

Daniel Eran Dilger 10 years ago 0

Apple's iPad Pro boasts 'top tier display,' but falls behind iPad mini 4 & Microsoft Surface Pro 4

A showdown pitting the new iPad Pro display against the rest of the tablet market has found that Apple's new 12.9-inch Retina display is an excellent panel, though it can't outmatch the new iPad mini 4 screen, and even ranks slightly lower than the new Microsoft Surface Pro 4.

Blair MacGregor 10 years ago 56

Solving the mysterious failure of Apple's iPad

Across Apple's fiscal 2015, annual iPad unit sales fell by an astounding 19 percent while iPad revenues fell 23 percent, a plunge from fiscal 2014 of just over $7 billion. The tech industry pundits love to talk about the failure of Apple's tablet business, but are short on the specifics of what's happening. Here's why.

Daniel Eran Dilger 10 years ago 153

Apple's new iPad Pro is faster, more affordable than Microsoft's Surface Pro 4

When Apple first unveiled iPad Pro, it noted that its custom designed A9X chip would be faster than 80 percent of the PCs that shipped this year. Benchmarks indicate that it's not just faster than low end generic PCs, but also faster — and less expensive — than Microsoft's Surface Pro 4.

Daniel Eran Dilger 10 years ago 324

Microsoft's Surface Book 'tries too hard,' Tim Cook says

Apple chief Tim Cook had some harsh words for Microsoft during a stop in Ireland on Wednesday, saying that the Redmond firm's latest Surface Book — which competes with both the iPad and the MacBook lineup — "really succeeds at being neither" a tablet nor notebook.

Sam Oliver 10 years ago 71

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