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The dual screens look like a marketing gimmick in search of an actual use...
I know it's not for everyone, but man, the Surface Neo is exactly the product I've been wanting. A foldable digital notebook that I can read books on, jot notes in, or markup PDFs on? Yes please.
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The reporting around this new device is certainly confusing.. "This product brings together the absolute best of Microsoft, and we're partnering with Google to bring the absolute best of Android in one product," Microsoft Product Chief Panos Panay said. "This is industry pushing technology." From https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-unveils-999-surface-pro-... Edit: I'm realizing there are multiple new devices. The Su…
These guys just can not figure out a branding/marketing scheme that won't require overexplaining each time to figure out, and confusion by the consumer. What is a "Surface" if it's really 2 different things, with very similar names, that do completely different things and run incompatible operating systems?
The whole concept of OS integration across devices is a complete failure for Microsoft. Calling this new thing a "new OS" sounds like a failure to fulfill what the Windows brand used to mean: support across a large range of devices. Isn't Windows already supporting multiple display? Maybe not in the "tablet" sub-OS... which is clearly not up to the standard set by the "desktop" sub-OS. Anyway, the only thing that kee…
> The company stresses that this is not a new operating system but takes Windows 10 as you know it today and makes it more adaptable to other form factors.
For people saying dual screen is a gimmick, have you not wanted to replicate multi-screen setup on your laptop (while traveling or when not on your desktop)? Power users have always wanted more screen real estate! I've been eyeing the Asus Zenbook Pro Duo[1] ever since they've been announced (currently using a Macbook Pro 2015). I usually carry around an Asus portable second screen for my laptop in my backpack and th…
I don't understand how anyone could think dual screen is a gimmick that had a DS. There were a lot of games that put those two screens to good use. I am serious.
Microsoft is using Android! Lauren Goode got a great quote from Satya on this topic: > When I asked Satya Nadella whether Microsoft ever thought about reviving a true Windows mobile OS, he told me: "The operating system is no longer the most important layer for us...What is most important for us is the app model and the experience." https://twitter.com/LaurenGoode/status/1179421631506210822 Update: my apologies, this…
As long as Google owns the mobile OS, Microsoft will never be able to maintain any significant control over the app model or user experience.
The UX?
Ask Samsung. Use a Samsung phone and you are wrapped in their experience. Pairing BT headsets is different, the S-Pen is truly unique and rather well integrated. The camera is unique and for quite awhile was cutting edge and one of the reasons to buy a Samsung phone.
The custom Samsung UI started out pretty bad, but over time it got good. People are used to it, using other Android phones feels a bit off to them, and a fair number of their UX improvements have been since become part of Android itself.
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> Microsoft is not like Apple. They don't make perfect products at the beginning For example, perfect butterfly keyboards.
The amount of bellyaching about the MacBook keyboard is the exception that proves the rule.
It reminds me how the first Surface Pro looked like. It was incomplete and useless device so it didn't go well. However, Microsoft didn't give up. After three iterations Microsoft finally made Surface Pro 3, which was the first useful Windows tablet with a cleverly designed keyboard and a great 3:2 ratio screen. The surface line finally took off and third-parties began to make "surface-like" products since then. Micr…
> Microsoft is not like Apple. They don't make perfect products at the beginning Oh man, try to remember how the first iPhone was. It was the most useless thing in the world. It didn’t have app store! The lesson is to iterate, iterate and iterate