WASHINGTON: As Samsung’s domination continues in the tablet market, Microsoft ready to debut its first ever mini tablet Microsoft Surface Mini by May 20.
Microsoft has sent out invitations to a “small gathering” on May 20, suggesting that the company is gearing up to show off the long-rumored Surface Mini for the first time.
According to Microsoft-News, the event is set to take place in New York at 11am EDT / 8AM PDT. It should lay to rest speculation around what could be Microsoft’s first pint-sized Surface, which is expected to be a note-taking device with a 7- or 8-inch display.
Other specs are thin on the ground: the software giant previously confirmed it was working on Surface devices with “multiple aspect ratios and sizes”.
Multiple sources recently tipped the Surface Mini to feature a 7.5-inch, 1440 x 1080 pixel-resolution display, which would lend it a 4:3 aspect ratio like Apple’s iPad, rather than the 16:9 worn by previous Surface devices.
The killer question is whether Microsoft will plump for the comparatively limited Windows RT 8.1 over the fuller featured but more power-hungry Windows 8.1. Rumors point to the inclusion of an ARM or Qualcomm processor, which means it would run RT.
That said, with a slew of well-received smaller Windows 8.1 tablets outed in the past year including the Lenovo Miix 2, Acer Iconia W4 and Dell Venue 8 Pro – we wouldn’t bet against Microsoft covering all bases to keep up with the competition.
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