Microsoft Sculpt Mobile Mouse optimized for Windows 8 now available in India

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:42:42 +0000

Fumbling to access start screen in Windows 8? Microsoft who thought it would be cool to do away with the start button realized late the users don’t share their cool quotient. After receiving a lot of flak, the designers at Microsoft has done a quick fix by introducing Microsoft Sculpt mobile mouse with a button for quick access to start screen in Windows 8. Never mind the re-introduction of start button in the next update of Windows 8, with the Sculpt mobile mouse you get the start at your finger tip. The quick access button sits pretty as a windows logo on top of the mouse and even in Windows 7 hitting the button opens up the start menu. The microsoft rodent also does away with the tail and the wireless USB mouse keeps the table clutter free and also is compact in design. It also features 4D scrolling wheel to scroll left, right, front and back. The company also claims their BlueTrack Technology used in the mouse also delivers higher accuracy and works almost effortlessly on any surface and more accurate and sensitive than laser and optical mouse. So if you plan to get the start at your finger tip and also bask in the blue halo of the mouse, Sculpt Mobile mouse is available in India at a retail price of Rs 1,800. ]]>

Windows 8/RT Device Stats for the month of December,2012, Surfact Tablet still popular

Lakshmi Rajan — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:47:25 +0000

ugly confusing but Microsoft has sold more than 40 million licenses so far and eventually, people might get used to the completely overhauled and reimagined Windows OS. Personally, I like the new Windows 8 OS and their devices. So how is the windows 8 / RT based devices faring in the market? AdDuplex, a cross-promotion ad network for windows platform apps, has released a data on windows 8/RT devices and accordingly Microsoft’s Surface tablet is the single most popular Windows 8 RT device, though the other OEMs are catching up fast with the software giant. Windows Surface holds a 6% market share, closely followed by HP with it’s array of three inexpensive devices. With Microsoft yet to roll out Surface Tablet across multi-retail outlets though they are slowly moving in that direction and its non-availability in many Windows centric countries, the other OEMs might soon reduce the gap with the Redmond giant’s first tablet. The Surface’s direct competitor ASUS VivoTab RT has managed only 1% share so far. It would be interesting to see how the chart changes in the coming months.

When it comes to the manufacturers, HP with its slew of affordable devices leads the chart with 22%, followed by Dell at 10%. Both the traditional Windows based OEM’s might pull out all their stops to maintain their lead in a world now challenged and overtaken by Android and Apple eco-systems.

Data and image source: AdDuplex]]>

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Microsoft Sculpt Mobile Mouse optimized for Windows 8 now available in India

Windows 8/RT Device Stats for the month of December,2012, Surfact Tablet still popular