Microsoft Hiring Up a Storm for Next Generation of Surface
Are they already working on Surface 2 or is Microsoft planning other Surface devices?
Microsoft made a huge splash earlier this summer with the unveiling of the Surface. Though the tablet is not launching until October, Microsoft is thought to be working on the Surface 2 already. TechRadar cites more than a dozen job advertisements posted on Microsoft's Careers site between June and August in reporting that Redmond is currently hiring up a storm for Surface.
TechRadar says all of the ads mention "fast-paced product development cycles" and being a part of creating "desirable and powerful devices that enable the experiences people want, and elicit their excitement."
"Creating these devices involves a close partnership between hardware and software engineers, designers, and manufacturing," TechRadar cites the ads as saying. "We are currently building the next generation and Surface needs you!"
Microsoft is hiring everything from manufacturing and packaging designers to mechanical engineers. However, it's not exactly clear what products these new hires will be working on. Ads mention "alternative power sources" as well as "passive and active cooling thermal designs that best balance performance, cost, manufacturability, acoustics and reliability," but the listings don't mention tablets specifically, which leads us to wonder what's going on over in Redmond. Does the reference to 'the next generation' of Microsoft Surface refer to more tablets or is Microsoft looking to develop additional lines of Surface products?
So far the Surface name only applies to tablets (and prior to that, massive touch-screen tables), but perhaps we'll see Surface laptops, media players and more in the coming years.
You can check out Microsoft's Surface Team job postings here.
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Microsoft has around 50 billion in the bank. It absolutely can go all out if it feels like it.
Microsoft has around 50 billion in the bank. It absolutely can go all out if it feels like it.
The future looks bright, all from the brilliant teams assembled/assembling there folks. They've been building these teams for years, and now it all comes together
There are a lot of things you can accuse Microsoft of being, but "not willing to risk its money" is not one of them.
well they didn't have a dividend policy back then
... c'mon... look at it...
Who says no one wants this OS, you? Besides the average TH reader and other geeks worldwide, there are MILLIONS of people that would love a more streamlined OS interface. To keep thinking that Win8 is aimed at techies is a showing of your understanding here.
I dunno about that. What I want to know is, why is it fuchsia!? It looks like a breast cancer ribbon!* It only barely invokes the four-shape motif of Microsoft logos and the color is just...irrelevant to Microsoft's branding. If it faded between red/yellow/green/blue it would be fine, but...fuchsia?
They're probably trying to break any associations with "technology-qua-technology" in favor of a "the technology disappears and all you're left with is the user experience" vibe, but still...color fail.
* Please note that I'm not making light of breast cancer in any way.
What! are you serious?? If Windows 8, works seemlessly and smoothly with/between all the devices Microsoft is building around this ecosystem(PC, tablet, phone, xbox and kinect) its going to be a jackpot for MSFT.
Imagine this; Am playing a game on xbox using kinect, windows phone rings, but because I already transferred all calls to xbox before playing, a wave of hand pauses my game and streams audio from phone to xbox, found out my CFO is trying share some data with me, I pick up my Surface, transfer audio from xbox to Surface, while conversation is ongoing I download the data, noticed there needs to be some changes to the data, fire up full-fledged Excel, make corrections and email the data. Now with a wave of my hand I hang up and continue with my game.
Now picture all this done without jailbreaking your "ISurface" .