Microsoft Surface RT More Profitable than iPad, Teardown Analysis Reveals - IHS iSuppli’s® Teardown portal provides deeper insights into bill of materials, BOM cost, photo analysis and graphical representation of electronics. To learn more, call us at 1-3. The Surface RT model with the minimum 32 gigabytes of NAND flash memory and an optional black Touch Cover carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $271.00, according to a preliminary estimate from the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. When the $13.00 manufacturing expense is added in, the total cost to manufacture the Surface rises to $284.00. Please note that these teardown assessments are preliminary in nature, account only for hardware and manufacturing costs and do not include additional expenses such as software, licensing, royalties or other expenditures. In terms of its size, feature set and pricing threshold, the Surface RT is clearly designed to compete with the full-sized iPad.
“The Surface represents a key element in Microsoft’s strategy to transform itself from a software maker into a devices and services provider,” said Andrew Rassweiler, senior principal analyst, teardown services, for IHS. Samsung Electronics Co. Learn More > IHS iSuppli Tablet & eReader Teardown Analysis. Microsoft Surface RT Review - Watch CNET's Video Review. Microsoft Surface is the best productivity tablet yet, and it had better be. As the only Microsoft-branded Windows RT hardware to launch with the new operating system (Windows 8 launches this week as well), the tablet serves as ambassador and flagship for the touch-focused, wildly risky Windows grand experiment.
The Surface excels thanks to its thoughtful design, sensible implementation of its keyboard accessory, and the innovations brought about by the interface formerly known as Metro -- chief among them: the gesture-driven menu system, powerful search tool, and incredibly cool and versatile split-screen feature. Unfortunately, there's a price to pay for doing things differently. I've spent a week with this soldier for the Windows cause, and I predict that some of you will find Metro's learning curve discouraging. The Surface isn't for everyone. On the Surface So what keeps the Surface from looking like just another generic black tablet?
'Metro'...I mean, 'Start.' History of Microsoft. Microsoft logo since August 23, 2012 Microsoft is a multinational computer technology corporation. The history of Microsoft began on April 4, 1975, when it was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque.[1] Its current best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software.
In 1980, Microsoft formed a partnership with IBM that allowed them to bundle Microsoft's operating system with IBM computers, paying Microsoft a royalty for every sale. In 1985, IBM requested that Microsoft write a new operating system for their computers called OS/2; Microsoft wrote the operating system, but also continued to sell their own alternative, which proved to be in direct competition with OS/2. 1975–1985: The founding of Microsoft[edit] Gates described this photo in 2009 as "that famous picture that provides indisputable proof that your average computer geek from the late 1970s was not exactly on the cutting edge of fashion.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen made $40 billion stock blunder. Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen is accredited with a shocking investment error in the early 90s that ended up costing him a staggering $40 billion, as mentioned in his memoir Idea Man. Revealed through a review of the autobiography by The New York Times, Allen had amassed a stake in internet services company AOL which, upon Bill Gates recommendation, he sold. Gates reasoning was that AOL was no match for the mighty Microsoft. While Microsoft is by all means the far, far larger company, a 40 billion dollar stock blunder is a huge one to make even for a billionaire like Allen. This isn’t the only major loss that Allen has suffered, as he confessed to losing $8b through investing in cable companies in the 2000s, and he also settled for a less than 50-50 split with Gates because Gates had apparently “done most of the work.” Microsoft founders Allen, Gates reconnect after year-long rift.
Paul Allen’s memoir, Idea Man, is out in paperback this week, and the Microsoft co-founder has penned an epilogue updating readers on some of the book’s major storylines — including the status of his friendship with Bill Gates. The book’s unvarnished account of Gates — from his unusual eating habits to his efforts to dilute Allen’s stake in the company — was part of Allen’s broader effort to tell his own life story “exactly as it happened,” as Allen puts it in the epilogue. “Not everyone loved everything I wrote,” writes Allen. “Some of my Microsoft friends were piqued that I’d cast the company’s recent history in ‘not the most favorable light,’ as one of them told me. But almost everyone soon got past their unhappiness — with the exception of Bill Gates.” Allen writes that he and Gates had no contact for more than a year, and he feared that their friendship “might be permanently ruptured.”
