Outlook is a game changer for Windows RT tablets

Microsoft has announced that the 2013 Outlook RT RT will be coming to Windows, with Windows 8.1 update. Sale Windows RT RT underwhelming tablets like the Surface so far, but the Outlook will change that. When Windows 8.1 update comes in the store Windows later this year, will join the RT Word Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote as a free app on Windows RT systems. This is huge news in General, but this is especially intriguing to business users.

Surface RT (RT for Windows and tabs in General) is a decent tablet, but it's not a great device for business computing. It has clear advantages over its Surface Pro sister is thinner, lighter, cooler, quieter and has much better battery life, but he was unable to join a Windows domain.

Windows Update 8.1 it still will not be able to join a network domain, but he and BYOD 8.1 in Windows Management features make it a much friendlier to business. Add Outlook is a real game changer, though. The default mail client in Windows 8.1 is not suitable for Outlook and business users need consistency among the tools that they use on their main PC and applications available on the Tablet Windows RT.

It is expected that the smaller Windows tablets, starting later this year. Small size, coupled with features Windows 8.1 (and Outlook) will make Windows RT tablets are very powerful business tools. Earlier this year, Nvidia CEO Jen Hsun Huang told an audience of financial analysts, "If Outlook to show at RT, my life will be complete," Adding, "I'm one of the Outlook on computing nirvana. God, please ... " Assuming that "God" means Outlook Steve Ballmer, Huang's guilt apparently fell on deaf ears. Minions ...I mean Microsoft developers ... Juan heard in prayer.

NVidia CEO: why care? nVidia has a vested interest in the success of Windows RT, because this makes the ARM processors, which are used in some Windows RT tablets. The success of RT for Windows means more demand for processors nVidia. Outlook 2013 RT is a very welcome addition to the suite of Office applications for Windows RT devices, but it could be better. This may be the Outlook of MX. Microsoft has engineered 2013 Office be more touch than in previous versions, but it still hits the desktop mode, and it is harder to work with than on touchscreen application designed specifically for Windows MX 8 as OneNote.

Cover the keyboard touch and type are actually part of the surface of the Tablet experience, so Surface RT users still have a physical keyboard and touchpad to work with. but most other Windows tablets that are not RT for and used exclusively as touch screen tablets. There will be fewer Windows RT tablets with Outlook
great mobile business tools. OneNote MX, with a radial menu that offers a much better experience than 2013 OneNote at work with touch screen. It does not appear to be part of this upgrade, but Microsoft should be working on the development of special versions of Windows MX 8 of all Office applications.

The Bureau is a powerful carrot, Microsoft hopes will lure customers on Windows tablets — be it Windows or Windows 8 Pro RT models. Add Outlook is a significant advantage for Windows RT pills, but even if Windows RT doubles ... or even triple its market share, would still be a massive audience of iOS and Android tablet users are left in the cold. According to the document, reportedly leaked an internal plan, a couple of months ago Outlook RT shouldn't have been ready before the end of 2014. The plan also proposed that the Bureau for iOS and Android are also becoming available around the same time.

The roadmap could leak was just wrong. Assuming that this was legitimate, the accelerated availability of Outlook offers hope that RT sparks Bureau for iOS and Android will also be available sooner than expected. I asked Microsoft whether it is so. If Microsoft works on iOS or Android versions of Office applications, it is still being coy about it. The official response I got was, ' we have a great experience on Windows 8 tablets.  For the iPad and Android tablets can people use Office Web Apps.

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Smaller Windows 8 tablets will be huge

Microsoft has confirmed that smaller Windows 8 tablets will come to market in the near future. These will fill a gap in the Windows ecosystem and boost demand for Windows 8 by addressing key downsides to the early Surface tablets.

Windows tablet sales seemed to start off impressively, but the overall results so far are mediocre at best. Microsoft isn't sharing the numbers, but recent reports suggest that 1.5 million Surface tablets have sold, with 400,000 of them Surface Pro. The Surface Pro sold out almost instantly, but without actual sales data, it’s hard to know whether that’s impressive. Surface Pro was hot when it launched, but overall sales are disappointing.

