Microsoft unveils Surface tablets, powered by Windows 8

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The other shoe finally drops

The Earth-shattering Microsoft announcement we've been waiting for is finally here. As several pre-event rumors suggested, Microsoft is indeed building its own tablet.
A 10.6-inch device running Windows 8, the "Surface" tablet borrows its name from Microsoft's table-sized computer that's been an impressive yet niche product for the past few years. In announcing the new tablet, CEO Steve Ballmer stressed that Microsoft has been a hardware company for decades, with mice, keyboards, webcams, and of course the Xbox, among many others.

http://arstechnica.com/information-...-unveils-surface-tablet-powered-by-windows-8/

 

[satrow]

Sorry about the strange link, it's the release video of Surface (probably set to expire): http://o-o.preferred.lhr07s13.v10.l...OM19ITVZCOmVYamhjODFyR3pW&id=769ceedc7336088a

 

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Thanks your link has more detail

MS is here http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/default.aspx



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What is surface? http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/whatissurface.aspx

 

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Another source thanks to Satrow and more details here.

http://arstechnica.com/information-...-unveils-surface-tablet-powered-by-windows-8/

 

[JMH]

Yet another...

The rumors are indeed true.
Microsoft is getting into the tablet business with Microsoft Surface type tablet. The product, announced at the company's mysterious Los Angeles press event by the company's CEO Steve Ballmer, will be based on Windows 8.

The press event also revealed that it will have a 10.6 inch display. It weighs just 1.5 pounds, is 9.3 mm think, and is supposedly the first such device with a magnesium case. It comes with a kickstand. Microsoft will also release a cover for the tablet that will have a keyboard. Inside it will have a ARM-based processor made by NVIDIA. Another version of Microsoft Surface will have Intel-based processors.

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-surface-based-windows-tablet-announced

 

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And another

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18500954#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Mi...-Tablet-Wintel-Tablet,16030.html#xtor=RSS-181

and another.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...erworld/news/feed+(Latest+from+Computerworld)

 

[JMH]

Microsoft showcased a new lineup of slick Windows 8 powered "Surface" tablets at an event today in Hollywood, California.

Clearly designed to challenge Apple's wildly popular iPad, Surface boasts a 16:9 aspect ratio, edges angled at 22 degrees, an integrated kickstand, along with HD front- and rear-facing video cameras.

http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-features/64129-microsoft-showcases-windows-8-surface-tablets