Microsoft make an affordable table top surface computer

After 1.5 years of Microsoft Surface launch, Microsoft is still looking forward to make an affordable table top surface computer. Recently, Microsoft delivered a marketing research survey focused around a multi-touch computing device code named – Oahu. This survey intends to get inferences about Oahu which possibly is affordable surface computer for consumers.

The survey starts off with long foreword about Oahu which gives details about the device — an innovative multi-touch screen which can interact by touching the screen, instead of using a mouse, and more than one person can interact with Oahu at the same time. The device also works with other gadgets like digital cameras, cell phones, and MP3 players.
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Samsung plans packed US laptop computer arena next year

South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung is reportedly planning to break into the packed US laptop computer arena next year.

Samsung executives cited in the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets Tuesday said the company will return to the US laptop market with low-priced “netbooks” as well as thin, powerful models aimed at Apple’s elite MacBook Air.

Netbooks referred to no-frills laptop computers that rely on the Internet for most of their programs.

Samsung said it will sell its laptops in a partnership with a yet-to-be-disclosed US retail chain.

Samsung already sells its laptops in other countries, but wants to make inroads into the US market representing 27 percent of the world’s laptop computer sales. Read more