Neowin News Feed for: Windows rt

New Surface RT commercial emphasizes features [Update]

Anthony Tosie — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:18:15 +0100

Microsoft has released a new commercial for its Surface RT tablet that emphasizes features of the tablet itself, unlike previous commercials that focused on keyboard cover accessories. Read more...

Dell cuts price of Windows RT XPS 10 tablet to $300

John Callaham — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:40:44 +0100

Dell has cut the price of its 32 GB version of its XPS 10 tablet, running on Windows RT, down to $299.99, a reduction of $150 from its previous price level of $449.99. Read more...

Microsoft's Surface Pro and RT firmware updated

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:05:26 +0100

Microsoft's latest firmware update for its Surface Pro and Surface RT tablets have been released, which offer some WiFi improvements for the Pro version and speaker upgrades for the RT tablet. Read more...

Windows 8.1 public preview gets June 26th launch date

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:05:26 +0100

Microsoft has announced that the public preview for its Windows 8.1 update will be released on June 26th, which is also the first day for Microsoft's BUILD 2013 developer conference. Read more...

Nokia's Lumia range: What's on the way?

Andy Weir — Sun, 12 May 2013 18:24:13 +0100

Ahead of Nokia's Lumia announcement in London this week, we take a look at what we know about some of the devices the company is working on, including a phablet, a tablet and the Lumia 625. Read more...

NVIDIA backs Windows RT, multiple tablets coming

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:17:09 +0100

NVIDIA has backed Microsoft's ARM-based tablet platform, Windows RT, saying that it has a "bright future", while also mentioning that multiple Tegra 4-powered Windows RT machines are on their way Read more...

Microsoft: Windows 8's learning curve needs addressing

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:12:45 +0100

Microsoft CMO Tami Reller has stated that Windows 8's learning curve is "real and needs to be addressed", hinting adjustments will be made in Windows Blue to make it easier to pick up and use Read more...

Toshiba: Microsoft confused PC buyers with Windows 8 and RT

John Callaham — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:08:27 +0100

A Toshiba executive said today in an interview Microsoft confused PC users by launching both Windows 8 and Windows RT, and added that prices for Windows 8 notebooks were too high. Read more...

More rumors pop up of HTC's Windows RT tablets

John Callaham — Tue, 07 May 2013 22:59:17 +0100

More rumors have hit the Internet that claim to offer more information on the still unconfirmed Windows RT tablets that are reportedly being developed by HTC for release later in 2013. Read more...

Official Star Trek Windows 8/RT app beams into Windows Store

John Callaham — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:49:39 +0100

Paramount has launched the official Star Trek app for Windows 8 and RT devices, which mainly serves as an app made to promote the upcoming film Star Trek Into Darkness. Read more...

Qualcomm still 'excited' about Microsoft's Windows RT strategy

John Callaham — Sun, 05 May 2013 22:57:46 +0100

A Qualcomm exec was quoted this weekend saying that the processor maker is still "excited about Microsoft's strategy around Windows RT" and its Snapdragon chips will be in future Windows RT devices. Read more...

Acer: Windows RT has "no value"

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 05 May 2013 17:29:21 +0100

Acer President, Jim Wong, has said in an interview that there is "no value" in making a Windows RT tablet and that the company will be waiting for the next release before releasing their own. Read more...

Future Surface may have 7.5" display, for less than $399

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 03 May 2013 09:49:18 +0100

According to an analyst from NPD DisplaySearch, a future Microsoft Surface tablet will include a 7.5", 1400 x 1050 display and target a price lower than $399, although it's not going to be out soon Read more...

Report claims Microsoft will announce next-generation Surface in June

Andy Weir — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:13:49 +0100

Sources have been cited as saying that Microsoft will announce its second-generation Surface tablets at its BUILD conference in June - but the report comes from the notoriously unreliable Digitimes. Read more...

Lenovo: Businesses don't want Windows RT tablet

John Callaham — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:09:14 +0100

A Lenovo executive claims in a new interview that businesses don't want a Windows RT tablet and that even Microsoft "has started to review the RT path they have gone down." Read more...

AdDuplex: Surface RT still tops among Windows 8/RT products

John Callaham — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:27:36 +0100

A new report from online ad network AdDuplex claims that Microsoft's Surface RT tablet is still the most used PC among all of the 9,000 or so Windows 8/RT device models. Read more...

Analyst: Windows 8.1 won't fix apps that 'suck'

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:22:49 +0100

Michael Cherry, and analyst for Directions on Microsoft, has slammed Microsoft's strategy for Windows 8.1, saying that new (or returning) features are irrelevant when the apps "suck." Read more...

Windows RT-based Dell XPS 10 adds AT&T LTE option

John Callaham — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:41:16 +0100

Dell has now added an LTE wireless option to the 64 GB version of the Windows RT-based Dell XPS 10 tablet that will allow it to connect to AT&T's network for an extra $100, plus monthly fees. Read more...

Sorry, Microsoft, but consumers just don't like you

Andy Weir — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:55:26 +0100

With PC sales falling, and Windows Phone still struggling, Microsoft's consumer strategy is stalling even as overall revenues grow. Consumers, it seems, just don't like Microsoft. But why? Read more...

Microsoft: Surface Pro headed to UK, Australia, Europe and more next month

Andy Weir — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:33:59 +0100

Microsoft has confirmed that its Surface Pro tablet will launch in the UK, Germany, France, Australia and 15 other markets by the end of May, with Russia, Singapore and others being added in June. Read more...