{"id":4415,"date":"2011-09-15T15:40:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T20:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=4415"},"modified":"2011-09-15T15:40:44","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T20:40:44","slug":"tablet-thursday-digest-will-windows-8-be-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/tablet\/tablet-thursday-digest-will-windows-8-be-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Tablet Thursday Digest: Will Windows 8 Be Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tablet watching is turning into a really fun hobby, because there’s just so much going on. As vendors gear up for the holiday shopping season, we’re seeing this particular market segment heat up even more.<\/p>\n
Take the constantly-delayed Asus Slider, which will allegedly<\/a> be here by the end of the month. The unique form factor and decent price has me interested in seeing just how popular it gets.<\/p>\n Speaking of popular, for a dead device, the HP TouchPad keeps stirring up a lot of\u00a0 interest. Technology store TigerDirect has been announcing “bundle deals” on Facebook and Twitter, and the store sells out of their remaining stock while fanning the flames of interest. Judging by rumors of how many inquiries HP has gotten about the device (5 to 6 million!), it seems like they’ve managed to achieve in failure the mind-share they never could before. Meanwhile, industry giants Samsung<\/a> and Qualcomm<\/a> have rebuffed rumors that they would purchase the embattled OS from HP (the former gruffly, the latter ever-so-sweetly). HTC continues to be coy<\/a>, and there’s been no word from Lenovo or other companies. That said, I don’t know if I’m going to hold my breath just yet.<\/p>\n