No price, no date, no apps, no problem. No wait — problem

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Parislemon:

I’m just now catching up on the news about the new Microsoft Surface. Reactions seem mixed, tilting slightly positive or at least hopeful. People seem to want to believe Microsoft can pull this off and that’s understandable — competition is good, and right now, the iPad has no competition. My hunch is that whatever tablet Google announces shortly will be more of a Kindle Fire competitor than an iPad competitor. This Surface is a full-on iPad competitor. On the surface — see what I did there? — the thing seems compelling. It’s a tablet that runs Windows, and Office, and has a keyboard. There’s no denying that the keyboard/cover hybrid is a smart thing to try. Two years ago, I think this thing would have been pretty competitive. Today? Color me very skeptical.

Everyone, especially the tech media, should be skeptical about this tablet. Microsoft? Shut up and ship.



  • Obsidian71

    Yup …shut up and ship. Not sure i’d stake my IT sanity on an unproven OS and a paper launch from a company who’s primary hardware has been input devices and game consoles.

  • http://www.johncblandii.com John C. Bland II

    Is MSFT carrying on about it somewhere I’m not seeing? It seems the tech blogs are talking about Surface in multiple posts/day with tons of speculation, “reviews” and general thoughts.

    MSFT is in iPad 1′esque launch phase right now: “Here is what we’re launching. We’ll be in touch.”

  • Mike S.

    So what? They could have announced this closer to when Windows 8 is coming out but if they have something to show, why not show it? Everyone was talking about it today.

    MS has their work cut out for them so they’ll have to deliver. There’s a lot at stake.

    Having said that – I’m not the in the market for a Windows 8 tablet. But I hope they ship it this fall at a good price and sell tens of millions.