Microsoft are set to unveil lots of new software for tablets at CES next week, as well as news on a full version of Windows that runs on ARM Holdings Plc technology. However, while they are definitely trying very hard to compete with Android and Apple in the growing tablet marketplace, is it simply a matter of too little too late?
Keith Goddard, CEO of Capital Advisors Inc and Apple share holder certainly seems to think so, saying “By the time Microsoft gets it figured out everybody will already own an iPad,” adding “That train has left the station.”
However, Microsoft themselves do not agree, and are set to invest a lot of resources into tablets and other mobile technology in 2011. The new version of Windows will be tailored for mobile devices such as tablets, and use chips based on ARM technology made by Qualcomm Inc, Texas Instruments Inc, and Samsung Electronics Co.
However, some people seem to think that loading a full version of Windows onto a tablet that is powered by a chip designed for phones may not be such a good idea. Michael Cherry, an analyst at Seattle based research firm Directions on Microsoft says “Existing Windows tablets are difficult to use” adding “Current Windows tablets are what I call Frankentablets – part laptop and part tablet. They do neither role well.”
Only time will tell if Microsoft’s vision of taking personal computer software and adapting it for mobile touchscreen use will be successful, although at least they are offering consumers an alternative vision to the oversized iPhone paradigm of the Apple iPad.
2010 may have belonged to the iPad alone, but 2011 is fast shaping up to be the year of the tablet, and CES is where we are going to find out exactly what manufacturers have in store.
Source : http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/microsoft-getting-ready-for-tablets-in-2011
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