Microsoft’s new Surface RT tablet won’t officially go on sale until Friday, and the early reviews have praised the design and even the interface, but some critics have taken aim at a slow operating system and, notably, the shortage of applications.
Is it even fair to cry foul over a brand new device with a brand new operating system arriving light on apps? Possibly, since the market, dominated by Apple’s iPads and devices running Google’s Android, is filled with seemingly infinite permutations of “an app for that.”
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It's a Hard-Knock Life, so Far, for Microsoft Surface
Posted by: Peter Suciu October 24, 2012 02:12 PMMicrosoft’s new Surface RT tablet won’t officially go on sale until Friday, and the early reviews have praised the design and even the interface, but some critics have taken aim at a slow operating system and, notably, the shortage of applications.
Is it even fair to cry foul over a brand new device with a brand new operating system arriving light on apps? Possibly, since the market, dominated by Apple’s iPads and devices running Google’s Android, is filled with seemingly infinite permutations of “an app for that.”