Neil Hand, head of tablets at the PC maker, says Dell won't be releasing follow-up Windows RT products. October 2, 2013 9:49 AM PDT Dell on Wednesday released a couple new Android tablets, including the Dell Venue 7. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) NEW YORK--Microsoft's Windows RT operating system just lost another proponent. Neil Hand, head of tablets at Dell, on Wednesday said his company won't be releasing a new Windows RT device to follow up its product from a year ago. "We are not planning to refesh our current line of RT products," Hand said at a Dell tablet and PC launch in New York. "We're really focused on full Windows products. ... The full Windows experience provides great capability." Windows RT is the version of Microsoft's operating system that runs on chips typically used in cellphones. The software has failed to gain traction with users, in part because traditional Windows programs won't run on the operating system. Many companies have dropped Windows RT in favor of full Windows 8, though Microsoft last month unveiled its updated Surface tablet running RT. More to come ...
Neil Hand, head of tablets at the PC maker, says Dell won't be releasing follow-up Windows RT products.
Dell on Wednesday released a couple new Android tablets, including the Dell Venue 7.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
NEW YORK--Microsoft's Windows RT operating system just lost another proponent.
Neil Hand, head of tablets at Dell, on Wednesday said his company won't be releasing a new Windows RT device to follow up its product from a year ago.
"We are not planning to refesh our current line of RT products," Hand said at a Dell tablet and PC launch in New York. "We're really focused on full Windows products. ... The full Windows experience provides great capability."
Windows RT is the version of Microsoft's operating system that runs on chips typically used in cellphones. The software has failed to gain traction with users, in part because traditional Windows programs won't run on the operating system. Many companies have dropped Windows RT in favor of full Windows 8, though Microsoft last month unveiled its updated Surface tablet running RT.
More to come ...
