Where are the Windows tablets?

Stefan Mileschin · 17th April 2014, 08:18

Buried in the Intel figures was some bad tablet news for Microsoft.

It appears that Windows is not getting any market share from Android and its tablets are going down in a screaming heap.

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said during the company's first-quarter earnings conference call that out of the 5 million tablet processors shipped "80 to 90 percent" were for Android and the rest Windows.

That means that Windows tablets are not selling at all well and must have a tiny market share.

Microsoft's problem is that Windows on a tablet does not have a lot to offer when compared with Android. Its customers want a PC on a tablet and to do that they need a keyboard.

This is one of the reasons that Microsoft has panicked and added lots of keyboard functionality to its tablets, but this pushes it out of Intel's definition of what makes a tablet and makes Volish gear more of a 2-in-1.

Intel said that the five million shipments and 40 million full year target does not include 2-in-1s. Those are reflected in PC Client Group results. If it detaches, that's a tablet; if it just folds over, that's a 2 in 1, Chipzilla said.

http://news.techeye.net/business/whe...indows-tablets

17th April 2014, 08:18	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,462	Where are the Windows tablets? Buried in the Intel figures was some bad tablet news for Microsoft. It appears that Windows is not getting any market share from Android and its tablets are going down in a screaming heap. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said during the company's first-quarter earnings conference call that out of the 5 million tablet processors shipped "80 to 90 percent" were for Android and the rest Windows. That means that Windows tablets are not selling at all well and must have a tiny market share. Microsoft's problem is that Windows on a tablet does not have a lot to offer when compared with Android. Its customers want a PC on a tablet and to do that they need a keyboard. This is one of the reasons that Microsoft has panicked and added lots of keyboard functionality to its tablets, but this pushes it out of Intel's definition of what makes a tablet and makes Volish gear more of a 2-in-1. Intel said that the five million shipments and 40 million full year target does not include 2-in-1s. Those are reflected in PC Client Group results. If it detaches, that's a tablet; if it just folds over, that's a 2 in 1, Chipzilla said. http://news.techeye.net/business/whe...indows-tablets

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