As the Intel-based Windows 8 begins to proliferate across a wide range of devices and developers seek to capitalize on distribution via the Windows app store, a broader mosaic of Live Tiles will lie waiting to take advantage of Surface's attractive hardware options.
In addition to its primary hardware specs, Surface also features a built in kickstand, which essentially turns the tablet into a monitor, and also a 3mm thin case that includes a multitouch keyboard.
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And with exciting portable hardware like the Microsoft Surface, Dell XPS Duo 12, and ASUS Taichi in the pipeline, you can expect Windows 8 tablet sales to soar.
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Likewise, that company has decided to enter the hardware market hoping that its Surface tablet can make a meaningful dent where its proud partners in Hewlett-Packard and Dell have failed speaks to just how committed Microsoft is in ensuring that its fate is in its own hands.
It sheds the newer Cortex-A15 architecture of the Tegra 4 for a spruced-up 2.3GHz Cortex-A9 with the i500 LTE modem built directly into the chip die -- a move that cuts the surface area in half and simplifies the hardware, even as it supposedly outruns equivalent competition.
People previously on the fence about purchasing a Surface Pro reversed course and started hunting down the hardware.
As for the rest of the hardware, this is and is not like the Surface RT we reviewed last fall.
Surface not only looks cool but it can show off cellphone hardware and software in an intuitive, engaging way, Austin says.
Surface delivers the power of amazing software and the feel of premium hardware in one exciting experience.
Some of Microsoft's hardware partners were indeed annoyed by the announcement, since Surface could compete with their products, people familiar with the matter said.
Still, we wouldn't scoff at a smartphone with a build quality to match the Surface -- though it might rub some of Redmond's hardware partners the wrong way.
As a result of close work with hardware partners, more than 1, 000 certified PCs and tablets, including Microsoft Surface, will be available for the launch of Windows 8 - making it the best lineup of PCs ever across the Windows 8 and Windows RT ecosystem.
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