One wouldn't expect it from what the media has been saying over the past couple of months, but it looks like consumers really want media slates loaded with a good Windows version.Whether it's because Windows is just such a long-lived software platform or because of some other reason, the operating system ended up in a clear lead during a certain, tablet-related survey.
Apparently, a lot of people would just love to get their hands on a tablet that runs Windows.
Obviously, this is not the first conclusion people would jump to if asked about the subject based purely on the media's words.
After all, the Apple iPad has been selling by the thousands and Android-loaded slates are the only competition it has.
In the end, though, this only means that Microsoft just doesn't have a Windows version suited enough for tablet devices, not that users don't want Windows on their mobile devices.
“When we survey consumers, it becomes very clear that Windows is still a very popular brand,”
said Sarah Rotman Epps, Forrester.
Of course, saying that Windows-loaded tablets don't exist would be a very big blunder, but the fact is that those aren't actually media slates.
The few such things that companies tried to market did not take off because they lacked the content of Android Market and the Apple app store.
Windows 7 also wasn't designed as an OS focused on touch input, so the functionality just wasn't the same.
Soon, however, Windows 8 will appear, an OS that it will support ARM and will undoubtedly approach touch input better.
At that point, there will likely be a change in user perspective and the market shares of the Apple iPad and Android tablets will go through some serious changes, none of them fortuitous.
Then again, Apple and Google are also making better OS versions, so just what will come of all this remains to be seen.
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