Pad mini, Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD may be challenged by the
brave Microsoft for its incoming 7-inch tablet arena in the near future
encounter. As the Windows 8 creator is reportedly working on a new, smaller
lineup of tablets under the Surface moniker that will go into mass production
later this year.
However, half of tablet sales in the first quarter were smaller
than 8 inches, though a 7-incher apparently wasn’t even in Microsoft’s plans
last year. Microsoft's current Surface has a 10.6-inch screen. The decision was
to move forward with a smaller tablet and in straight response to cheaper and
smaller competitors.
Whispers of a 7-inch “Xbox Surface” tablet were heard before,
but the Newsletter’s report didn’t mention of any incorporation with
Microsoft’s gaming console.
Familiar plans of Redmond confirmed that initial planning for an
Xbox Surface 7-inch tablet was in the works rear in November sources and
apparently the tablet won’t run a full version of Windows, but instead would
come with a custom Windows kernel.
But currently it indicates that Microsoft is more of competition
rather than developing a video game-oriented tablet. Microsoft has yet to speak
on the matter, but the company recently adjusted the Windows 8 specification to
accommodate a 1024 x 768 display resolution for smaller tablets.
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