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Welcome back to on the hunt at foxnews.com.
-- on Jonathan Hunt as you well know if you're a regular viewer up.
I love all apple products -- a huge fan of the iPad.
Fox -- gives me a Blackberry please change it please changing give me an iPhone.
-- but now there is a new tablet in the tablet -- the Microsoft.
Surface.
Let's find out if it's going to be any good from to my right -- Miami to -- Knoxville -- editor in chief of laptop magazine and it is right.
Told Hayes Hilton's senior editor at techno buffalo dot com a great to have you here gentlemen thanks to being hit it not to you First Act.
Is this surface tablet any good.
It looks like it is because a lot of people well first of all Microsoft has never made it PC in -- forty years of existence it would it surprise a lot of people because you'll -- it it's.
Has a really sexy industrial design and sexy and Microsoft is usually not do things that go together.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- But they have had some success with the Xbox and I would say that this.
Has the potential of being more and that lead because they're not going directly after the iPad there been turning more mobile professionals you can see that right -- that they're highlighting the keyboard.
Yeah and that's -- that's a good point isn't it telling that this the difference here.
Is to make it a sort of I guess a hybrid between -- a -- tall and they and a tablet but putting that keyboard on it.
It's good thing but also a bad thing because Microsoft -- then gonna probably.
Confuse consumers is this a laptop visited tablet and they go to the store they buy a windows a laptop -- buy when there's a tablet with a keyboard.
How -- they know the difference in -- question I don't know if either of you guys eventually.
Handled it because they will very tight on New York was and -- how long and he but he was a -- to have it fall when they launched it but that.
The -- -- wondered about that keyboard it's it's it's a -- as well so it's very very thin and it is it's stable enough to literally put on your lap and just be typing like that.
It strikes me that they might not have the -- you.
Right that they were pretty hands off with that and when we didn't go hands on we didn't allow -- to allow us to put it in the -- might might get I get the sense that it's really more designed for a desk and I think right.
That actually.
Provides an opening for a lot of Microsoft's partners because we've seen a lot of hybrids behind the scenes that have more of a security clam shell design and -- bonobo has some in coming out called the idea patio that.
And it looks like an ultra book the clam shell -- flip solely around so.
I think as far as the laptop replacement there's going to be better solutions -- in terms of a high -- Tablet laptop from the surface has potential in that regard.
You think apple will respond in any way you win that their own keyboard designer -- get a little does do that these needs.
Right yeah yeah that's there and accessory makers keep.
Wards where they're tablets and I think think this is more Microsoft responding and saying hey we're still here we can make it tablets do.
It's not apple looking at them saying we need to respond to news and all our predictions has he gonna do.
I think it's gonna do well within its -- and I think it's going to be a premium product that's gonna really spurred you can.
They're they're partners to do better work but I don't think -- necessarily gonna challenge the iPad at the outset talked.
I'm worried.
About how Microsoft -- price -- and I know a lot of you write cycles gonna pricing do we know anything I think if you can get it 200 dollars -- it be possible.
Steve but if it's gonna be 600 dollars for the lower end windows RT tablet.
I don't see -- succeed and that's what we think it is going to be 600 dollars -- lower end I think it'll be a -- I and I hope it'll be closer to 500 dollars to 5600 dollar range and I think a lot of people are forgetting that there's gonna be two versions which we as a little bit and to the confusion because this windows RT tablet we'll let you run all the metro style apps which is the -- -- what you get on the iPad a full screen applications can.
-- the pro version -- will be priced even higher we'll let you access the traditional desktop apps.
But the other thing that we didn't learn from this announcement is -- the battery life's going to be -- a critical considerations here.
Tablet shoppers where they want that ten hours right battery.
-- -- -- How are they doing in this sort of apps war -- but if I I'd like to say I use apple products all the time on -- missile as I've got no idea if I get if I think if I get anything made by Microsoft or anybody else.
Well the apps alike as they as good as apple -- -- as many available.
Depends on what platform if you're talking it out on desktop and yet they have.
An investment in Windows Phone know they don't have as many apps at all and I'm talking when his phony they just announced yesterday right and they surpassed -- 100000 applications.
-- some are good some aren't great and that's no -- near the hundreds of thousands of applications that -- who hasn't who will play an apple doesn't like to.
Is that these -- so the key moving forward is that what they announced yesterday with windows donate is that the core.
Of this new mobile operating system and everyone knows that the Windows Phone hasn't taken -- so far right is that when this Tony's going to be based on the windows core which.
They're saying the developer story is you'll be able to write applications for windows eight and Windows Phone eight at the same time and that'll be critical for people to also -- their apps.
From IOS and other platforms they really need to get the developers on board.
Right what else you excited that -- model where else is coming down the line that we should only looking at.
I'm really site about the galaxy S three because today's the big launch on T-Mobile and AT&T if you pre ordered it -- beautiful -- These are that -- a beautiful looking -- and Lloyd's right.
I -- elegantly with want to thank you.
Four point eight inch screen.
It's an HD super amoled display so it's really bright.
That is pretty colorful.
Really contours got beautiful Cameron actually has some neat features such as -- share on the camera which allows you to -- go to a baseball game and human -- at the gaming you're taking pictures and I'm taking pictures.
Collect them on the gallery together so we've both -- them -- -- right don't know it's also has NFC built and not just for mobile payments down the line but for tapping and programming little stickers that called tech tiles that can automatically launch any application decision this -- available when.
But today on T-Mobile that you -- a little -- already yeah and so are our full review.
Is up and I think that as far as a lot of the there's a lot of teachers and here that are very.
So there's a lot of cool gestures 11.
Woman I like -- let's say you're in the middle of text message messaging someone you wanna switch to a call.
Just hold it up here head and goes right into the called it's called direct call right and a lot of the things that Todd mentioned I think.
Really push the -- it's definitely the smartest android phone yet and it.
There's some other deficiencies like the screen as good as it is it's not that -- in direct sunlight okay and the HTC one X from AT&T is about twice as bright.
But on the other hand.
For something that has such a big screen -- disappoints -- four point eight inches it is one hand friendly become right power buttons right here.
And the cameras really gets I think overall it's going to be a hit for that for Samsung.
All right and a law to allow in coming down the line and guesses lot of changes -- always in the tech world and if you wanna know about them.
Go check out laptop magazine -- -- -- the editor in chief all the laptop magazine that is the website on our screen now I'm told hazel and senior editor at techno buffalo dot com check out techno buffalo that that is on -- -- Gentlemen great to have you but -- -- thank you very much thank you it's for Ali.
