Microsoft screwed up with the Surface tablet...

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superchunk said:

Yeah, RT sounds like a mistake all together. It should simply be the windows phone on an inexpensive tablet. See what Google did with the Nexus 7 or the specialized features of the Samsung Note 10?... that is how you break into the tablet market. Other Android OEMs already proved you're not going to do it with a high-end tablet directly competing at the price point of iPad, even with better features they didn't do well.

WinRT should have been a 7ish inch device with winphone and price similar to Nexus7. Then $50 or so more for the awesome keyboard attachment.

Pro can be the $600 device as it can truly replace a laptop. That one should be full Windows and simply priced to create market. However, it will be nice but priced too high. I'm betting close to $900 which is at least $200 too much.

The problem is that only way Google can sell you a tablet over an ipad is if its under 200 bucks. Microsoft has no business selling tablets anyways. They sell software, and a race to the bottom doesnt work for them as well as it does for google.

I do agree that Win RT really shouldnt exist. A 7 inch Windows phone 8 device could be a fun side project or a stop gap until Windows 9 goes all touch and scales down to smaller devices.