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US airline ditches iPads for Surface 2 tablets
- aroch 13y agoI feel the headline "Delta airlines paid to give up iPads for Surface 2", is closer to reality. Last I heard about this (Back in late Sept / early Oct 2013) the pilots union was against this because the tools available on the iPad were both better technically and more well liked by the pilots themselves. They're also giving all their flight attendants Lumia Windows phones. Everything about this smells of product placement and not a real, need based change.
- w1ntermute 13y ago> Everything about this smells of product placement and not a real, need based change. Even if all this is doing is hastening Microsoft's demise, I welcome it. They won't be able to sell products at a loss forever.
- qq66 13y agoNot a bad approach by Microsoft, frankly. The Surface Pro 2 hardware is extraordinarily more capable than the iPad, but the third-party software ecosystem isn't there yet. Delta is big enough of a customer that people building professional aviation software will now have to target Windows 8 as a platform, which then opens all the other airlines to Surface Pro sales.
- aroch 13y agoThe software they're going to run is one that was used prior to the iPad at a ground basestation around the gate.
- omarforgotpwd 13y ago"The company found some free surface 2's and are forcing everyone to use them. This is sign that Apple is losing dominance in the bring your own device market" Okay, sure, makes sense.
- thrillgore 13y agoOh good. Delta.