Big Fish teaming up with game-friendly Wikipad tablet

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This past summer, Big Fish Games co-founder Paul Thelen addressed the crowd at Casual Connect and talked about how his company’s leap into cloud-based gaming was the “future of games.” Today comes another move that could help Seattle-based Big Fish stay ahead of the pack. The company, ranked No. 1 on our GeekWire 200 Startup Leaderboard, will partner… Read More…

Dell exec to Steve Ballmer: Please rename Windows RT

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At least one person wasn’t happy with the way Microsoft was naming its new ARM tablet operating system. Dell vice-chairman Jeffrey Clarke spoke at a conference last week and told a story of how he urged Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer earlier this year to rename Windows RT because it couldn’t run traditional Windows applications. Clarke… Read More…

Microsoft Surface could be in retail stores “within days”

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We knew that the Surface tablet was eventually going to be available in places other than the Microsoft Store, but now it looks like that may happen sooner than anticipated. Paul Thurrott over at windowsitpro.com says that “within days,” the Surface with Windows RT will be sold elsewhere before the holiday season is over. I… Read More…

Tablet prediction: Microsoft to steal some thunder from Android and iPad by 2016

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The latest tablet predictions from the IDC research firm is out and here’s the lowdown: Android is gaining traction while Apple is not, Windows will steal future market share and tablets are more popular than ever. IDC credits strong competition and more consumer buying options for a 2012 forecast of the worldwide tablet market to… Read More…

Verizon shackles Surface: Microsoft’s new tablet deserves better than this

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During a trip to a Verizon Wireless store in Northern California earlier this week, I noticed a Windows 8 tablet sitting on a display table next to the Windows Phones. It was confined in a red security frame that made it difficult to handle in a natural way, and initially made it tough to tell… Read More…

Ahead of schedule: 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD ships today, already backordered until December 3rd

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Well, that was fast. The 8.9-inch version of the Kindle Fire HD is already shipping today and is backordered to Dec. 3rd. The arrival is a little ahead of schedule. Amazon originally planned a Nov. 20 debut, but began shipping the $299 WiFi version of the tablet today. The tablet will be available tomorrow in Best Buy and… Read More…

Dude, where’s my Surface space? User sues Microsoft over tablet storage

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One Los Angeles man is a little frustrated with the storage space on the Microsoft Surface. So much so, in fact, that he’s suing the company for false advertising and unfair business practices. Yes, he’s a lawyer. Andrew Sokolowski loaded music and documents onto his newly-purchased Surface, he realized that he had run out of space…. Read More…

Microsoft Surface destroys iPad in hilarious fake ad

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You’ve probably come across Apple’s clever new iPad mini advertisement featuring the two-hand duet from “Heart and Soul.” I thought it was clever and creative — typical of Apple ads. But a spoof of the ad featuring Microsoft’s Surface posted yesterday on YouTube had me cracking up. Produced by Seattle-based Cinesaurus, the video starts just… Read More…

Tablet Cheat Sheet 2.0: Now an editable spreadsheet

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After posting our initial Tablet “Cheat Sheet” yesterday, to help keep track the array of tablets hitting the market, we received lots of feedback from readers suggesting improvements and additions. GeekWire contributor Christopher Budd was participating in the comment thread and jumped in to help by putting the key info into a web-based spreadsheet. I’ve… Read More…

iPad fans react to a Windows 8 tablet — will they switch?

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Will iPad lovers give Windows 8 tablets a chance? That’s the question we asked for this week’s installment of Geek on the Street. GeekWire stood outside of the Apple Store in Seattle’s University Village, and showed people who came out of the store a tablet running Microsoft’s new operating system. The hardware we used was the very basic… Read More…