Chris H. wrote:
> Asia is pretty hot, Mike. A couple of the OEMs sell only in those markets.

I would say that's due to OEM advertising rather than Microsoft. In two
years I've seen 2 tablets in Australian stores (neither with a pen), one
ad (Toshiba) and *nothing* from Microsoft. I just searched my archive of
product flashes from the local subsidiary from the last 18 months and
found 2 footnoted references to Tablets...and that's in a technology
bellwether country that has some of Microsoft's very largest global
accounts.

From all accounts the situation in Europe is not much different: no
store presence and little advertising.