مايكروسوفت الترويجي: شراء Surface RT، والحصول على غطاء لوحة مفاتيح مجاناً

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="mttextarea" dir="rtl" id="TranslationOutput"><div name="div[0]"><b><span _mstdst="0_0:1" _mstsrc="0_8:9" id="Dst[0][8:9:0:1]"> </span></b><img alt="Microsoft promo buy a Surface RT, get a free Touch or Type Cover" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" height="350" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/microsoft-surface-rt-review-340-1370018122.jpg" width="640" /></div><div name="div[0]"><b><span _mstdst="0_0:1" _mstsrc="0_8:9" id="Dst[0][8:9:0:1]">لا</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_3:4" _mstsrc="0_0:6" id="Dst[0][0:6:3:4]">شك</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_6:7" _mstsrc="0_20:23" id="Dst[0][20:23:6:7]">أن</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_9:18" _mstsrc="0_29:35" id="Dst[0][29:35:9:18]">Surface RT</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_20:23" _mstsrc="0_40:44" id="Dst[0][40:44:20:23]">يأتي</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_25:27" _mstsrc="0_46:49" id="Dst[0][46:49:25:27]">إلى</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_29:34" _mstsrc="0_51:57" id="Dst[0][51:57:29:34]">جانبها</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_36:37" _mstsrc="0_59:62" id="Dst[0][59:62:36:37]">مع</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_39:42" _mstsrc="0_75:79" class="" id="Dst[0][75:79:39:42]">غطاء</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_44:54" _mstsrc="0_66:73" id="Dst[0][66:73:44:54]">لوحة مفاتيح</span><span _mstdst="0_55:55" _mstsrc="0_80:80" id="Dst[0][80:80:55:55]">؛</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_57:58" _mstsrc="0_85:89" id="Dst[0][85:89:57:58]">لا</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_60:65" _mstsrc="0_82:83" id="Dst[0][82:83:60:65]">يمكننا</span><span> أن </span><span _mstdst="0_70:74" _mstsrc="0_91:97" id="Dst[0][91:97:70:74]">نتصور</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_76:82" _mstsrc="0_99:103" id="Dst[0][99:103:76:82]">استخدام</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_84:99" _mstsrc="0_109:114" id="Dst[0][109:114:84:99]">الكمبيوتر اللوحي</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_101:108" _mstsrc="0_116:124" id="Dst[0][116:124:101:108]">غير مزين</span><span>.</span><span> و</span><span _mstdst="0_112:113" _mstsrc="0_137:141" id="Dst[0][137:141:112:113]">لا</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_115:123" _mstsrc="0_127:135" id="Dst[0][127:135:115:123]">Microsoft</span><span>،</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_126:128" _mstsrc="0_144:149" id="Dst[0][144:149:126:128]">أما</span><span>،</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_131:133" _mstsrc="0_152:153" id="Dst[0][152:153:131:133]">كما</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_135:138" _mstsrc="0_155:158" id="Dst[0][155:158:135:138]">أنها</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_140:143" _mstsrc="0_160:168" id="Dst[0][160:168:140:143]">تطلق</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_145:152" _mstsrc="0_172:176" id="Dst[0][172:176:145:152]">الترويجي</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_154:157" _mstsrc="0_178:181" id="Dst[0][178:181:154:157]">الذي</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_159:162" _mstsrc="0_183:187" class="" id="Dst[0][183:187:159:162]">يعطي</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_164:170" _mstsrc="0_193:198" id="Dst[0][193:198:164:170]">الأغطية</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_172:177" _mstsrc="0_200:203" id="Dst[0][200:203:172:177]">بعيداً</span><span>.</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_180:189" _mstsrc="0_206:214" id="Dst[0][206:214:180:189]">الأمريكيين</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_191:191" _mstsrc="0_216:218" id="Dst[0][216:218:191:191]">و</span><span _mstdst="0_192:199" _mstsrc="0_220:228" id="Dst[0][220:228:192:199]">الكنديين</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_201:205" _mstsrc="0_230:232" id="Dst[0][230:232:201:205]">الذين</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_207:212" _mstsrc="0_234:236" id="Dst[0][234:236:207:212]">يشترون</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_214:218" _mstsrc="0_253:257" id="Dst[0][253:257:214:218]">لائحة</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_220:226" _mstsrc="0_242:248" id="Dst[0][242:248:220:226]">Windows</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_228:229" _mstsrc="0_250:251" id="Dst[0][250:251:228:229]">RT</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_231:232" _mstsrc="0_259:265" id="Dst[0][259:265:231:232]">من</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_234:237" _mstsrc="0_267:269" id="Dst[0][267:269:234:237]">الآن</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_239:239" _mstsrc="0_271:273" id="Dst[0][271:273:239:239]">و</span><span>حتى </span><span _mstdst="0_244:248" _mstsrc="0_279:281" id="Dst[0][279:281:244:248]">نهاية</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_250:261" _mstsrc="0_286:289" id="Dst[0][286:289:250:261]">حزيران/يونيو</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_263:266" _mstsrc="0_291:293" id="Dst[0][291:293:263:266]">يمكن</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_268:277" _mstsrc="0_295:297" class="" id="Dst[0][295:297:268:277]">الحصول على</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_279:283" _mstsrc="0_316:320" id="Dst[0][316:320:279:283]">تغطية</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_285:289" _mstsrc="0_310:314" id="Dst[0][310:314:285:289]">اللمس</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_291:292" _mstsrc="0_299:304" id="Dst[0][299:304:291:292]">أو</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_294:298" _mstsrc="0_334:338" id="Dst[0][334:338:294:298]">تغطية</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_300:302" _mstsrc="0_329:332" id="Dst[0][329:332:300:302]">نوع</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_304:309" _mstsrc="0_344:347" id="Dst[0][344:347:304:309]">مجاناً</span><span>،</span><span> ب</span><span _mstdst="0_313:323" _mstsrc="0_350:358" id="Dst[0][350:358:313:323]">غض النظر عن</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_325:329" _mstsrc="0_366:370" id="Dst[0][366:370:325:329]">اللون</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_331:334" _mstsrc="0_360:364" id="Dst[0][360:364:331:334]">الذي</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_336:340" _mstsrc="0_377:381" id="Dst[0][377:381:336:340]">يتوهم</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_342:345" _mstsrc="0_372:375" id="Dst[0][372:375:342:345]">أنهم</span><span>.</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_348:358" _mstsrc="0_384:390" id="Dst[0][384:390:348:358]">Surface Pro</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_360:366" _mstsrc="0_396:404" id="Dst[0][396:404:360:366]">الزبائن</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_368:369" _mstsrc="0_410:415" id="Dst[0][410:415:368:369]">من</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_371:374" _mstsrc="0_417:420" id="Dst[0][417:420:371:374]">الحظ</span><span>،</span><span> و</span><span _mstdst="0_378:380" _mstsrc="0_423:425" id="Dst[0][423:425:378:380]">لكن</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_382:389" _mstsrc="0_427:435" class="" id="Dst[0][427:435:382:389]">من الصعب</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_391:392" _mstsrc="0_437:438" id="Dst[0][437:438:391:392]">أن</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_394:402" _mstsrc="0_440:446" id="Dst[0][440:446:394:402]">المنازعات</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_404:409" _mstsrc="0_452:456" id="Dst[0][452:456:404:409]">القيمة</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_411:411" _mstsrc="0_458:460" id="Dst[0][458:460:411:411]">ل</span><span _mstdst="0_412:416" _mstsrc="0_485:490" id="Dst[0][485:490:412:416]">أصحاب</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_418:427" _mstsrc="0_474:480" id="Dst[0][474:480:418:427]">Surface RT</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_429:437" _mstsrc="0_462:472" id="Dst[0][462:472:429:437]">المحتملين</span><span _mstdst="0_438:439" _mstsrc="0_492:493" id="Dst[0][492:493:438:439]">--</span><span _mstdst="0_440:445" _mstsrc="0_499:502" id="Dst[0][499:502:440:445]">الصفقة</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_447:451" _mstsrc="0_504:513" id="Dst[0][504:513:447:451]">يساوي</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_453:455" _mstsrc="0_515:516" id="Dst[0][515:516:453:455]">على</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_457:461" _mstsrc="0_518:522" id="Dst[0][518:522:457:461]">الأقل</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_463:465" _mstsrc="0_524:524" id="Dst[0][524:524:463:465]">خصم</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_467:475" _mstsrc="0_526:529" id="Dst[0][526:529:467:475]">100 دولار</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_477:479" _mstsrc="0_540:541" id="Dst[0][540:541:477:479]">على</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_481:487" _mstsrc="0_569:573" id="Dst[0][569:573:481:487]">الأسعار</span><span> في </span><span _mstdst="0_492:505" _mstsrc="0_558:567" id="Dst[0][558:567:492:505]">العالم الحقيقي</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_507:507" _mstsrc="0_543:545" id="Dst[0][543:545:507:507]">ب</span><span _mstdst="0_508:511" _mstsrc="0_547:551" id="Dst[0][547:551:508:511]">لمسة</span><span> </span><span _mstdst="0_513:521" _mstsrc="0_553:556" id="Dst[0][553:556:513:521]">للكمبيوتر</span><span>.</span></b></div></div></div>

مايكروسوفت الترويجي: شراء Surface RT، والحصول على غطاء لوحة مفاتيح مجاناً

  لا شك أن Surface RT يأتي إلى جانبها مع غطاء لوحة مفاتيح ؛ لا يمكننا أن نتصور استخدام الكمبيوتر اللوحي غير مزين . و لا Mic...

