Get the Microsoft Windows 8 for just Rs. 1,999

The new operating system by Microsoft – the Windows 8, is being offered for only handful bucks of Rs. 1,999. With the price tag of not even Rs. 2,000, Microsoft is trying to target the tens of thousands of people who are either eager or curious to lay their hands on the new OS.

The US based company is looking forward to gaining a reasonable amount of customers through the low-priced edition. However, this discount on the price is short-lived. No one should take for granted that the price tag of Rs. 1,999 is the cost of the operating system for ever. The original price of the Windows 8 is a whopping Rs. 11,999.

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If you are aspiring to buy a licensed copy of the OS, then you have time until January 31, 2013. That is the deadline Microsoft has given to the potential buyers. An upgrade DVD is also available that comes at Rs. 3,499. However, if you have purchased the Windows 7 after June this year, you will get an upgrade at only Rs. 699.

These are all strong measures the company has taken to boost their sales as there are free open-source platforms available as well. So it was a tricky situation for Microsoft to balance things. It seems Windows 8 is the key here.

Sony brings out the ultrabook and Windows 8 Vaio laptops

Sony announced two new gadgets for the Indian market today – the Vaio T Series Ultrabook and the Vaio E14A series laptops. The laptop might cost about Rs. 74,990 while the cost of the ultrabook may be in the region of Rs. 64,990. There will be the new Windows 8 operating system on both devices.

It is understood that the ultrabook and the laptop will be available in the Indian market towards the end of this month. Apart from these two announcements, the company has introduced three more fresh devices. They are the 84” Bravia LED TV, the wearable 3D TV and the Alpha-99 camera.

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The wearable 3D TV comes in HD 2D as well as 3D display. It comes with two OLED screens. The price of the TV will be about Rs. 69, 900. It will be available in the market from November this year.

The 84” Bravia LED TV is armed with the 4K technology. This relates to the fact that the TV can offer four times the resolution of the full HD. The price tag of the TV is a whopping Rs. 16,99,900.

The Nokia Windows 8 Tablet May Be Out By The Yearend

Nokia is expected to bring out the Nokia Windows 8 tablet by the end of 2012. According to the reports in the tech world, Nokia is up and ready to face the competition in the tablet category. The 10” tablet is likely to have a dual-core Qualcomm processor and the Windows 8 OS.

The Nokia Lumia 900 has already started making waves in the United States even before its entry in the market there. It is all braced up as an alternative to the Windows Phone and ready to take on the Smartphone market that has been dominated by Google and Apple.

Ever since Nokia patched up with Microsoft more than a year ago, it is the only company that has put a limit on their high-end Smartphone to only Windows. It has been a year that Nokia has completed stopped manufacturing Android-based Smartphones.

Apple Likely to Retain Hold of the Tablet Market

Even if there are the Windows 8 compatible products, Apple may not lose their grip on the tablet market, it is being predicted. There are the 4G enabled iPads which will be making their way in the market presently. Apple is also in competition with Amazon's Kindle Fire with its iPad 2 that will come with a cheaper price tag.

Apple unveiled the upgraded version of its popular iPad. The upgrade includes a power-packed chip than before, an HD screen, an easy access to an improved wireless network that supports high-speed.

Mark Moskowitz, who is an analyst at JP Morgan Securities, said that Apple has the ability to manufacture devices with higher screen resolution, integrate the 4G LTE and augment the graphics capabilities. The best part of this all is that the company hasn’t compromised on the battery life at all.

This makes Apple a force to reckon with in the tablet market the world over and keeps it in front of its competitors. The share for Apple is increasing and this latest upgraded version will only add to its market share which is likely to reach 66% by the end of this year.

The New Windows 8 logo

Microsoft has released the new logo for the Windows 8 OS. There will only be one single color used this time rather than having multi-colored logos in the past. The logo resembles a flag more than anything else. Let us have a look at all the logos, MS has designed until now.

Here area the previous logos that Windows released with each new Windows release.

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