Windows 8 tablets: Too late or is there still time?

Release Date 29 Nov, 2011 in GigaOm

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Interest waning on Windows 8 tablet, Forrester says Computerworld - 29 Nov, 2011 IDG News Service - Interest in tablets with Microsoft's Windows 8 is plummeting, Forrester Research said in a study released on Tuesday. About 46% of US consumers "yearned" for a Windows 8 tablet in the first quarter this year, ...
People Are Losing Interest In The Microsoft Tablet, And It's Not Even Out Yet ... San Francisco Chronicle - 29 Nov, 2011 The iPad has already taken about 11% of the PC market, and by the time Microsoft and its partners get around to releasing a real competitor next year, it may be too late. That's what a new study from Forrester Research suggests. ...
Windows 8 Tablets: Too Little, Too Late? InformationWeek - 29 Nov, 2011 Touch-friendly devices running Microsoft's next OS may be more than a year away, leaving some analysts to conclude that Redmond has already lost the tablet market. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Tablets are currently tech's hottest category, ...
	Windows 8 dilemma: Consumers don't buy a tablet for the OS ZDNet (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 Summary: Mainstream consumers buy tablets for many reasons, but rarely because of the OS it runs. This will hammer Microsoft's Windows 8 when it finally appears in the future. ...
I'm not surprised that consumer interest in Windows tablets has plummeted ZDNet (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 Who's surprised to hear this? I'm not in the least bit surprised. Here's why. First, the tablet market is now well established. The iPad is the king, the Kindle Fire is the queen, ...
Consumer interest in Windows 8 tablets slumps Register - 29 Nov, 2011 Punters appear to be turning away from the Windows 8 tablets Microsoft hopes will get it back into the fondleslab game. Back in January, Forrester Research, a market watcher, asked consumers which tablets they ...
	Microsoft Windows 8 tablet coming too late? The Seattle Times - 29 Nov, 2011 Research firm Forrester released a report today titled "Microsoft's Shrinking Window For Tablets," saying the company "faces challenges in the tablet market due to its late entry." Windows 8 tablets aren't expected on the market until sometime next ...
Consumers' interest in Windows tablets plummets, study claims ZDNet (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 Summary: Users' interest in Windows tablets is waning and Microsoft has missed the peak of consumer desire for a Windows 8-based iPad competitor, a new study claims. “Microsoft has missed the peak of ...
	Microsoft's Shrinking Window For Tablets: Its Fifth-Mover Product Strategy Is Late Forbes - 29 Nov, 2011 Forrester is bullish on Windows 8 as a product for consumers. Windows 8, Microsoft is adapting Windows in key ways that make it better suited to compete in the post-PC era, including a touch-first UI, an app marketplace, and the ability ...
Microsoft: Windows May Be Too Late For Tablets, Says Forrester Barron's (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 If you follow the world of Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows, pay heed to two interesting pieces this morning. Forrester Research has just produced a rather skeptical article about the chances for Microsoft breaking into the tablet market in a ...
	Is Microsoft Running Out of Time for Tablets? New York Times (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 Microsoft executives Michael Angiulo (left) and Steven Sinofsky show a prototype of a Windows 8 tablet made by Samsung at a Microsoft developers conference in September in Anaheim, Calif. ...
Forrester: Windows 8 too late to the tablet party TabTimes - 29 Nov, 2011 A new report, "Microsoft's Shrinking Window For Tablets," postulates that by the time Windows 8 tablets hit shelves in mid-2012, the competition will have passed them by. Forrester Research says it's bullish ...
Window Closing for Windows iPad? All Things Digital - 29 Nov, 2011 Windows 8 tablets aren't expected to arrive at market until sometime next year. And that's a year too late, according to Forrester Research, which finds consumer interest in them to be quickly dwindling. In the first quarter of 2011, Forrester surveyed ...
