Dear Microsoft (MSFT): Just Stop
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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) shares are trading lower today, ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. Bloomberg notes that they're probably going to introduce a new tablet device that runs on ARM Holdings (Nasdaq: ARMH) chips, and that it will be a competitor to Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPad. And they're also suggesting that Microsoft should just stop.
One analyst from Capital Advisors Inc. out of Oklahoma said that "By the time Microsoft gets it figured out everybody will already own an iPad." Yet another, from Gartner Inc., crowed that "Apple did this year what no one had done in the previous 10 -- crack that space between the PC and the phone. Microsoft has been working very hard at putting a square peg in a round hole."
The tablet will surely run on Microsft's Windows platform, and should be able to run music, videos, the internet, and multitasking. However, some note that ARM's technology runs more slowly than chips manufactured by Intel (Nasdaq: INTC). Another analyst commented that using tablets loaded with Windows can be "difficult" sometimes.
ARM chips are manufactured by Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), and Samsun Electronics.
Microsoft will still have some catching up to do. According to Goldman Sachs, Apple has sold 7.46 million iPads through September, and may sling 37.2 million in 2011, staggering numbers, to be sure. The numbers mean that tablet PCs will amount to about 9.2% of total PC unit sales in 2011.
One other competitor that Microsoft is keeping an eye on is Google (Nasdaq: GOOG). The Internet search giant has expanded its reach with its wildly popular Android operating system. Sales have been swift of Android devices in 2010, surprising even Apple. Currently, Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) and Samsung are working on tablet devices that utilize Google's Android platform.
Microsoft has the capability to do things well. Though their KIN mobile device flopped earlier in the year, their Microsoft Windows Phone 7 seems to be taking hold (though specific numbers haven't been released yet).
The debut should add even more excitement to a week that has many anxious with anticipation. If Microsoft has a good showing, they may very well make a case in front of 100,000 pf the largest electronics fans and media in the world.
No pressure.
One analyst from Capital Advisors Inc. out of Oklahoma said that "By the time Microsoft gets it figured out everybody will already own an iPad." Yet another, from Gartner Inc., crowed that "Apple did this year what no one had done in the previous 10 -- crack that space between the PC and the phone. Microsoft has been working very hard at putting a square peg in a round hole."
The tablet will surely run on Microsft's Windows platform, and should be able to run music, videos, the internet, and multitasking. However, some note that ARM's technology runs more slowly than chips manufactured by Intel (Nasdaq: INTC). Another analyst commented that using tablets loaded with Windows can be "difficult" sometimes.
ARM chips are manufactured by Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), and Samsun Electronics.
Microsoft will still have some catching up to do. According to Goldman Sachs, Apple has sold 7.46 million iPads through September, and may sling 37.2 million in 2011, staggering numbers, to be sure. The numbers mean that tablet PCs will amount to about 9.2% of total PC unit sales in 2011.
One other competitor that Microsoft is keeping an eye on is Google (Nasdaq: GOOG). The Internet search giant has expanded its reach with its wildly popular Android operating system. Sales have been swift of Android devices in 2010, surprising even Apple. Currently, Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) and Samsung are working on tablet devices that utilize Google's Android platform.
Microsoft has the capability to do things well. Though their KIN mobile device flopped earlier in the year, their Microsoft Windows Phone 7 seems to be taking hold (though specific numbers haven't been released yet).
The debut should add even more excitement to a week that has many anxious with anticipation. If Microsoft has a good showing, they may very well make a case in front of 100,000 pf the largest electronics fans and media in the world.
No pressure.
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