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Announcing the Surface 3

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Re: Announcing the Surface 3

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Post by freehunter »

lostgame wrote: post #5
ykl wrote: post #2

Wow, at that price point and feature set, I think Microsoft finally has something that can plausibly be considered an iPad-killer.

When I can actually download an MP3 from my browser and open it on my iPad I'll consider using it as an actual thing again. Until then? It's not a computer. This is.

Kind of off topic, but related: I recently bought an audio book from Humble Bundle and have been trying to figure out how to put it on my iPhone.I don't listen to audio books at home, only in the car or while I'm walking.

Anyone know how to easily download an audiobook from Humble Bundle and put it on an iPhone to listen to later?

Re: Announcing the Surface 3

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Post by sz4kerto »

orf wrote: post #7

Looks interesting until I see that it's $499 in the US and $945 (£639) in the UK. Why! Edit: Was looking at the Surface Pro 3, the standard Surface is only ~$620. Not too bad I guess.

£419, not £639. That's $619 -- reasonable considering that the UK price contains VAT and there's some cost of repatriating the profit for MS.

Re: Announcing the Surface 3

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Post by artmageddon »

I'm definitely going to keep my eye on this. My iPad 3(30-pin connector) is still going strong for me, but I'm highly considering this when it's released. The fact that it'll run Windows 10 is definitely exciting too, though I wonder if it will get bogged down upon the arrival of Windows 10 as certain iOS devices have for certain iOS releases. Glad to see Microsoft is making strides in this space.

Re: Announcing the Surface 3

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Post by atwebb »

orf wrote: post #7

Looks interesting until I see that it's $499 in the US and $945 (£639) in the UK. Why! Edit: Was looking at the Surface Pro 3, the standard Surface is only ~$620. Not too bad I guess.

Where are you seeing $499 US?

EDIT: Sorry, I get it now, this is the non-Pro version. I'd gone right to Amazon from a link here and it gave me the Surface 2 vs the Pro 3

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