Originally Posted by
Kgmm77
I agree. When you are the gorilla in the room (Apple), you can get away with not having functioning display models and detailed specs etc. as there's a user base who, to date, are already paying attention. MS don't have that luxury. It's smacks of something that was rushed out before it was really ready for a launch.
when apple announced the ipad, they said how long the battery would last, how much it would cost, when it would ship and also had hands-on demo units available for reporters at the intro event.
six months ago, eric schmidt said "
In the next six months we plan to market a tablet of the highest quality" and google i/o is next week. microsoft really wanted to say something this week.