Windows 8 tablet failings

If one thing has hampered the success of Windows 8 tablets, it's price. The Surface RT is an impressive piece of hardware and a worthy tablet competitor, but it costs the same $500 as the entry-level model of the extremely popular iPad—and nearly double the price of the Amazon Kindle Fire 8.9 HD. Starting at $900, the 10.6-inch Surface Pro is astronomical for a tablet. Even though it’s really a tablet-ultrabook hybrid of sorts, it is perceived as a tablet.

Another related handicap of Windows 8 tablets is size. Led by the original Amazon Kindle Fire and followed by the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Google Nexus and iPad Mini, the 7-inch tablet market has exploded. The fact that smaller tablets tend to cost about half as much as their larger counterparts has a lot to do with that.

Windows 8 backlash

Windows 8 has been blamed for a steep drop in PC sales, with the primary culprit being the missing Start button. However, recent PC sales data doesn’t include tablets—not even those like the Surface Pro, which is literally a PC running the full Windows 8 OS. IDC's latest research did not count anything with a fully detachable keyboard as a PC.

Contrast that with Microsoft's quarterly financial report this week, which shows Windows holding its own in spite of lagging Windows 8 demand. The upcoming Windows 8.1, codenamed “Windows Blue," will spark demand for Windows. A number of rumored, key updates and changes are based on leaked builds. For example, Windows Blue might boot straight to the more familiar Windows 7-esque desktop mode, and even return the Start button.

Smaller Windows 8 tablets

What will ignite sales of both Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 tablets? Smaller, more affordable Windows 8 tablets. A Windows 8 Pro tablet can replace a traditional desktop or laptop PC because it is, in fact, a full PC. Tablets running Windows RT, on the other hand, can arguably replace a traditional PC for many users, but they can’t run legacy Windows software. For those who aren’t looking to replace their PC, though, a smaller tablet makes much more sense.

The Surface Pro is only marginally smaller, thinner and lighter than most Windows notebooks or even ultrabooks. Businesses and consumers who have already invested in a Windows laptop gain little value from purchasing a Windows 8 tablet.

A 7-inch Windows 8 tablet in the $200 price range would change everything, driving adoption of Windows 8. It would fill a gap between smartphone and laptop, and provide the consistent Windows experience alongside tools like Microsoft Office. There's the rumored benefit that Windows Blue will automatically sync apps and settings between the desktop or laptop and the tablet. A stylus or digitizer would sweeten the deal.

"It's a (good) sign that the new Microsoft is aggressively and proactively going to play in every new hardware segment," says Onuora Amobi, chief editor of the WindowsBlue blog. "They'll stop to figure out if it's a good decision later. That's a good strategy."

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The real reasons to blame Windows 8 for plummeting PC sales

PC sales suffered a 14 percent drop in the first quarter, the largest drop for a single quarter in the 20 years that IDC has been tracking the data. Fingers immediately began pointing at Windows 8, but the new Microsoft OS isn’t to blame—at least not in the way you might think. Traditional PC sales are down. There's no arguing that. However, it’s misguided to assume it’s the result of a failure on the part of Windows 8. Rather, it's because the definition of "PC" is evolving.

In addition, Windows 8 runs well on older hardware and was offered at a bargain price. That means there has been less incentive to buy a new PC, even for users who wanted Windows 8. Many who did purchase new hardware for Windows 8 chose a Surface Pro, another tablet, or a tablet-PC hybrid. This skews the data because analysts aren't tracking PCs and tablets as a unified market.

Windows 8 is a dramatic shift from earlier versions of Windows. Its Modern interface was designed with touch-enabled gadgets in mind, and Windows 8 is an attempt to straddle the line between a traditional PC and a tablet. Microsoft melds the two, but in a Jekyll-Hyde, split-personality way that many users aren’t comfortable with. Plus, of course, there’s no Start button (gasp!). Yet, Windows 8's desktop mode is nearly identical to Windows 7, and you can easily simulate the Start button with a third-party add-on.

As popular opinion seems to hold, millions of people using older, slower PCs were itching to buy a new one, but decided not to because the radical new Windows 8 turned them off. That's doubtful. If it’s time for a new PC, you're going to get one, and that's separate from the decision to upgrade your OS. Windows 8 may be to blame for the perception that PC sales are declining, but not because people hate it. The problem lies in how PCs are sold and how the PC market is measured. In a nutshell, Windows 8 sales don't necessarily equate with PC sales.