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Microsoft Surface Pro coming to the UK on May 23rd starting at £719

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="image-container" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Microsoft Surface Pro coming to the UK on May 23rd starting at 719" data-src-height="411" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/surfacepro-review-1368611149.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Microsoft has a good excuse for the Surface Pro's late arrival in the UK: the company claims that demand in the US stripped its cupboards bare, leaving nothing but RT crumbs to sell on this side of the Atlantic. In any case, Redmond tells us that a date has now been set, with the Core i5-powered tablet due to be available from Microsoft's online store from May 23rd. For once, Brits can look forward to dollar-equivalent pricing, with the 64GB version going for £719 and the 128GB model fetching £799 inclusive of VAT. (That may not be cheap, but at least it's fair.) Meanwhile, the bendy Touch Cover will continue to cost £99, and the more traditional key action of the Type Cover will add another tenner on top of that. So, there it is. Just in time for Haswell to make us wonder when a more power-efficient sequel might be coming out.</div><div class="pr_box open" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div class="pr_box_button">Hide Press Release</div><div class="pr_text"><strong>Surface Pro Comes to the UK</strong><br /> Surface Pro available from 23 May in the UK<br /> UK - 16.05.13- Microsoft today announced that Surface Pro will be available for purchase in the UK beginning 23rd May.<br /> Surface Pro is designed to showcase Windows 8 Pro and represents exceptional value, providing customers with a fully functional Windows 8 PC that looks, feels and acts like a tablet. With an estimated retail price of £719 for the 64GB configuration, and £799 for the 128 GB configuration[1], Surface Pro will be available online at http://www.microsoftstore.co.uk. A range of accessories for the Surface Pro is also available. These include Touch Cover - a super-thin, spill resistant cover with a pressure sensitive keyboard that comes in a variety of colours as well as a Type Cover – one of the thinnest mechanical keyboards available, HD AV and VGA adaptors and the Wedge Touch Mouse Surface Edition.<br /> "The response to Surface RT has already been great to see," said Robert Epstein, UK Surface Lead "There has been strong anticipation for Surface Pro in the UK and we're excited to be able to offer people a fully blown Windows 8 PC packed with powerful processing features in the innovative Surface design."<br /> The Surface family of devices represents an extension of the Windows experience, letting customers work easy, play hard, and connect with the people who matter to them. Surface lets customers transition between entertainment and creation. It offers an ultra-light durable casing and an integrated kickstand and cover that allow customers to be productive anywhere, as well as a full-sized USB port and microSDXC card slot for adding additional storage and a 16:9 widescreen high-definition display that makes it optimal for viewing and sharing content easily.<br /> Surface Pro, powered by an Intel Core i5 processor, is equivalent to a full-blown Windows 8 laptop that also boasts tablet capabilities. For the first time, customers can have a fully functional PC that looks, feels and acts like a tablet and allows handwriting and sketching with the Surface pen in a natural and intuitive way. With Surface Pro, customers can do virtually everything they have ever done on a PC, ranging from using their favourite desktop applications to enjoying the protection of world-class safety and security software.<br /> Additional details on Surface are available at http://www.Surface.co.uk, the Surface Blog and Surface on Facebook. Those interested can follow Surface on Twitter for additional updates.<br /> </div></div></div>

Microsoft Surface Pro coming to the UK on May 23rd starting at £719

Microsoft has a good excuse for the Surface Pro's late arrival in the UK: the company claims that demand in the US stripped its cupboard...

