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More Surface Pro launch dates revealed in Europe

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:12:04 +0100

After revealing details of its UK launch, Microsoft has announced availability and pricing info for the Surface Pro in a number of European countries, with most of them going for a May 31st date. Read more...

Microsoft Surface Pro on sale in Australia May 30th

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:41:12 +0100

Microsoft has announced that the Surface Pro tablet will go on sale in Australia on May 30th on the local Microsoft Store website along with the JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman retail stores. Read more...

Microsoft Surface Pro goes on sale in the UK May 23rd

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:53:01 +0100

Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro tablet, the Surface Pro, will go on sale in the UK starting May 23rd, but it will only be on sale online via the UK Microsoft Store website. Read more...

Microsoft's Surface Pro and RT firmware updated

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:05:26 +0100

Microsoft's latest firmware update for its Surface Pro and Surface RT tablets have been released, which offer some WiFi improvements for the Pro version and speaker upgrades for the RT tablet. Read more...

Surface Pro to go on sale in Hong Kong on Friday

John Callaham — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:27:41 +0100

The Surface Pro will go on sale in Hong Kong starting on Friday, several weeks after the Windows 8 Pro version of Microsoft's tablet went on sale in mainland China. Read more...

Surface Pro, Windows 8 finally gets promised Wacom driver

John Callaham — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:23:59 +0100

After months of waiting, Windows 8 and the Surface Pro PC from Microsoft finally gets the Wacom driver that enables pressure sensitivity and eraser functionality on Photoshop with its pen. Read more...

IDC analyst slams the Surface Pro: "it's just not there yet"

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:20:54 +0100

IDC tablet analyst Tom Mainelli has some harsh words to say about the Surface Pro, stating that "it's just not there yet" in terms of execution, and that Microsoft should only have one tablet OS Read more...

"Why would I need an iPad again?" Surface blog showcases user who ditched iPad

John Callaham — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:05:36 +0100

A post on the official Surface Blog, the first in a new monthly series on how 'real people' use Surface, tells the story of man who ditched his iPad for a Surface Pro, taking a few digs at the iPad. Read more...

Microsoft shipped 900,000 Surfaces in Q1 2013, according to IDC

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:23:49 +0100

According to IDC, Microsoft shipped 900,000 Surface devices in Q1 2013. The majority of those devices are Surface Pros, with the Surface RT accounting for just 0.4% of all tablets sold. Read more...

AdDuplex: Surface RT still tops among Windows 8/RT products

John Callaham — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:27:36 +0100

A new report from online ad network AdDuplex claims that Microsoft's Surface RT tablet is still the most used PC among all of the 9,000 or so Windows 8/RT device models. Read more...

Strategy Analytics: 3 million Windows tablets shipped in Q1 2013

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:54:08 +0100

A report from research firm Strategy Analytics claims that three million tablets with a version of Microsoft's Windows OS shipped worldwide in the first quarter of 2013. Read more...

Microsoft to consider custom Surface SKUs in other countries if the demand is high enough

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:44:48 +0100

Microsoft's Surface leader Panos Panay said that the company might consider making more custom Surface version in other countries besides China if the demand is strong enough. Read more...

Microsoft: Surface Pro headed to UK, Australia, Europe and more next month

Andy Weir — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:33:59 +0100

Microsoft has confirmed that its Surface Pro tablet will launch in the UK, Germany, France, Australia and 15 other markets by the end of May, with Russia, Singapore and others being added in June. Read more...

Trackpad Settings app for Windows 8 updated to fix Surface Pro issue

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:01:20 +0100

Microsoft has released an update to the Trackpad Settings app for Windows 8, which is supposed to fix an issue with the Touch or Type Cover add-on not being recognized by the Surface Pro. Read more...

Microsoft working to fix Surface Pro Trackpad Settings app issue

John Callaham — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:14:54 +0100

Microsoft says it is aware of a new issue with the Surface Pro PC that involves the Trackpad Settings app not recognizing the Touch or Type Cover add-on and is working to fix the problem. Read more...

Nokia was designing a kickstand-enabled tablet before Microsoft released Surface

Max Slater-Robins — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:46:34 +0100

A patent from 2011 has emerged that shows Nokia's ideas for a kickstand-enabled case for a tablet, similar to the Touch Cover (or Type Cover) of the Surface. Nokia's tablet ambitions have been halted. Read more...

Closer Look: How Microsoft made the Surface display less reflective

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:15:22 +0100

In a new blog post, Microsoft talks about how their Applied Sciences team helped to create a way to cut down on the reflections on the touchscreen for Microsoft's Surface hardware. Read more...

Latest Surface Pro software update to fix a few issues

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:17:11 +0100

Microsoft's latest software update for its Surface Pro product will fix a few issues with the Windows 8 Pro device, along with adding support for different types of keyboards. Read more...

Chinese state-run media criticizing Surface Pro warranty

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:43:16 +0100

The warranties for Microsoft's Surface tablets are being criticized by the state-run Chinese media, following similar criticisms from the same media of Apple's warranties. Read more...

Microsoft launches third Surface model, 'Surface Chinese', in China

John Callaham — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:32:17 +0100

Microsoft launched the Surface Pro PC in China today along with another variant, "Surface Chinese", with the basic version of Windows 8 in the Chinese language and Office 2013 Home and Student. Read more...