Update 9 am Pacific 07/19: Lenovo has issued a statement explaining it's not at all completely exiting the small-screen Windows tablet room while in the U.S.Lenovo has stopped marketing Windows tablets with display sizes underneath ten inches while in the U.S. on account of lack of interest.Lenovo has stopped marketing two small-screen microsoft access 2010 tablets with 8-inch screens: the ThinkPad 8, which was announced in January and a model of Miix 2, which commenced shipping in October last yr.

"In North America, we're seeing stronger curiosity while in the more substantial screen sizes for Windows tablets and are pleased with original buyer demand for that ThinkPad 10," explained Raymond Gorman, a Lenovo spokesman, in an electronic mail.The ThinkPad 8 would be the most feature-packed small-screen Windows tablet offered, by using a 1080p display and USB 3.0 port. Nonetheless it was also riddled with charging, display, connectivity and battery troubles.

The remaining ThinkPad 8 stock has become redirected to establishing nations, the place there exists far more curiosity in small-screen Windows tablets, Gorman explained."In other markets, notably Brazil, China, and Japan, the demand for ThinkPad 8 has become considerably more powerful, so we are adjusting our ThinkPad 8 inventories to meet rising demand in people markets. If market place demand for ThinkPad 8 alterations, we'll re-evaluate our approach," Gorman explained.The 8-inch model of Miix two is just not offered and there is absolutely no other data about no matter whether it'll be yet again, in line with a representative who answered the company's income telephone line. Even so, Lenovo continues to promote cheap project 2010 standard by using a ten.1-inch screen while in the U.S.

Lenovo's 7- and 8-inch tablets can be found only with Android. The tablets are priced amongst US$129 and $249.Tablets are marketing properly, driven far more by low-cost Android versions than Windows, which could make clear Lenovo's move, explained Bob O'Donnell, principal analyst at Technalysis Investigation.It truly is less complicated to work with Windows 8 with display sizes of ten inches or far more, O'Donnell explained."Smaller Windows tablets will not make any sense anymore," he explained.

Even so, there may be some exceptions. Modest notebooks have accomplished properly in Japan and it could not be a surprise if small-screen Windows tablets did properly in that market place, O'Donnell explained.

Microsoft's Windows 8.1, when it was launched in 2012, was at first targeted at PCs and tablets with 10-inch screens or more substantial. However the OS was extended to smaller sized screens with increasing adoption of 7-inch Android tablets. Even so, there are already inquiries about no matter whether microsoft access 2013 , which combines a tablet and desktop OS, would operate properly on 8-inch screens.Dell, Toshiba and Acer are between a handful of firms marketing small-screen Windows tablets. Microsoft in May possibly reportedly planned to announce a small-screen Windows 8.1 RT tablet as well as the Surface Pro three, but scrapped strategies with the final minute.