I think this year and the next few years should be promising for Windows in the Tablet/Phone market. They were behind in specs for a while but their products are improving and are getting harder to ignore.
I recently ordered Lenovo's ThinkPad 8 and can't wait for it to arrive. I think this is the first good alternative to the Windows Surface (it's lighter, higher res, better battery, smaller bezel, usb 3.0, sd card slot + hdmi out). There should be more to come after this as well.
I really think the tides will start to turn in favor of Windows' mobile devices if they continue to improve they way they have recently.
The lack of a Wacom style digitiser seems to be it's biggest critique (aside from price). The point about their being only 1 USB port is a good one, I wonder if it's possible to charge the device while using the port if you have a USB hub...seems unlikely.
What I'm saying is if they continue to improve their tablets at their current rate it will be to their benefit because other manufactures (i.e Apple) have been slacking in the specs department as of late. If this keeps up Microsoft will be able to close that gap.
I recently ordered Lenovo's ThinkPad 8 and can't wait for it to arrive. I think this is the first good alternative to the Windows Surface (it's lighter, higher res, better battery, smaller bezel, usb 3.0, sd card slot + hdmi out). There should be more to come after this as well.
I really think the tides will start to turn in favor of Windows' mobile devices if they continue to improve they way they have recently.