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WSJ: Microsoft's next generation of Surface tablets includes a 7-inch version

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" itemprop="text" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/arisesurface.jpg" /></div>Wonder what a Nexus 7 / Kindle Fire / iPad Mini fighter from Microsoft would look like? You may find out soon, as the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> has just posted a "breaking news" alert that it's heard Microsoft is developing a new lineup of Surface tablets (which it's confirmed before) including a 7-inch version, which it expects to take into mass production later this year. We've seen hints of smaller tablets already, with recent Windows 8 policy changes allowing devices featuring lower-res screens. It's filled out a few other details now, crediting the info to unnamed sources familiar with its product plans who claim Microsoft realized it needed something to compete with the smaller competition (shocker). The report ends with a footnote on the rumored Microsoft-branded phone, which is said to still be in testing but component suppliers are not sure if it will actually come to market. While we wait for further updates, consider this your opportunity to make suggestions on what should change in Redmond's second assault on slates.<br /> </div></div>

WSJ: Microsoft's next generation of Surface tablets includes a 7-inch version

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Microsoft releases Surface RT and Pro updates, aims to fix WiFi issues again

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" itemprop="text" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Microsoft releases Surface RT and Pro updates, aims to fix WiFi issues again" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/microsoft-surface-rt.jpg" /></div>Surface RT<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7080182682816192337"> devices have already scored two updates that aim to fix problems with 'limited' WiFi connectivity, and now Microsoft is pushing out a third patch that aims to put its wireless troubles to rest. Redmond's fresh code also beefs up support for a "wide range" of access points and stomps out system crashes caused by some WiFi issues. As for Surface Pro, its own April update smoothes out Surface Type and Touch cover connectivity kinks, adds support for Japanese keyboards on North American hardware, stomps a bug that disables the WiFi driver when airplane mode is toggled and addresses an issue with touch navigation in the UEFI boot menu. Microsoft's remedy should get sucked down to your slate automatically, but you can grab it by hand through Windows Update as well.</a><br /> </div></div>

Microsoft releases Surface RT and Pro updates, aims to fix WiFi issues again

Surface RT devices have already scored two updates that aim to fix problems with 'limited' WiFi connectivity, and now Microsoft ...

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Microsoft lets companies buy Surface tablets in bulk

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Microsoft lets companies buy Surface slates in bulk" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/surface-pro-review-340.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">As often as Microsoft pitches the Surface and Surface Pro as tablets for getting work done, corporate customers haven't had an easy way to order the devices by the bushel. We know that the process is now considerably smoother for eager large-scale adopters thanks to a <em>ZDNet</em> peek at a Commercial Order page. "Commercial customers" can spring for large quantities of either slate model, along with an Extended Hardware Service Plan that bumps support to three years for North American buyers. Microsoft isn't saying just who's eligible, although the order system is more likely to center on firms that are already comfortable buying all things Windows in volume. You'll know how far it reaches if there's a Surface at every cubicle on Monday morning.</div></div>

Microsoft lets companies buy Surface tablets in bulk

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Surface RT launches today in Japan, gets a cameo in Ghost In the Shell anime

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Surface RT launches today in Japan, teams up with Ghost In the Shell anime" data-src-height="410" data-src-width="617" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/arisesurface.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">It's taken its sweet time to leap over that Rising Sun, but Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has finally arrived in Japan. Priced at 57,800 yen ($600), it's launching today in collaboration with <em>Ghost In the Shell</em> series, <em>Arise</em>, where the Surface RT will apparently be making some cameo appearances, with a view to referencing its touch interface. If you're interested in seeing how Microsoft's lightweight tablet might look in the robotic future, we've added a concept sketch after the break.</div><div class="image-container" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Surface RT launches today in Japan, gets a cameo in Ghost In the Shell anime" data-src-height="350" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/arise.jpg" /></div></div>

Surface RT launches today in Japan, gets a cameo in Ghost In the Shell anime

  It's taken its sweet time to leap over that Rising Sun, but Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has finally arrived in Japan. Priced at ...

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Editorial: Microsoft is singing the right tune with some wrong notes

