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Microsoft Adds Core i5+16GB RAM Option for Surface Devices
For Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 Business Users Microsoft is expanding their Surface laptop for business offerings with a new Intel Core i5 with 16GB RAM configuration. Previously, Microsoft only offered the 16GB RAM option with the Core i7 CPUs. Whereas Core i5 versions were previously limited to…
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Microsoft Planning to Build an Intel-Powered Non-Pro Surface Tablet
Microsoft seems to be moving away from the ARM-powered Surface tablets and getting rid of its Windows RT operating system in the process. A report from WinBeta indicates that the company is planning to switch the Surface Pro series to the x86-powered CPU running on Windows 8.1 (and possibly Windows…
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Surface 3 Featuring NVIDIA’s K1 Rumored To Launch Next Year
Microsoft is rumored to launch new versions of its Surface series, the Microsoft Surface 3 and Mini. It is said that the Surface 3 will feature a 64-bit version of NVIDIA’s K1 chipset, having it ready to launch next year. The Surface Mini though is set to launch sometime later…
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Microsoft Targeting The Sale Of 16 Million Windows 8.1 Tablets Over Christmas
Paul Thurrott of WinSuperSite says that Microsoft are hoping to sell 16 million Windows 8.1 tablets over the holiday season this year. To achieve this ambitious goal Microsoft believes it needs to reinvent how people perceive Windows devices, presumably through advertising and marketing. Microsoft’s steps for this year’s holiday season…
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Qualcomm Says Microsoft’s Surface 2 Is No Match For Nokia’s Lumia 2520
Nokia recently unveiled its Lumia 2520 Windows 8.1 RT tablet and its main rival is going to be Microsoft’s new Surface 2 Windows 8.1 RT tablet. Qualcomm recently chipped in with their thoughts, via CNET, expecting the Lumia 2520 to do much better than the Microsoft Surface 2 thanks to…
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Argos Breaks Microsoft Surface 2 Embargo, Starts Selling Early
The Verge reports that the UK retailer Argos has been selling Microsoft’s Surface 2 to customers before the embargo date of October 22nd has passed. Apparently Argos were selling the Surface 2 as early as Friday October 18th, 4 days before the embargo, and the Verge was able to buy…
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Microsoft Says Its Surface Brand Is Confusing Customers
To our average reader I’d expect the difference between the Surface Pro and the Surface RT is pretty obvious – one runs Windows 8 RT and the other runs full Windows 8, one has an Nvidia Tegra 3 ARM processor and the other an Intel Core i5 processor. The differences…
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The Best Selling Windows Product Is….The Lumia 520!
Microsoft’s recent internal meeting revealed a whole host of interesting information. According to the details of that internal meeting the best selling Windows product is actually a phone. In fact it is the Nokia Lumia 520, so it is hardly surprising that Microsoft decided they wanted to buy Nokia’s handset division. Recent…
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Microsoft Surface Mini Will Be Announced This Year
BGR reports that Microsoft is gearing up to release its Surface Mini tablet this year. The tablet will be an 8 inch form factor version of Microsoft’s Surface series of tablets and will ship with Windows RT 8.1 and a Qualcomm ARM processor. WinSuperSite reports that the Surface Mini won’t be…
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Second-Gen Surface Tablets Have No 4G LTE Support – WiFi Only
ZDNet reports that Microsoft’s second generation series of Surface tablets will not have 4G LTE support. In fact the second generation Surface tablets will apparently have no cellular connectivity at all – they will be WiFi only. Clearly Microsoft hasn’t learnt its lessons from the failure of the previous generation…
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Microsoft To Launch 512GB Second-Gen Surface Pro
Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet claims that Microsoft will unveil higher capacity versions of its second generation Surface Pro tablets. Microsoft will unveil the second generation of Surface tablets on September 23rd but these won’t be available to buy until October 22nd. The Surface Pro 2 is stealing the show…
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Microsoft Starts iPad Trade-In Campaign – Store Vouchers For Old iPads
Microsoft has launched a brand new campaign in the USA to try and boost sales of Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets – this time by taking aim at competitors Apple and their iPads. Microsoft is offering consumers who trade in an Apple iPad 2, 3 or 4 (note the…
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Microsoft Second Generation Surface RT Will Have 1080p Screen
New reports about Microsoft’s second generation Surface RT from Neowin have revealed new details about the devices specifications. Apparently the second generation Surface RT will simply be called Surface 2 and should feature Nvidia’s Tegra 4 SoC. Additionally the tablet will use a 1920 x 1080 display, a two position…
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Microsoft Has No Immediate Plans For An 8 Inch Surface Mini
Despite the widespread recognition that Microsoft really needs a smaller Surface tablet to capture that 7-8 inch tablet market TechCrunch reports that Microsoft has no immediate plans to release an 8 inch tablet aka Surface Mini. We will apparently see “smaller” Surfaces in terms of the device’s thickness but the…
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Microsoft Working On Surface Docking Station
WinSuperSite.com reports that Microsoft is finally working on a Surface docking station for its new Surface tablets coming out later on this year. This new dock will only be compatible with the Surface Pro but is compatible with the first and second generation versions, of course the second generation version…
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