After a first batch of Windows RT tablets quite unsuccessful, Microsoft and its allies return to the charge to get a niche within the sector. If yesterday we received information about up to three new touch screen devices with the Redmond OS, today there is news of one of the most anticipated novelties of the platform, the surface mini. We give you the details.
Despite the lack of success so far, the foray of Microsoft's operating system among the ARM devices, the Redmond do not give up Windows RT and, in addition to the Surface 2, the company will introduce a (long rumored) compact tablet to power its lightweight platform, and try to seduce the consumer and, incidentally, developers.
The Surface mini will be an RT tablet
Last week we gave you a lot of details about the next generation of the Microsoft SurfaceHowever, there was nothing new regarding the mini tablet that will have to compete in the field of the iPad mini or Nexus 7, despite the fact that such a team had been sounding for a long time in the specialized media.
Today Tablet News advances that the device will see the light before the end of the year, which will be an RT and that it will mount a Qualcomm processor and not Nvidia. However, it is not yet clear whether Microsoft will opt for the Snapdragon 600 or by 800 as with the new generation of the Surface tablet in its standard size.
Important news on the platform
Ballmer's are preparing for battle, no doubt. During the last hours we have had news of up to 3 devices different that will come to expand the offer of the platform. On the one hand, we could see the first press images of the Nokia tablet with Windows RT and, on the other, new devices of Dell and Asus; both at a reasonable price and, more oriented to the professional field, with Windows 8.1.