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="DNP Editorial Microsoft is singing the right tune with some wrong notes" data-src-height="412" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/microsoftsurfacewindowsrt53.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">In an episode of <em>Elementary</em>, a TV reinvention of Sherlock Holmes, there is an audacious product placement for the Microsoft Surface tablet. Holmes, a techno-adept detective working in New York, whips out a Surface to do some quick research. He snaps on the keyboard with the same hearty click made famous in Microsoft commercials. Then the kickstand! The patented three-step maneuver is so distinctly set apart within the scene, there might as well be a blinking "Advertisement" notice across the sequence. (Holmes follows up by searching on Bing, turning the product placement into an ecosystem placement.)</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> I don't know whether seeing a fictional genius using Surface helps sales, but if so, it's not helping enough. The Surface slate is on the skids in retail, as are Windows 8 computers. It is perhaps not surprising that Microsoft's retail users are slow to migrate from the familiar (PCs running Windows 7 and XP) to the unfamiliar (PCs running the radically different Metro interface, and a new product category in Surface). But swampy sell-through is definitely surprising financial analysts, some of whom are cutting Microsoft's revenue forecasts.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Microsoft is doing a lot right in placing its long bet on ecosystem coherence. But along the way it is making unnecessary mistakes.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> The Surface RT and the Windows 8 operating system were both released on October 26, so Microsoft is more than four months into its grand experiment. The panicky media coverage of Surface sales carries over to Windows 8 computers with even more alarmed punditry. Windows 8 machines are sitting in stores. Some observers are calling Windows 8 the new Vista -- a hard and mostly undeserved slap to the face. Vista was functionally poor; Windows 8 is battling an inertia problem due to its unfamiliar interface and lack of compelling problem-solving. Two of Lenovo's five best-selling laptops (updated hourly) are Windows 7 machines as I type this.</div><blockquote class="quote left" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> PC sales have been slowing across the board, quarter by quarter, as consumer dollars shift to slabs and phones.</blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Two reasons for slow Windows 8 PC sales come readily to mind. First, touch-enabled laptops running the new OS are more expensive than non-touch versions, giving consumers a reverse incentive to adopt a new screen experience which is clearly designed for touch. Second, PC sales have been slowing across the board, quarter by quarter, as consumer dollars shift to slabs and phones.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Meanwhile, Microsoft's many lines of business add up to a healthy company whose last quarterly report (fiscal Q2 2013, ending December 31) showed substantial year-over-year gains (26 percent top-line advance for the Windows division). At quarter's end, the company had sold more than 60 million Windows 8 licenses. That robust figure implies that consumers are reaching for OS upgrades on existing machines, a generally successful operation, rather than unnecessarily spending more for a hardware refresh.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> The Windows business as a whole enjoys powerful momentum. Windows is a multiple-versioned product, obviously. On the enterprise side, more than 60 percent of desktops are running Windows 7. Overall, Windows 7 owns 45 percent of the market, and XP steadfastly hangs on to 39 percent. <span>Windows 8 claims a slim 2.6 percent share as of February. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <span>The point of this pie-charting is that Microsoft's computer OS footprint is a mighty 92 percent across all Windows versions. That sprawling dominion can seem threatened by slow Windows 8 uptake, in the context of an accelerating post-PC world. But Steve Jobs was not really right about that -- at least, not yet. It is less a post-PC world than a co-PC world. The computer is far from dead, and infotaining tablets are far from being productive replacements. The high-powered Surface, in fact, is the most-aligned to productivity in the field. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Technology ecosystems are complex matrices of cross-wired businesses, and the major examples sharply differ from each other. Each of the chief players -- Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft -- imprints a unique eco-template on the marketplace. Each seeks to capture as much digital living within its branded walls as possible. These lifestyle silos include walking around, driving around, being passively entertained in the living room, being productive in the home office, working a job, creating media, searching / finding information, shopping, storing digital possessions, navigating the virtual realm, navigating the physical realm, talking on the phone, texting, socializing in other ways, gaming, etc. Each aspect of life is a business unit in one or more tech ecosystems valued at billions of dollars.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Windows 8 and Surface together represent a prodigious bet to round out an eco-branding ploy which hits all major product categories with a consistent look and feel. It is the insistence of that last point, the Metro interface everywhere, that is unnecessary and harmful.</div><blockquote class="quote right" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> The important question isn't whether consumers will adopt Windows 8; the question is whether Microsoft needs consumers to adopt a computer OS that looks like Windows Phone handsets and Surface tablets.</blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> The important question isn't whether consumers will adopt Windows 8; the question is whether Microsoft needs consumers to adopt a computer OS that looks like Windows Phone handsets and Surface tablets. Does a desktop OS need to provide interface continuity with the organism's mobile extensions? Apple, the ecosystem champ since it first brought iTunes to market, doesn't build that way. The functional Windows 8 operating system isn't the chief retail problem. The Metro interface, the blue-tiled placard of a new Microsoft, so different, so strangely touchy and so clearly emblematic of mobile functioning, is what is driving product confusion and refusal to engage.