In an effort to counter Apple's iPad-fueled momentum in the personal computing market, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his company plans to introduce a full range of Windows 7-based slate PCs "over the course of the next several months."
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Ballmer, who spoke Monday at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C., said the software maker is working with a number of manufacturers to bring tablets to market. "They will come from the people you would expect. From Asus, from Dell, from Samsung, from Toshiba, from Sony," Ballmer said.
Ballmer noticeably failed to mention Hewlett-Packard in the list of vendors developing a Windows-powered slate product. HP was seen as a key Microsoft partner in the emerging category of tablet-style computers until it bought out Palm for $1.2 billion earlier this year. Many observers believe HP now plans to introduce a slate based on Palm's WebOS.
One of Ballmer's presentation slides, however, included HP in the list of vendors developing Microsoft-based slates. Other vendors listed on the graphic included Lenovo, Fujitsu, Onkyo, MotionComputing, Pegatron, Hanvon, and MSI.Click Here to Continue Reading...
Source: Paul McDougall, InformationWeek
