Cook burns Surface: A ‘compromised, confusing product’

Looks like Tim Cook doesn’t think much of Microsoft’s Surface tablet. The Apple chief executive said the iPad competitor might be biting off more than it can chew.

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“I haven’t personally played with the Surface yet, but what we’re reading about it is that it’s a fairly compromised, confusing product,” said Cook during the company’s earnings call today.

The Microsoft Surface has had very mixed reviews — people really like the way it looks and feels, but are otherwise, they’re left wanting for a better app ecosystem and operating system. But Cook in particular thinks the Surface is taking on too much at once. It has a unique body, but it also comes with a keyboard. It runs tablet-specific operating system Windows RT, but it’s lacking a number of major apps such as native apps for the social networks Facebook and Twitter.

“I suppose you could design a car that flies and floats, but I don’t think it would do all of those things very well,” he said. “I think people when the look at the offerings will really want an iPad.”

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