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Removing the Start button in Windows 8 is Microsoft's first misjudgment. The second is refusing to allow booting to the familiar desktop, which would be a friendly and inviting OS customization.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <span>In Windows 8, you can revert to the Windows desktop experience via a tile, and you can further customize the interface with third-party apps which revive the Start experience and return Windows 8 to a 7-like environment. These solutions, while handy, have to make early adopters wonder why they bought into Windows 8 in the first place, especially if they are not using a touch screen.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Microsoft has underestimated how tiny usage obstacles loom large in the consumer experience. The company clearly doesn't want users to avoid Metro. Why not? Why, in fact, shouldn't Microsoft and its retail partners emphasize the desktop interface alternative as a point of reassurance? Is there anything in business more valuable than 92 percent of the market fiercely committed to your core product? Microsoft is marketing like a bully, as if the consumer message were, "We know your technology future better than you do. So you must adopt our vision of it."</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Forcing loyal users through a usage quirk at every boot, just to arrive at the starting point that millions of people have loved for years, is wishful thinking at best, user hostility at worst -- and self-damaging in either event.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> It's early days still for Microsoft, and category trends are changeable, like swiftly flowing mountain streams carving new paths in the hillside. Mini tablets might complete a takeover of that category, creating headroom for laptop sales to revive. The Surface is just reaching international markets now. The rumored OS update, Windows Blue, could be a corrective that proves more accommodating of consumer hesitation.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Over the last 20 years, ever since Microsoft under Bill Gates missed the internet like a hitter striking out with the bat on his shoulder, Microsoft has proven its willingness to arrive late to the party, to persist and to drink its share of the punch.</div><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <em>Brad Hill is a former Vice President at AOL, and the former Director and General Manager of Weblogs, Inc. He uses Windows computers, iOS handhelds and fine-point pens.</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><em> </em><img alt="Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro" class="" data-ls-image-ref="fm_477110" data-ls-use-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zet/9zet.jpg" data-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zet/9zet-460.jpg" height="345" src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zet/9zet-460.jpg" style="opacity: 1;" width="460" /><img alt="Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro" class="" data-ls-image-ref="fm_477113" data-ls-use-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zew/9zew.jpg" data-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zew/9zew-460.jpg" height="345" src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zew/9zew-460.jpg" style="opacity: 1;" width="460" /><img alt="Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro" class="" data-ls-image-ref="fm_477115" data-ls-use-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zey/9zey.jpg" data-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zey/9zey-460.jpg" height="345" src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zey/9zey-460.jpg" style="opacity: 1;" width="460" /><img alt="Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro" class="" data-ls-image-ref="fm_477116" data-ls-use-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zez/9zez.jpg" data-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zez/9zez-460.jpg" height="345" src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zez/9zez-460.jpg" style="opacity: 1;" width="460" /><img alt="Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro" class="" data-ls-image-ref="fm_477117" data-ls-use-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zf0/9zf0.jpg" data-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zf0/9zf0-460.jpg" height="345" src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zf0/9zf0-460.jpg" style="opacity: 1;" width="460" /><img alt="Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro" class="" data-ls-image-ref="fm_477118" data-ls-use-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zf1/9zf1.jpg" data-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zf1/9zf1-460.jpg" height="345" src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zf1/9zf1-460.jpg" style="opacity: 1;" width="460" /><img alt="Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro" class="" data-ls-image-ref="fm_486621" data-ls-use-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/475/a6s8/a6s8.jpg" data-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/475/a6s8/a6s8-460.jpg" height="345" src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/475/a6s8/a6s8-460.jpg" style="opacity: 1;" width="460" /><img alt="Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro" data-ls-image-ref="fm_490599" data-ls-use-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/479/a9v1/a9v1.jpg" height="345" src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/479/a9v1/a9v1-460.jpg" width="460" /><img alt="Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro" class="" data-ls-image-ref="fm_477131" data-ls-use-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zfe/9zfe.jpg" data-src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zfe/9zfe-460.jpg" height="345" src="http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zfe/9zfe-460.jpg" style="opacity: 1;" width="460" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Editorial: Microsoft is singing the right tune with some wrong notes

