Steve Ballmer's audacious vision of "One Microsoft, all the time," delivering a single, seamless user experience across a wide range of devices, from PCs to tablets to video-game consoles, will not be achieved without digital bloodshed. Windows will die, a Microsoft exec suggested last week..
With the goal of achieving completely paperless cockpits by the end of 2014, Delta Air Lines is equipping 11,000 of its pilots with electronics flight bags using Microsoft’s revamped Surface 2 tablet running the Windows RT 8.1 platform.
The apps that will help users get the most use out of their Windows RT devices.
Windows RT just can't catch a break. Friday's big news-- Apple's refusal to create an iTunes Windows 8 app --was another blow to the beleaguered OS, for even though Microsoft's finger-friendly software are dubbed "Windows 8 apps," they're truly "Windows RT apps." The ARM processors poweringWindows RT tablets can't run traditional desktop programs (like iTunes) and are instead forced to rely upon the lackluster selection in the Windows Store.
Improving Windows 8 is Microsoft's best bet for grabbing a larger share of tablet sales over the next four years, but there doesn't seem much it can do to accelerate the projected slow growth of Windows RT over the same time period, IDC says.
Acer plans to produce Windows RT devices at some point, according to a company spokeswoman.
Microsoft's Surface for Windows RT tablet will sell for US$199 when it ships on 26 October, according to an unnamed source in an Engadget report.