Microsoft to cut 18,000 jobs world-wide

[Shane R]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

If they replicate it on tablets, we may get to see a very interesting Windowz mini tablet.

There are some concerns about the viability of the Windows mini-tablet market.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/24555...in-the-us.html

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by Shane R

There are some concerns about the viability of the Windows mini-tablet market.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/24555...in-the-us.html

Sales of small android tablets has also been declining; phablets are eating a lot of their business. Most of the remaining action is moving to the $100 range, which is why a mini win8 would be interesting.

Here:
http://www.cnet.com/news/small-table...s-getting-hit/

[fjtorres]

And... it turns out Lenovo is *not* getting out o f small Windows tablets after all:

http://www.zdnet.com/lenovo-isnt-aba...tag=TRE17cfd61

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

And... it turns out Lenovo is *not* getting out o f small Windows tablets after all:

http://www.zdnet.com/lenovo-isnt-aba...tag=TRE17cfd61

It looks like Microsoft "leaned on them," or bribed them. But actually, for now they are getting out of the small Windows tablet business (from the article) ...

In other words, the company had stopped selling in the category for now, leaving open the possibility that it would produce 8-inch Windows tablets in the future: "[W]e are not getting out of the small-screen Windows tablet business as was reported by the media."

[pl001]

Originally Posted by rcentros

It would have taken a lot longer than what it took for Microsoft to kill them. And, personally, combining their good hardware with Android (82% of the worldwide smartphone market) would have given them a lot better chance than combining their good hardware with the Windows Phone OS.

But there is no profit to be made with Android. Samsung is the only company that has been able to do OK. And even with their dominance of the market they are developing their own OS, Tizen, because they are not happy with the margins.

Windows Phone is not dead yet. My wife's Icon runs circles around my Galaxy S5 in terms of a smooth, fast, and pleasant user experience. Microsoft's biggest issue is that they have not developed it fast enough. Great ideas undercooked.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by rcentros

About two (three?) years too late. And the article is speaking specifically of the non-Google (Nokia X) low-end "Android" phones (with tiles and without the Android Market and other Google services). It was neither fish nor foul. Of course these were a disaster waiting to happen. What I'm talking about is the original decision not to merge their top of the line phones with the full Android OS, something that Nokia reportedly considered doing before accepting Microsoft's bribe and making the fateful move to the Windows Phone disaster.

So if Nokia had made better business decisions, they'd be in better shape?

Interesting spin to try to blame MS there.
I get characterizing negotiations as "bribes" and "leaning." It's transparent, but to be expected.
But even if we allow that, it's a very bold move to try shift all the responsibility of ACCEPTING a bribe fully onto the people who offered it! What a great out that would be for every corrupt official in the world! "It's not my fault, your honor! They offered me MONEY!"