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Surface RT coming to six more countries in late March, Pro in the 'coming months'

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Surface RT coming to six more countries in late march" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/12/surfrtuk1213.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Microsoft's Surface is continuing its global retail rollout, expanding its reach <em>well</em> beyond the western hemisphere. In late March the RT model of Redmond's in-house tablet effort will begin popping up in Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan, (though, not necessarily at the same time) adding to the pile of European nations where it's already launched. Meanwhile, the Surface Pro will finally be leaving the Americas and heading for Australia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the UK sometime in the coming months. Unfortunately Microsoft isn't getting any more specific about when its full-blown Windows 8 machine will appear in countries other than the US and Canada. All we can do now is await the promised follow up post on the Surface blog for more details about availability. If you're a fan of press materials (even those that don't provide a ton of information) you'll find some after the break.</div><div dir="ltr" id="pr_box_button" style="text-align: left;">Hide Press Release</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <strong>Microsoft Surface Family Continues Worldwide Expansion</strong><br /> Feb. 28, 2013<br /> Surface RT and Surface Pro headed to new countries starting late March.<br /> <br /> REDMOND, Wash. - Feb. 28, 2013 - Microsoft Corp. today announced that beginning late March the rollout of Surface will continue, bringing Surface RT with Windows RT to Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan and Surface Pro with Windows 8 Pro to Australia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the United Kingdom in the coming months.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> "We are eager to see people and businesses in more countries get a chance to experience this new category of devices," said Panos Panay, corporate vice president, Microsoft Surface. "Surface is the best of a tablet and a PC."</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Surface is an extension of the Windows experience, letting customers work, play and connect with the people who matter to them. Surface lets customers transition between entertainment and creation. It offers an ultralight durable casing and an integrated kickstand and cover that allow customers to be productive anywhere, as well as a full-sized USB port and microSDXC card slot for adding additional storage and a 16:9 widescreen high-definition display that makes it optimal for viewing and sharing content easily.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Surface RT is best described as a tablet with some laptop capabilities that weaves productivity and mobility into one beautiful product. It is great for those people looking for all-day battery life* and an entertainment-first experience with the ability to still get work done. Surface Pro is comparable to a full-blown Windows laptop that also boasts tablet capabilities. For the first time, customers can have a fully functional PC that looks, feels and acts like a tablet. With Surface Pro, customers can do virtually everything they have ever done on a PC, ranging from using their favorite desktop applications to enjoying the protection of world-class safety and security software.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Additional details on Surface are available at http://www.Surface.com, the Surface Blog and Surface on Facebook. Those interested can follow Surface on Twitter for additional updates.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.</div></div>

Surface RT coming to six more countries in late March, Pro in the 'coming months'

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Microsoft starts taking orders for 128GB Surface Pro

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="image-container" dir="ltr" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="212" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/postdsc08598.jpg" width="320" /></div><br /><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Microsoft has been having troubles keeping the 128GB model Surface Pro tablet on virtual and actual store shelves, but it looks like the drought, as promised, is ending. The tablet's now up for pre-order on the Microsoft Store website with an estimated March 1st ship date. Best Buy will also be receiving shipments of the slate soon and is also willing to take your money now to reserve one. Alas, our friends north of the border in Canada are still without a 128GB Surface purchase option, but at least the folks at the <em>Surface Blog</em> have promised to provide more info on the matter sometime soon. Don't believe us? Head on down to the source and see for yourself.</div></div>

Microsoft starts taking orders for 128GB Surface Pro

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Microsoft pushing Surface RT update to tackle WiFi and performance issues

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /> <div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Microsoft pushing Surface RT update to tackle WiFi, performance issues" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/surface-rt-340.jpg" /></div>If you've had any sustained glitches with your Surface RT, check for a software update -- Microsoft might just have sorted it out. A February refresh pushing out today should mend problems with WiFi reliability that have led to the tablet showing "Limited" access. It also eliminates sluggishness in the power and volume controls, as well as Windows as a whole. Is your Surface snappier after the update? Let fellow owners know in the comments.<br /> </div></div>

Microsoft pushing Surface RT update to tackle WiFi and performance issues

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Microsoft sells out of 128GB Surface Pro models online and in some stores

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /> <div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Microsoft Surface Pro review wrap-up" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/postdsc08591.jpg" /></div>If you were wondering how well the public would take to a Microsoft-made tablet costing $899 or more... quite well, at least from initial impressions. The 128GB Surface Pro has sold out at Microsoft's US online store, and checks suggest a lack of stock at both the company's retail stores as well as Best Buy and Staples. Canada is facing similar shortages at Best Buy and Future Shop. Not surprisingly, storage worries (since partly alleviated) have left the 64GB tablet as the only one in consistent supply, and we suspect that the 128GB model in Microsoft's Canadian store won't last for much longer. We'd be cautious before declaring the Surface Pro a runaway hit, however -- there's no word on how many units each store had, and Microsoft has refrained from reporting Surface sale numbers to date. Still, the early uptake is good news for Microsoft's first foray into designing an x86 PC, and it shows that many early adopters aren't hung up on the price.<br /> </div></div>

Microsoft sells out of 128GB Surface Pro models online and in some stores

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PSA: Microsoft Surface Pro now available in the US and Canada