“I believe we will be friends again,” writes Allen. The epilogue is dated June 3. MICROSOFT Innovative Tools. Microsoft SmartGlass connects your Xbox to your mobile device | Microsoft. Your smartphone or tablet will soon be able to control and display games and movies from an Xbox 360. Set to be released along with Windows 8 this Friday, Microsoft's new SmartGlass app is designed to bridge the gap between the Xbox and mobile devices. The free app will naturally support Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets and PCs as well as Windows Phone 8 devices. But it will also run on iOS and Android devices. As described in a blog by Yusuf Mehdi, chief marketing officer for Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Division, Xbox 360 owners will be able use their mobile devices to remotely control games, TV shows, movies, and other types of entertainment. Your phone or tablet can also serve as a second screen to your Xbox.
In some cases, the second screen displays additional information. You can also watch a TV show or movie on your phone or tablet and then pick up where you left off on the Xbox, or vice versa. For now, SmartGlass is limited to specific games, movies, and TV shows. Looking through the Windows. 1975: How it all started In 1975 Windows was just a twinkle in Bill Gate’s eye. Micro-soft (as it was originally called) was set up when the first personal computer was a build-it-yourself kit for hobbyists.
Gates and co-founder Paul Allen realised that such a machine needed software to allow it to perform useful computing tasks. They worked 24-hour days to create their first computer language, called Microsoft BASIC. That year the firm made just over $16,000. 1985: Windows 1.0 Originally named the Interface Manager, Windows 1.0 was based on Microsoft's MS-DOS operating system that relied on typing in commands. 1995: Windows 95 Launched to the sound of the Rolling Stones' 'Start me up', this was Windows' first big success, selling seven million copies in the first five weeks. 2000: Windows 2000 Seen as a major upgrade for business, Windows 2000 also ended up on many home computers. 2006: Vista Most of Microsoft’s operating system attracted criticism, but Vista had more than its fair share.
Maine firm sues Microsoft over Windows 8 elements | Local News. PORTLAND, Maine — A small local technology company has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft over elements included in Windows 8. SurfCast Inc., based in Portland, filed the complaint Tuesday in U.S. District Court asking for unspecified damages. The lawsuit claims Redmond, Wash. -based Microsoft Corp. is using elements known as live tiles, rectangular icons linked to websites, apps and other items. SurfCast says it developed the tiles, referred to on its website as "dynamically updating icons" containing refreshed real-time content, in the 1990s. Microsoft is using the tiles technology on operating systems including the recently launched Windows 8, found on personal computers, phones, tablets and other devices, the lawsuit claims.
Microsoft said in a statement it's confident it can prove the claims are without merit. Microsoft has been the target of many lawsuits over the years. Technical Evangelist. Role Description As the moves towards converged devices accelerates, we are faced with screens everywhere – big screens, large screens, touch screens and more.
The advent of new generation of smartphones promises to make it even easier to stay in touch with your loved ones whilst offering easy access to your corporate resources at the same time. Windows 8 is Windows reimagined and is the biggest, boldest release since Windows 95. With a fast-and-fluid Metro user interface, the new operating system reimagines PCs. This Windows Developer Evangelist role provides an opportunity to be at the centre of leading Microsoft’ foray into the emerging India PC market and lead the platform battle for Microsoft to win app developers. The mission of this Windows Developer Evangelist is to broadly spread the unique value of the Windows 8 offerings.
Specific responsibilities include: • Executing programs that increase share & quality of apps submitted to the Windows Store. Required skills include: Windows 8: what marketers need to know. Microsoft has rolled out what it has heralded as a “new era” for the company in the launch of its Windows 8 software, which marks a radical transformation of its popular desktop and mobile operating systems. The redesign is in places at stark contrast aesthetically and operationally to rival software from Apple and Google, which could afford marketers new opportunities to create stand-out campaigns in the mobile computing space.
Awareness Microsoft is reported to have invested as much as £1.1bn in marketing to back the launch of Windows 8, which will include promoting its Surface tablet that launched on 26 October as well as its new software. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, said at Windows Phone 8’s launch event this week that soon “you won’t be able to turn on a TV or open a magazine without seeing a Microsoft Windows ad”. Ecosystem Live tiles ESPN is among the first brands to develop an app for Windows 8: ESPNcricinfo. In-app ads. Market Opportunities Unlimited (MOU) Blog: We Dedicate, "How 'Bout Us?" to Tim Allen and Bill Gates' Friendship.