So I’ve been away for months, living in a hole writing essays. However, this afternoon I’ve broken away to share my first impressions on Windows 8, which I acquired last night via that upgrade offer I mentioned a few months back. Now, the first thing I’ll say is that the upgrade process was actually pleasant, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘metro’
Windows 8: First Impressions…
Posted by Oli on November 7th, 2012
Posted in All, Mobile Electronics, Reviews, Social, Windows Phone 
Tags: desktop, metro, microsoft, pc, review, stumbleupon, tablet, windows8 
New Outlook.com Email From Microsoft Has 1 Million Signups
Posted by Rob Gordon on August 2nd, 2012
Microsoft has launched its new web based email service Outlook.com publicly, and there was clearly a mad rush to secure names. The service is available for new users, and existing Hotmail and Live users can also migrate across and use the new interface. Microsoft tweeted that it has had 1 million signups to the new [...]
Posted in All, Mobile Electronics, Social Tags: metro, microsoft.outlook, skydrive, social, twitter, webmail Over 1 Million Windows 8 Consumer Preview Downloads In A Day
Posted by Rob Gordon on March 2nd, 2012
Microsoft has confirmed via its BuildWindows8 twitter account that the Consumer Preview of Windows8 was downloaded over a million times in the first 24hours. Windows 8 is the next release of Microsoft’s desktop operating system, and has undergone a heavy redesign to make it more tablet friendly in the guise of it’s touch friendly Metro [...]
Can Windows 8 Tablets Compete With The iPad?
Posted by Oli on March 1st, 2012
Windows and Apple have always known competition, but Windows are out of their comfort zone in the tablet world, (though, not for lack of trying) and now with Apple successfully establishing a strong market presence with the iPad, and a reinvention of the Apple image with the surge of new Apple stores opening across the [...]
Posted in All, iPhone / iPad, Windows Phone Tags: Apple, ipad, metro, microsoft, tablet, windows8 Sony Ericsson To Launch Windows Phone Handset?
Posted by Andrew on January 4th, 2012
Sony Ericsson (Netherlands) recently put up a tweet stating (translated) "We’re getting ready for some very interesting news next week…what do you think it could be?" along with a picture below. Now this could be anything, and as a major product launch this kind of sneak peek would be pretty weak, but as WPCentral have [...]
