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From: George Kerby on 2 Aug 2010 09:55 On 8/2/10 7:44 AM, in article i36ei7$248$1(a)qmul, "whisky-dave" <whisky-dave(a)final.front.ear> wrote: > > "RichA" <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:9e2a4079-a855-4d90-9a35-0d15afd1561d(a)i18g2000pro.googlegroups.com... >> Ballmer: Microsoft feels tablet 'urgency' CNNMoney.com >> >> Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that the >> software giant is urgently working with its partners to unveil a host >> of tablet computers running Windows 7, to compete with Apple's fast- >> selling iPad. > > Didn't they try to do that with the Zune. > The brown one was the big hit, wasn't it?
From: Bruce on 2 Aug 2010 10:12
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:42:10 +1000, "N" <N(a)onyx.com> wrote: >"Bruce" <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >news:lc5d5690lfud3crsqh10p1nrav1jruf97c(a)4ax.com... >> On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 18:53:00 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>Ballmer: Microsoft feels tablet 'urgency' CNNMoney.com >>> >>>Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that the >>>software giant is urgently working with its partners to unveil a host >>>of tablet computers running Windows 7, to compete with Apple's fast- >>>selling iPad. >> >> >> I have a feeling that the real competition for iPad will come from >> devices using the Android OS, for example the Dell Streak. >> >> The Streak is already available in Europe as a 5-inch tablet, but >> larger sizes will soon be announced. Dell's intention is to make >> Streak in a range of sizes to suit different people's needs. >> >> However, none of this is particularly relevant to photography. ;-) >> > >It is, actually. These devices might make perfect travel photo storage >devices. They might, if there was a straightforward way to transfer image files on to them, and if they had enough storage capacity. But they tend to have neither. |