Four young scientists, accompanied by Eskom Expo’s Business Manager, Mmamoloko Rancia Riba, won their place to represent the country at the Indonesia competition, renowned…
New source suggests Microsoft Surface will ship for $199
From the skunkworks at Microsoft comes a fresh rumour of the pricing for the Microsoft Surface.
According to Engadget, the pricing and roll out plan was laid out at the Redmond-based giant’s recent TechReady15 conference.
The planned 26 October launch date isn’t exactly surprising — we’ve known about it for a fair while now.
What is interesting is that the eagerly anticipated tablet is set to ship for US$199. That’s Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire money. Which leaves you wondering, how the hell does Microsoft plan to make money off this thing?
That said, it’s a lot more realistic than the US$1 000 price tab spotted on a Swedish website a couple of weeks back.
A low entry price also means that it’ll be accessible as soon as hits the market, giving it a good chance at making a dent in a market that the company’s traditionally battled in.
Hell for US$200, I’ll start looking at how easily I can free up the money, and I’m a tight-fisted tech journo.
