Sunday, August 11, 2013

ASUS waves goodbye to the Windows RT platform due to poor sales

Poor sales performance of the Windows RT platform, which Microsoft hoped would making a dent in the tablet market, has made ASUS announce it?s ceasing making slates running it.

The company is currently only offering the VivoTab RT tablet, powered by the Tegra 3 SoC.

From now on though, ASUS will be focusing exclusively on its Intel-powered devices running the full version of Windows 8. According to the company?s chairman Jerry Shen, the Windows 8 has a more promising future due to its support of regular desktop apps, as well as backward compatibility with older apps.

?It?s not only our opinion; the industry sentiment is also that Windows RT has not been successful, Shen told the Wall Street Journal Friday at a Taipei earnings conference.

A month ago, Microsoft admitted the poor Surface RT sales cost it $900 million.

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Source: http://blog.gsmarena.com/asus-waves-goodbye-to-the-windows-rt-tablet-platform-due-to-poor-performance/

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