Windows 8 tablets in trouble already? Hardly The Next Web (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 Analysts have a way of inventing news cycles that becomes wearisome over time. Today's faux media narrative comes from Forrester, claiming that Windows 8 is in a hot-pot of pain due to its late market entry and supposedly eroding engrossment. ...
Rumors Circulate that Microsoft is Looking at Office for iOS Gotta Be Mobile - 29 Nov, 2011 Slashgear is pointing to an article in The Daily that have sources saying Microsoft is thinking about porting parts of its Office Suite for the iPad. We've heard this before certainly, and if you get past the emotions of rivalry and into the land of ...
	Microsoft Office Coming To The iPad? Geeky gadgets - 29 Nov, 2011 According to a recent report, Microsoft is working on a version of Microsoft Office for Apple's iPad, in an attempt to take on Apple's own Numbers, Pages and Keynote apps, ...
Report: Microsoftâ€™ faces â€˜shrinking windowâ€™ for WP 8 tablet TechFlash (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 Connect with TechFlash on our Facebook page for all the latest technology news headlines and commentary, plus information and access to special events, photos from events, promotions and more. Is Microsoft waiting too long to launch a tablet to compete ...
Can Microsoft Keep Up with Strong Tablet Competition? Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 29 Nov, 2011 A report from Forrester Research says Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is running out of time to produce a Windows tablet to go up against Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) mighty iPad. A survey from Forrester shows that consumer interest in a tablet ...
Has Microsoft Missed The Boat With A Tablet OS? Forrester Says Yes MocoNews - 29 Nov, 2011 Android device makers, RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) and (catastrophically) HP (NYSE: HPQ) have made little dent so far in the tablet market, currently dominated by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and the iPad, and a new report out today from Forrester says that you may as well ...
	Windows 8 tablets: Too late or is there still time? GigaOm - 29 Nov, 2011 Interest in Microsoft Windows 8 tablets is waning. Only 25 percent of surveyed consumers last quarter want such a device, according to a Forrester research report published Tuesday. ...
	Windows 8 tablet challenge could see Microsoft miss market SlashGear - 29 Nov, 2011 Windows 8 will have a considerable impact on the desktop but struggle to find a foothold in tablets, analysts are predicting, with low-cost Android slates as well as the established iPad titan presenting an uphill struggle for those using Microsoft's ...
Forrester: Consumer Interest In A Windows Tablet Tumbles But Still Leads Android TechCrunch - 29 Nov, 2011 Matt is currently working as a writer for TechCrunch. Matt Burns is a family man first and attempts to be a writer second. Born and raised in the heart of the automotive world, only cars eclipse his love of gadgets. He previously wrote for Engadget and ...
	Microsoft Office for iPad in pipeline claim insiders SlashGear - 29 Nov, 2011 Microsoft is reportedly “actively working” on bringing a version of its Office suite to the iPad, challenging Apple's own Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps. Individual titles in the iPad Office package have not been confirmed, but are expected to sell ...
It's time we all stopped taking tech so seriously ElectricPig.co.uk - 29 Nov, 2011 When did tech get so serious? Was it the arrival of Android on the smartphone scene? Apple's resurgence from ailing tech titan to the world's biggest company? Or does it have its roots in the days of Sega and Nintendo waging dirty war ...
Desire for Windows 8 tablet shrinking, Forrester says PC World Magazine - 29 Nov, 2011 Interest in tablets with Microsoft's Windows 8 is plummeting, Forrester Research said in a study released on Tuesday. About 46 percent of US consumers "yearned" for a Windows 8 tablet in the first quarter this year, but that has dropped to 25 percent ...
Forrester: Consumer Interest In A Windows Tablet Tumbles But Still Leads Android Seeking Alpha - 29 Nov, 2011 Microsoft (MSFT) might have missed the tablet party bus. At least that's what a Forrest report published on Tuesday states. Consumers have lost interest in a Windows touch device even though just earlier this year the majority of those ...