If new processor, graphics or networking technologies are introduced, you'll need new hardware to take advantage of them. You can upgrade your existing hardware incrementally, or buy a whole new PC that incorporates the new technology. A new OS, however, doesn't always require new hardware. New PCs will come pre-loaded with the newest OS, but that's a fringe benefit. Most people don’t buy a whole new computer just to upgrade their OS.

It's even more true with Windows 8 than with previous versions of Windows for two reasons. First, Microsoft went to great lengths to ensure that Windows 8 runs efficiently on minimal resources. It out-performs Windows 7 and works better on weaker, legacy hardware. Unless you really want a touchscreen, there may be no compelling reason to get a new PC with Windows 8.

Second, Microsoft offered a great deal with Windows 8. New versions of Windows are usually high enough to dissuade people from buying the OS by itself, swaying people to buy a new PC instead. Why pay $150 or more for the operating system alone if you can buy a whole new PC with that pre-installed for only $100 more? Microsoft offered Windows 8 for only $40 in its first few months. At  that price, it was a much easier decision just to buy the OS—especially if new hardware wasn't required.

PC vendors have traditionally relied on a new Windows OS as a carrot to lure customers, but that's a poor incentive, and not one PC vendors should depend upon. The PC itself has to offer some compelling reason to attract customers beyond their desire for the latest OS. The popular narrative follows that we’re in a "post-PC" era, in which tablets are going to kill off the PC. Ominous sales figures seem to support the theory.

However, this scenario is misleading. Tablets are personal computers, in fact, just a different size and shape than a traditional desktop or laptop PC. The tablet market can’t really kill the PC market, because tablets are the PC market. Cue the tablet naysayers and PC purists. Despite stubborn assertions that tablets are no match for PCs, a tablet is perfectly capable of performing the functions most people use their PCs for. In many ways, the tablet is a better choice.

Then, there’s the “problem” of the Surface Pro and other Windows 8 Pro tablets. When IDC or other industry analysts consider PC sales versus tablet sales, is a Windows 8 Pro tablet a PC or a tablet? Technically it's both, but a spokesperson confirmed that in the eyes of IDC if  it can be detached from and used without a keyboard, it's a tablet and is not counted in the PC sales data.

If the Surface Pro and other Windows 8 Pro tablets suddenly skyrocketed in sales, Windows 8 could dramatically increase in OS market share even as PC sales continue to plummet in relation to tablets, or what's considered the overall personal computer market. The combination of the fact that Windows 8 was offered so cheaply and runs fine on older hardware, and the fact that many of those buying new Windows 8 PCs will opt for tablets like the Surface Pro both adversely affect PC sales as they're currently counted, but not necessarily because Windows 8 is unpopular or a bad tool.

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LocalPhone.com launches of new desktop applications for Windows and Mac

Calling provider premium international today launched new versions and updates its Internet application phone localphone.com.  There are two versions available for free download, one for Windows and one for Mac computers.    The apps are new, updated versions is packed with new features while being easy to use, reliable and stable.  Consumers can download free applications to make cheap international calls and send international text messages from 0.3 p / minute.  In addition, client Localphone can call for free between them via Internet phone.

New features in applications:

·      Users can make and receive calls.

·      Users can send international text messages.

·      Users will receive the missed call notifications.

·      Users can make calls and send SMS directly from the Dialer's keypad.

·      Balance of account in real time displayed.

·      Auto Sync your account with the Web site.

Users can download free Localphone (http://www.localphone.com/services/internet_phone) applications from the Web site.

Paul Cusack, CEO and founder of Localphone said: "we are very pleased to launch our new and improved Office Automation. ''  We have the most user friendly and enhanced stability as well as the addition of new features such as incoming calls.  We will continue to develop the applications and will launch the next updates as soon as possible. »

LocalPhone is a leading provider of international calls (http://www.localphone.com) and recently received Highly Commended for Best Consumer VoIP at the ITSPA Awards 2012.  Based in Sheffield, UK, in 2007 it grew rapidly to become one of the largest providers of cheap international calls and offers the call rates that are up to 88% less expensive than the competition.

If you would like more information on this topic, or to schedule an interview, please call the room press gives 114 3190538 or email us at press (at) Localphone (dot) com

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