At $400 to $500, Surface RT tablets won't overtake iPad

	Richi Jennings: Analysis: Microsoft Surface tablet price range, RT and Pro | Jonny Evans: Your iPhone 5 is already your 'iWallet' while Samsung warns NFC isn't working yet
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	Preston Gralla: At $400 to $500, Surface RT tablets won't overtake the iPad Microsoft is betting the farm that its Windows RT tablets will help eat into the iPad's dominant market share. But an analyst estimates that Microsoft's Surface RT tablets will likely cost essentially the same as the iPad and upcoming iPad mini, at $399 to $499. At that price, it's not likely they'll make many inroads. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware Trusting Virtualization for Mission Critical Applications Because stability and availability are critical, Raymond James invested in careful planning and testing, leveraging VMware Professional Services and Technical Account Manager, and then implementing a VMware vSphere™ infrastructure as the foundation for a major Exchange upgrade. View Now! In this Issue Richi Jennings: Analysis: Microsoft Surface tablet price range, RT and Pro Jonny Evans: Your iPhone 5 is already your 'iWallet' while Samsung warns NFC isn't working yet Shark Tank: They just don't make 'em like they used to WEBCAST: Riverbed VDI Performance: Conquer the Challenges, Reap the Benefits Join Tommy Walker, Lead Global Architect at VMware, and Eric Carter, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Riverbed Technology, as they discuss how to reap the advantages of VDI with LAN performance. Learn more. Richi Jennings: Analysis: Microsoft Surface tablet price range, RT and Pro Here's the price range for the Microsoft Surface tablet (RT and Pro); at least, as cooked up by an analyst making some reasonable-sounding assumptions. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is staying schtumm, natch. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder whether, at $400-$500, Surface RT can compete with Apple's iPad. Read More WHITE PAPER: Amazon.com File Storage Costs Less in the Cloud Than In-House The Forrester Research report will break down the capital, operational, and staffing cost differences between internal and cloud storage by modeling a common workload - file storage - built and deployed traditionally versus consumed through the public cloud. Learn More! Jonny Evans: Your iPhone 5 is already your 'iWallet' while Samsung warns NFC isn't working yet Apple's decision not to put NFC inside the iPhone 5 is irrelevant -- not only are NFC services fragmented, but the device has already become your "iWallet" thanks to third-party vendors, NFC proponents and integration with solutions such as Passbook. Meanwhile Samsung says consumers aren't using the tech when they have it in their phones... Read More Shark Tank: They just don't make 'em like they used to Flashback to Sri Lanka in 1980, when this pilot fish is selling desktop computers to the locals and discovering just how little they know about what a computer can take. Read More
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