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"Apple's CEO Tim Cook took a dig at Microsoft's soon-to-be released Surface tablet during Apple's earnings call on Thursday, referring to it as a \"fairly compromised, confusing product.\"\n\"I haven't personally played with a Surface yet,\" Tim Cook said in response to a question about the Surface and the competitive landscape in the tablet market overall. \n\"What we're reading about it is that it's a fairly compromised, confusing product.\"\nCook went on to suggest that Microsoft and other competitors have failed to make the \"hard trade offs\" in their tablets that are necessary to make a successful product.\n\"I could design a car that flies and floats, but I don't think it would do all those things really well,\" he said.\nCook's remarks were reminiscent of another\u00A0statement he made earlier this year\u00A0about why it's a bad idea to try to make a tablet/laptop hybrid. \n\"You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator,\" he said in April, \"but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user.\"\n\n\nMicrosoft's Windows 8 Launch Presentation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWindows 8 Launch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWindows RT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWindows Store Opening\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSurface Ad\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWindows 8 Presentation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteven Sinofsky\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Best PCs Ever\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWindows RT Tour\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTablet Demo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWindows on Tablet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWindows Mobile\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGaming Apps in Windows 8\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMicrosoft All In\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteve Ballmer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnprecedented Opportunity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSurface\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSurface Tablet Demo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSurface Skateboard\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSurface Cover\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSurface Demo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSurface 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWindows Towers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, EdStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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