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /> <div class="image-container" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="PSA Microsoft Surface Pro now available in the US and Canada" data-src-height="411" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/surfacepropsa.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <span>After missing initial shipping plans with some undisclosed delays, and despite seeing its welcome party in NYC abolished by a storm dubbed Nemo, Microsoft's finally started the process to make that long-awaited Surface Pro available to the masses. Starting with US and Canada residents, those seeking Redmond's in-house hardware and a full serving of Windows 8 can now snag a Surface Pro starting at $899 for the 64GB model, while the more spacious 128GB unit is slightly costlier at $999. And while these prices do include Microsoft's pressure-sensitive pen, they don't account for any other fancy accessories, which means potential buyers <em>will</em> have to shell out a little extra cash if a Touch or Type Cover are of interest -- more specifically, $120 and $130, respectively. We'll see how Ballmer and Co. cope with demand this time around, but as history would kindly note, it's probably best to be one of the first in line just to be extra, extra safe.</span></div><div class="open" dir="ltr" id="pr_box" style="text-align: left;"> <div id="pr_box_button">Hide Press Release</div><div id="pr_text"> <strong>Microsoft Surface Family Grows as Surface Pro, New Accessories Hit Shelves</strong><br /> The newest additions to the evolving Surface family arrive in stores tomorrow.<br /> NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. announced the Microsoft Surface family of PCs is growing with Surface Pro, the newest member of the growing Surface family, along with a number of new products and accessories available tomorrow. Surface Pro with Windows 8 Pro is perfect for customers and businesses looking for the power and performance of a PC in a tablet package, and, starting tomorrow, it will hit physical and virtual shelves in the United States and Canada at all Microsoft retail stores and microsoftstore.com and at Staples and Best Buy in the United States and Best Buy and Future Shop in Canada.<br /> (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO)<br /> New Products<br /> Also starting tomorrow, customers will be able to purchase several new Surface products and accessories, letting them further personalize their computing experiences and be more productive.<br /> Surface RT with Windows RT will be available in a new 64GB1 standalone version for an estimated retail price of US$599 to allow customers the option of selecting a cover of their choice.<br /> Customers will be able to purchase a Wedge Touch Mouse Surface Edition for an estimated retail price of US$69.95 in all markets where Surface is currently sold,2 with additional markets to follow in the coming weeks.3<br /> Three new Touch Cover Limited Editions in red, magenta and cyan will be available for an estimated retail price of US$129.99 in all markets where Surface is currently sold.2<br /> Market Expansion<br /> Microsoft also confirmed today that a substantial increase in market availability of Surface RT will take place on Feb. 14, bringing Surface RT to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.<br /> "We are thrilled to expand the Surface family with the release of Surface Pro," said Panos Panay, corporate vice president, Microsoft Surface. "The launch of Surface Pro marks a pivotal moment for customers who can now do more with their machines than ever before. Within the Surface family, customers will be able to choose a combination of devices that best suit their needs: Surface Pro, which provides the power and performance of a laptop in a tablet package, or Surface RT, which offers the convenience of a tablet with some laptop capabilities so you can get things done."<br /> On Oct. 26, Microsoft released Surface RT - a device representative of a tablet with some laptop capabilities that weaves productivity and mobility into one beautiful product. Surface RT is great for people looking for all-day battery life (up to 8 hours battery life) and an entertainment-first experience with the ability to still get some work done. The newest addition to the Surface family, Surface Pro, is more like a full-blown Windows 8 Pro laptop that also boasts tablet capabilities. Now, customers can have a fully functional PC that looks, feels and acts like a tablet. With Surface Pro, customers can do virtually everything they've ever done on a PC, ranging from using traditional desktop applications to enjoying the protection of world-class safety and security technologies.<br /> The Surface family of PCs represents an extension of the Windows experience, letting customers work, play and connect with others. From an ultralight durable casing, integrated kickstand and covers that allow customers to be productive anywhere to a full-sized USB port, 16:9 widescreen, high-definition display and 22-degree angle that make it optimal for viewing and sharing content easily, the Surface products let customers seamlessly transition between entertainment and creation.<br /> Additional details on Surface are available at http://www.Surface.com, the Surface Blog and Surface on Facebook. Those interested can follow Surface or Panos Panay on Twitter for additional updates.<br /> Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.<br /> 1 System software uses significant storage space; your storage capacity will be less. See surface.com/spec. 1 GB equals 1 billion bytes.<br /> 2 Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States<br /> 3 Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland<br /> </div></div></div>

PSA: Microsoft Surface Pro now available in the US and Canada

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