{"id":145482,"date":"2010-01-06T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T18:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"tag:business.theatlantic.com,2010:\/\/3.33049"},"modified":"2010-01-06T13:22:23","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T18:22:23","slug":"tonights-special-the-microsoft-tablet-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/145482","title":{"rendered":"Tonight&#8217;s Special: The Microsoft Tablet Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe the Apple Tablet will be spectacular machine. Maybe it will be a spectacular mess. Either way, the e-reader arms race between Apple, Amazon, Sony, Barnes &amp; Noble and Microsoft is spectacular for consumers. Today Amazon announced that it is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2357726,00.asp\">adding global radio to its Kindle DX,<\/a> and Microsoft is debuting its own tablet computer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/186028\/microsoft_tablet_to_beat_apple_to_the_punch.html\/\">tonight<\/a>. Tablets and e-readers and booklets, oh my! Me, I&#8217;m still waiting for the prices to go down.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written about the e-reader\/tablet phenomenon a lot recently, so<br \/>\nrather than bore you with rehashing, I&#8217;ll let you peruse the old posts<br \/>\nat your leisure:<\/p>\n<p>How can I compare all these new e-readers? <a href=\"http:\/\/business.theatlantic.com\/2009\/08\/the_ereaders_wars_amazon_vs_sony_vs_apple.php\">With this handy graph<\/a>.<br \/>\nWhat do I think about Apple Tablet mania? <a href=\"http:\/\/business.theatlantic.com\/2009\/08\/the_ereaders_wars_amazon_vs_sony_vs_apple.php\">I think it&#8217;s deserved.<\/a><br \/>\nWhat do I think about the Microsoft Tablet? <a href=\"http:\/\/business.theatlantic.com\/2009\/09\/microsofts_secret_tablet_looks_like_a_game_changer.php\">I think it&#8217;s awesome.<\/a><br \/>\nIs the E-reader revolution leading us? <a href=\"http:\/\/business.theatlantic.com\/2009\/10\/where_is_the_e-reader_revolution_leading_us.php\">Closer to a 21st century Swiss Army Knife.<\/a><br \/>\nIs the Barnes &amp; Noble Nook better than the Amazon Kindle? <a href=\"http:\/\/business.theatlantic.com\/2009\/10\/barnes_noble_nook_looks_like_a_kindle-killer.php\">Maybe.<\/a><br \/><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:9c460ad70060a15b516419311716c512:2bMnOXptOS3XgzTAlq96hU9pEkVMFfOlTyRWM%2FKFhQ%2BgmSEteshbI9llf6H%2FPRdRYhcg9PGoDHph'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/emailthis.png'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:e23268888a22f85095fb267b82c78347:QIUpeaCJ9qDQNxtTK%2FC4MLTqXeoWEFwePLOt6KURvDOCDwHd%2BJWyjIE93X7JvC8%2FsN%2FuHE9RuqZP'><img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/digg.gif'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:ee5c2cc7fe2aaaed93008aeb877c241f:RtTOGmkSAk8ZfdAXwHZuk5ToC%2BJH4Yy1zllp83vBAYRnCMUg1U5PiBjZUQINQVjvRUgG9eX9MVjM'><img border='0' title='Add to Reddit' alt='Add to Reddit' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/reddit.png'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:4691d12199e2e36e0241f79813f8e008:tqe71qJPymsOpztzldkmq6tlBy6yaawPFFGG1qnwjbUXeDJ%2BYBQgyZWpiexGSyca1MQyTRN3VHSzAw%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Twitter' alt='Add to Twitter' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/twitter.png'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:38ea2346b980bd4af01209c8ed5dc46f:FmlIm04LTA2rmCADM%2BzLMmPL%2BuLvYeq6p1Z2XFlE88CI8wr%2Bpgygz4KQu5JU58f%2Fz7W9lGp02URQ'><img border='0' title='Add to del.icio.us' alt='Add to del.icio.us' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/delicious.gif'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:83cbf3f72ecce0c5c38d946dbbbf3e96:5nOaSCQ6rtIK0HfzpIB2LtFV1cIwEIxcxlf4rchYi9vXCX436XPyBLDrSqMGRVKFcAEitQinHf5leQ%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to StumbleUpon' alt='Add to StumbleUpon' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/stumbleit.gif'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:48c4526236a1e6161af62c72a8574945:xIIPXHieSTQmKkrFzuc7FuSl%2F5jqWWIXGmJZYAIPXmtX14QR7ldEZ0ltZY5nA8I5bPgaLXxRHKDwqw%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Facebook' alt='Add to Facebook' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/facebook.gif'\/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=7969be6c936826c3617b7160d327b2ea&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=7969be6c936826c3617b7160d327b2ea&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2225\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/AtlanticBusinessChannel\/~4\/4Q3zzhWXnr8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe the Apple Tablet will be spectacular machine. Maybe it will be a spectacular mess. Either way, the e-reader arms race between Apple, Amazon, Sony, Barnes &amp; Noble and Microsoft is spectacular for consumers. Today Amazon announced that it is adding global radio to its Kindle DX, and Microsoft is debuting its own tablet computer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}