The prestigious New York business newspaper The Wall Street Journal Maintains that Microsoft is already working on the second generation of its Surface tablets among which we will see a 7 inch model. The information comes from an anonymous informant who is familiar with the American company and suggests that the Redmond's decision would be driven by the incredible success that small-sized tablets are having in stores.
Bill Gates disciples are not throwing in the towel in the tablet war. Despite having more than modest beginnings with their first line of tablets, in particular, and with operating systems for them, in general, they plan a second attack consisting of price cuts in the existing models and the renewal of their offer. with new models and software updates.
As we said, the main reason to launch now for a small tablet has to do with the commercial success of the format that we can appreciate in Google's Nexus 7 or iPad mini. An IDC study indicates that half of the tablets sold in the last quarter of 2012 had less than 8 inches of screen.
This is not the first news we have that indicates Microsoft's intentions to manufacture a Surface mini. We already knew that he had optimized Windows Blue to 7-inch tablets and they had actively decided lower Windows 8 prices, especially for those manufacturers working on the design of smaller tablet models. Those of Redmond have to get into the tablet market, since it grows unlike the sales of desktops and laptops.
As we see signs there are many and, depending on the market, it seems almost mandatory that they address the format. Windows RT would in principle have more ballots to be the operating system of a device of these characteristics, since the desktop version of Windows 8 would be of little use to a small screen.
Source: The Wall Street Journal