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Dell Focused on Windows 8 for Their Tablet

Saad Riaz Qazi

NUST

Dell has put their hopes in the windows 8 for the success of their new tablet against the iPad. The CEO Michael Dell argues that contrary to the predictions the Android slate market has not yet developed. Speaking at the Dell convention this week he described the company as “very aligned with Microsoft around Windows 8” and teased the public by announcing that they will hear more about the windows * from them in the future.

As for the android Dell held off from dismissing Google as a failure, however he did talk about the growth concerns of the Android. He said “Android is certainly another opportunity as well, but that market has not developed to the expectations they would have had.”

Dell switching to the windows 8 can be partly explained by the fact that the windows 8 would provide a better experience for the users as it will fit in itself the software already present, better than Android. With the CEO pointing out that 3 trillion dollar industry that they are in holds a consumer business worth 250 billion dollars. So he said that the company’s prime attention is on providing the customers with complete solutions and focusing on their needs rather than the company’s own interests. That being said the Business Chief Steve Felice told us that the Android devices that they have launched were produced in small volumes and the main purpose of their launch was to see the customers’ behavior and reaction.

However the above in no manner promise success to the Windows Phone. Rumors are that Dell cancelled their plans for a WP 7 handset and said that they have no plans for their new devices running on the Microsoft’s OS, at least for the time being.