Welcome to Microsoft's Surface Tablet

So Microsoft has unveiled it's first foray in the physical tablet world with what it is calling Surface. This is a very smart move and will come in two operating system standards; WindowsRT and Windows 8 Pro.

Steve Ballmer was quoted as saying: “It was always clear that what our software could do would require us to push hardware, Much like Windows 1 needed the mouse, we wanted to give Windows 8 its own hardware.”

Surface is designed to work as both tablet and PC. The features are impressive too, the ones we are hearing about are:

• Very thin, (9.3mm for Windows RT and 13.5mm for the Pro version.)


• Both have two full size USB ports


• Micro SD port on the side of the RT version


• MicroSDXC port of the Pro version for adding data to the device


• Surface has a 10.6-inch 16:9 widescreen HD display screen.


• Made of Gorilla Glass -– an ultra-strong glass.


• A built-in kickstand on the rear of the tablet to keep it upright


• A Touch Cover for the device protects the screen, and is connected via magnets


• The inside of the 3mm cover doubles as a fully functional keyboard with a built-in trackpad


• Surface running Windows RT comes with 32 GB and 64GB sizes


• Surface running Windows 8 Pro will be available in 64 GB and 128 GB sizes.

Pretty good start if you ask us, oh and don't forget you can also have access to a full native local desktop. Something your users will be happy to see.

The video below is the introduction to the Surface Tablet, enjoy.