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It would be charitable (that is, untrue) to call the consumer electronics strategies of Microsoft and Google coherent today. But what they lack in coherence they make up for in er, … sheer recklessness. That's OK, then. Both stalwarts are now in head-on competition with their customers, having launched their own-brand tablets …

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  1. Jonjonz
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    Another Spoiled Crapple Fanboy

    Another spoiled crapple fan boy spews the same old drivel: It it hasn't had billions of PR over several years positioning a product as the next best bit of hipster tech paraphernalia that is more fashion statement than substance, he won't be seen with it.

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  2. Jonjonz
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    Deja Vu, Nintendo and Sony, Apple next

    When MS introduced the Xbox, Nintendo and Sony sounded much like Apple today, smug and snobbish in their supposed market domination.

    We know how that played out.

    The minute they lower the Surface price to X-box mass consumer range, it's game over for Crapple.

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  3. menotu

    Absolutely correct..even my magical (??) iPad sits on my coffee table gathering dust..

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  4. Andy Watt
    FAIL

    Try using a tablet for a while, properly.

    All these posts sneering "it's just a content delivery device" - "you can't do anything serious with them" - "tablets, what's the point"...

    The iPad I'm typing this on does the following (note, I have a Bluetooth keyboard for big typing) - and I use them all on a regular basis. Seriously.

    - HTML edits

    - all corporate email

    - TeamViewer remote control access for support work (which works beautifully over 3G)

    - Codea for a little programming fun

    - blog work

    - music studio (2, nano studio and GarageBand)

    - instrument (several, including analog synth emus and drum machines)

    - network diagnostic tool (some ping utils, etc)

    - eBay, PayPal, etc

    - soundcloud

    - VNC

    - mind maps for creative thinking

    - cocktail lists (diffords #8)

    - Skydrive, SugarSync work

    - FTP, WebDAV clients

    - several office compatibles for doc and spreadsheet work

    - remote controls (intelliremote rocks)

    - telnet work for servers

    And loads more.

    I daresay all this is possible on a droid tablet too - so stop sneering and see what you can do with the resource. Positivity wins out every time, in my book.

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  5. Tom 35

    What are you on about

    Google just stuck their name on an Asus tablet, the Asus name is still there too. Google is not making hardware.

    As for MS their OEMs should be used to it after the "plays for sure" to Zune fail.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    I think you failed...

    to understand how gullible people really are.

    Hint - Marketing rely on it constantly

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