Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet at Ultrabook Price

Microsoft is going to release its Surface pro Tablet next month at the same price as that of ultrabook.

The device will go on sale in the United States on 9 February starting at $899, or about £565, without a Touch Cover keyboard.

It did not announce plans for a British launch, saying it will use a "phased approach" for the Surface Pro, with "additional markets to follow in the coming weeks and months".

The Surface looks very similar to the Surface RT, introduced in October, but contains a more powerful x86 processor to run the full version of Windows 8, allowing owners to use the full range of Windows apps. It also has a high definition screen and comes with a stylus.

The Surface RT contains power-efficient ARM-based processor and runs a slimmed down version of Windows 8 that only runs apps designed for tablet computing.

Although slightly thicker and heavier, the Surface Pro therefore has significantly shorter battery life of about four and a half hours.

Commentators have expressed doubts as to whether Microsoft can convince customers to pay as much for a tablet, albeit a powerful one, as they would for an ultrabook.

“The end result is a product that does a big chunk of what a tablet can do and a big chunk of what a PC can do, but it's not a perfect replacement for either,” wrote Peter Bright of Ars Technica.

“If Surface Pro is held up against conventional tablets, the result will be catastrophic, but the comparisons with Ultrabooks aren't clear-cut either.”

Microsoft is yet to release sales figures for the Surface RT, its attempt to respond to the iPad in the consumer market. UBS this week halved its estimate for the quarter to one million.

Apple sells tens of millions of iPads each quarter.

Windows 8 Hybrid Tablet At Just Rs 69,000

Fujitsu has introduced its latest Windows 8 Hybrid Tablet named Stylistic Q702 in the country. It is available in both the windows 8 and its pro version. some of its specifications are a 29.4-cm (11.6-inch) HD multi-touch display which works with both pen and touch input. The device is powered by two variants, Intel Core i3 and i5 processor with 4 GB RAM. The tablet has features like USB 2.0, an USB 3.0, HDMI, and SD/SDHC expansion ports while the keyboard comes with a LAN and VGA port. There is also support for 3G or 4G mobile broadband. The tablet comes in two storage variants; 256 GB and 128 GB.

The Tablet contains a good range of sensors like accelerometer, gyrometer, magnetometer, and ambient light sensors. And also features a front-facing and rear-facing webcams with dual microphones for video conferencing. The tablet comes with an attachable full-size notebook keyboard with additional battery power. The company has built the tablet with durable magnesium shell, which can cope with the knocks and scratches of daily use. And now you would be thinking of its price.

Fujitsu hybrid tablet is priced at Rs 69,000, excluding taxes.
 
Specifications:

1) 29.4-cm (11.6-inch) HD multi-touch display
2) Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro
3) Intel Core i3 or i5 processor, 
4) 4 GB RAM 
5) 5 MP rear and HD front camera  
6) USB, 
7) Wi-Fi, 
8) 3G/4G (optional), 
9) HDMI, 
10) SD/SDHC port
11) 128 GB and 256 GB storage variant 
12) Sensors:

    
      i) accelerometer sensors, 
      ii) gyrometer sensors, 
      iii) magnetometer sensors, and 
      iv) ambient light sensors  

Windows 8 Official Review

Reviewing an operating system is an odd endeavor, because people don’t really use operating systems; they use applications. The OS should be as transparent as possible, acting as a platform for applications. In today’s cloud-driven world, however, the notion that your application will run in a single OS is tenuous at best. Toss in the increasing use of smart devices, whether phones or tablets, and the idea of a single-platform operating system is less relevant now than it was just a few years ago. These days we have “ecosystems”—Microsoft, Apple, or Google, take your pick.

That said, PC users still expect their Windows applications to run as before, and they want to have the same control over their laptop and desktop computers as they’ve always had. New software features should enable users to do more. And as the reaction to the late, unlamented Windows Vista illustrated, all the shiny new bells and whistles should not harm performance or require new hardware.

Can Windows 8 meet its goal of being one aspect of a new Microsoft ecosystem while maintaining its roots in the PC? Can existing computers run Windows 8 without the need for expensive new touch displays? Will the revamped Windows 8 user interface turn off existing Windows users or pull them into the ecosystem? I’ll try to answer those questions and others as I dive deeply into Windows 8.

This review is based on the Windows 8 final release—what Microsoft calls the “release to manufacturing,” or RTM, version. The final release is available to Microsoft TechNet and MSDN subscribers. Desktop PCs, laptops, and tablets ship with Windows 8 preinstalled on the official launch day, October 26.

We ran Windows 8 on a moderately high-end desktop system along with a standard (nontouch) monitor, mouse, and keyboard. We also used a Samsung Series 9 laptop with an Elan touchpad supporting full multitouch gestures. 

Windows Phone 8 in Nokia Lumia 820, 920

Finally, the much talked about Windows Phone 8 from Nokia is all set to arrive in India tomorrow. The company will be releasing its Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 smartphones in India.

Nokia has been dropping not-so-subtle hints that Wednesday's big Lumia smartphone reveal was the Big Event. It teased Samsung about its first Windows Phone 8 device, and even took to Twitter to thumb its nose at Android. Sadly, the news didn't quite have the impact that perhaps Nokia--and more importantly, Microsoft--had hoped for.

Nokia introduced two phones, both of which run Windows Phone 8: the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. In terms of specs and features, Nokia did its best to differentiate them from the crowded smartphone masses. Both come in multiple colors on polycarbonate shells.
  
Nokia Lumia 820 will be priced at around Rs 20,000 and Nokia Lumia 920 will cost something around Rs 43,000. 

Nokia Lumia 820 features: 

1) exchangeable covers and 10.9-cm (4.3-inch) screen ClearBlack OLED display.

2) microSD card slot to expand memory. 

3) 1.5 GHz Dual Core Snapdragon S4 processor 

4) 1650 mAh battery with support for Qi wireless charging. 

5) 8 MP rear camera with Carl Zeiss optics and VGA front-facing camera. 

6) available in red, yellow, grey, cyan, purple, white and black color options.

Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications: 

1) 11.4-cm (4.5-inch) ClearBlack IPS LCD panel with 1280x768 pixel resolution support.

2) super-sensitive touch. 

3) dual-core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 family mobile processor 

4) Windows Phone 8 operating system. 

5) 1 GB RAM along with 32 GB on-board storage with no capability of adding a micro SD card.