Here at Android Headlines, it’s pretty obvious that we’re big on Android and that we know a lot about our green friend but, we’re not just salivating Android fanboys. We’ve got our eye on all tech and while we’d love to write about the latest and greatest when it comes to a lot of tech, we want to be true to our audience.
Every now and then though, something comes along that makes a bit of a splash in the tech Ocean and from here on, we’re going to bring you our take on things. Don’t worry – we’re not turning Engadget on you, or anything – we’re going to throw an Android slant on things and hopefully not put you all to sleep. We’re all tech-lovers here at Android Headlines and we’re willing to bet that a lot of you are out there as well. So, we hope you enjoy the first of our “Tech Talks” and we hope to encourage healthy discussion in the comments!
This is another subject that we don’t normally talk about here at Android Headlines, but since we are all tech geeks it’s still something of interest. Samsung’s head of their memory chip business, Jun Dong-soo, told reporters that Windows 8 has indeed failed to boost demand for PC’s, even compared to comparing Windows 8 to Vista which was just a huge mess on Microsoft’s side.
“The global PC industry is steadily shrinking despite the launch of Windows 8,” he said. “I think the Windows 8 system is no better than the previous Windows Vista platform.”
Jun also talked about how badly Microsoft’s first tablet, the Surface, has done. While it has “sold out” there haven’t been any sales numbers which means they’ve probably sold worse than the Nexus 4 did in the first 20 minutes it became available back in November. When you look at the surface, it’s something you’d expect to be about half the price of what Microsoft is asking for it. Especially the one with full Windows, the Windows RT version is basically a waste of resources, especially since there aren’t many apps available for Windows 8.
I’ve actually had Windows 8 installed on my desktop, which I use everyday to write and do other Android Headlines work, and I haven’t had much of a problem at all. But I can’t imagine using a Windows RT tablet, or other device. Browsing through their store is kinda humiliating to Microsoft. There are barely any apps. I’d say that Chrome OS has Windows RT beat in every department.
Samsung has also decided to pull their Windows RT-based ATIV tablet off both German and American markets. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see other manufacturers doing the same. Windows RT tablets are just to overpriced. If they had the same tablet running Android, it’d be a lot cheaper. Who agrees?
So Microsoft is dying a slow death, but somehow I think they’ll come back. We should see Windows 9 coming out in about 2 years, hopefully it’ll be like Windows 7 was and a be a huge improvement over Windows 8. How many of you have any Windows 8 or Windows RT devices? What do you think of them?