3 products... all with the same name.. nope nothing wrong with the marketing here :D
--- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:47 PM, mike smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Are you talking about the Surface RT? Or the Surface Pro? They’re two >> different products.**** >> >> ** >> > > With this version, 3 different products. Will there be fragmentation > between the original and version 2? If there isn't, what's the point of > it? People didn't want v1, if there's little or no difference, will they > want v2? > > > >> ** >> >> Cheers >> Ken**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Nathan Chere >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 24 September 2013 2:34 PM >> >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* RE: Mark II**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I reckon Microsoft would be happy if they could get 50 good applications >> too.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Even then, it’s not enough to have “good” apps. They need *exclusive *apps… >> and really, if you have an idea even remotely worth doing something with, >> why in your right mind would you choose Windows Store of all places to make >> it exclusive to?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> … which ultimately means *apps aren’t enough*. The *platform* is a >> failure. With the Surface they chose to consolidate Windows (desktop) and >> Windows Mobile while ignoring virtually all of the key strengths of the >> products they were bastardising (especially with RT). They’ve limited their >> niche to the kind of people who want to do more than they can with the >> currently popular idea of a ‘tablet’ but don’t want the power and >> versatility of a full-blown laptop. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Had they gone down the road of Windows Mobile 7 with an *optional but >> default* app store instead of the almost complete re-imagining which was >> Windows Phone 7 (and 7.5, 8 etc) I imagine they would have built on the >> slice of the enterprise market they had with prior Windows Mobile instead >> of almost completely alienating the enterprise, continued to appeal to the >> hobbyist and amateur developer market (increasingly so with XNA – which >> they’ve also canned, another brainfart) and provided a convenient medium >> for accessing content for the average consumer. The pre-requisite of Zune >> to do anything useful reeks of all the fail of iTunes. Even though they’ve >> limited piracy, there’s virtually nothing in the store worth pirating >> anyway. Because no-one wants to use it, which means no-one wants to develop >> for it. I’d much rather target a platform with 60%-95% piracy rate >> (depending on who you believe) and a paying customer base of 100s of >> millions than a platform with 5-20% piracy rate (also depending on who you >> believe) but a single completely broken store with no quality control (even >> rewarding people for shit apps – “quantity over quality”) and a distinct >> minority customer base of whom the paying customers are an even more >> fragile minority.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> But why learn from the mistakes and failings of Windows Phone? Why not >> sink the tablet market as well, and do all we can to take down the desktop >> in general while we’re at it?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> </rant which started off as a one-liner but I get carried away so >> apologies for any beating of any dead horses and drawing of long bows>*** >> * >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [ >> mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Ian Thomas >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 24 September 2013 1:23 PM >> *To:* 'ozDotNet' >> *Subject:* RE: Mark II**** >> >> ** ** >> >> That’s the usual cynical review, but it did add a few things I didn’t >> know about the docking station, the ability to run 2 screens, extra USB >> ports (on the Pro2, one of them is USB 1.0 – really?), and the Power Cover >> is also usable on the Surface Mark I.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The review leaves out extra RAM, card slot, cameras, size of the SSD, and >> some other minor details, in favour of emphasising that the Windows Store >> lags far behind the Apple and Google counterparts, with only 100K apps. Do >> a need a choice of a million or more? I reckon if I could get 50 good >> applications I would be quite happy. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Also, iirc one was to be 5-point touch, the other 10-point; one has USB >> 2.0 the other USB 3.0 – I guess I need to search for some more complete >> information. Isn’t there a mini DisplayPort or HDMI? **** >> >> ** ** >> ------------------------------ >> >> Ian Thomas >> Victoria Park, Western Australia**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [ >> mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *mike smith >> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:29 AM >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* Mark II**** >> >> ** ** >> >> But will it be any better?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> >> http://www.gizmag.com/microsoft-surface-2-announcement/29147/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f7e5da2030-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-f7e5da2030-90318010 >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> SSDD >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> -- >> Meski**** >> >> http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv**** >> >> >> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, >> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Click here <https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/MZbqvYs5QwJvpeaetUwhCQ==> to >> report this email as spam.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com** >> ** >> > > > > -- > Meski > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills >
