It could be a hit. You can quote me.
Of course, I never thought the iPad had much future and I couldn't see the value in a touch screen eink device.
It's bad news for B&N but not too worry: B&N has much more bad news coming at 10 am tomorrow morning when they report year end results as at Apr 30.
But, back to MS. Execution is everything and the company IS capable of doing that very, very well. MS absolutely MUST get into the mobile space and perhaps this, along with its Nokia partnership in phones, will get them on track. The press event on The Verge was slick, even mouth watering. But, it is a 10" tablet, not a 7" one so Amazon Kindle Fire is probably not directly challenged (in form factor or price).
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