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Really hoped that it will be priced lower than that. Now it's very uncertain if this will be a hit with the Windows Store Apps so few and developers still not c
by lini 14y ago
Really hoped that it will be priced lower than that. Now it's very uncertain if this will be a hit with the Windows Store Apps so few and developers still not convinced about the platform as well.
It's still $100 cheaper than the 32GB iPad but storage is useless if you don't have Apps to fill it.
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoEven with PC sales on the decline, there are still going to be tens of millions of people with a Windows 8 computer and the "Store" tile staring them in the face every time they turn it on.
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoIts also $100 more expensive than an iPad 2 (or the same price if you assume 16 GB = $100). The resolution of the Surface is similar to the iPad 2 (if you care about that), but I'm not sure if the screen is somehow otherwise better (e.g., IPS?).
- wcchandler 14y agoThat's a nice note on the dev perspective. If they were smart, they'd have something similar to Google I/O and give tons away to potential developers.
- Roritharr 14y agoThey already did that for Windows Phone, nearly every mobile dev i know got a free Nokia Lumia or similar at certain conferences (Droidcon Berlin was an odd choice tho). It didn't seem to have helped that much.
- cooldeal 14y agoI think it did help. They have 100K+ apps in the Windows Phone Store.
- omaranto 14y ago"... Apps to fill it" I guess some video games could be large, but wouldn't most people with tablets fill most of their storage with audio and video files rather than apps?