Some companies, like some people, are bizarrely stupid – They refuse to heed the lessons of past errors. Microsoft’s first generation Surface tablets (both the Surface RT and Surface Pro) were a mega-disaster. So big a disaster that Microsoft incurred a loss of nearly a billion dollars in its last quarter to account for unsold […]
It’s no secret that Microsoft’s Surface tablets have few takers. To account for the huge inventory piling up in warehouses and on shelves of its stores, Microsoft took a charge of $900 million in its last quarter. Now Microsoft’s desperation to sell its Surface tablets has reached a new high that it’s plumbing new depths […]
Nothing sends a stronger signal to the public that a product is a flop than repeated price cuts. Microsoft Surface Pro Tablets – No Takers Surface Pro Price Cut Close on the heels of price cuts to its Surface RT tablets, Microsoft has now slashed the price of its high-end Surface Pro tablet by $100. […]
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times. Not only does Microsoft have no hope of selling its Surface RT or Surface Pro tablets in any meaningful number, the devices are also turning to be a huge drag on the company’s earnings. A short while ago, Microsoft announced that it was taking […]
A few weeks after Microsoft launched heavy student discounts for its Surface RT tablets, the company now plans to lop off $150 from the price of its overpriced tablets for the general public. The twin discounting moves suggest that consumers are turning a cold shoulder to these tablets. Surface RT – $150 Discount Follows Flop […]
Life’s hard for Microsoft in the tablet and mobile phone arena. Nobody, nobody gives a damn for Microsoft’s Surface tablets or its mobile phones. Consumers don’t love them. Developers are indifferent to them (Microsoft is reduced to bribing developers to build apps). The fault is entirely Microsoft’s since it came too late to the tablet […]