Will be "mini" the new generation of tablet Surface
Microsoft wants to challenge the devices from Apple and Google with a new 7-inch. Microsoft would be ready to launch a new generation of tablet surface, including a seven-inch version. In this way, the group founded by Bill Gates tries to ride a part of the growth of the sector (which in 2014 would sell 468 million units) and the other against threats to his empire worth 75 billion dollars, launching a challenge to Apple and Google.
According to the Wall Street Journal, citing sources within the company in 2012, the group had no intention of producing a smaller device, but due to the rapid growth of Google and Nexus 7-inch iPad Mini Apple has decided to give a response. The move, not confirmed by Microsoft, is also linked to the steady decline of the PC market, one of the historic strengths of the company, and the fact that half of the tablet delivered in the first three months of 2013 were smaller than 8 inches .
The decision is in addition to other strategic decisions taken in these days of giant based in Redmond, Wash.: to reduce the prices of software products and update Windows 8. The new device is expected to be launched by the end of 2013.
Microsoft wants to challenge the devices from Apple and Google with a new 7-inch. Microsoft would be ready to launch a new generation of tablet surface, including a seven-inch version. In this way, the group founded by Bill Gates tries to ride a part of the growth of the sector (which in 2014 would sell 468 million units) and the other against threats to his empire worth 75 billion dollars, launching a challenge to Apple and Google.
The decision is in addition to other strategic decisions taken in these days of giant based in Redmond, Wash.: to reduce the prices of software products and update Windows 8. The new device is expected to be launched by the end of 2013.