Microsoft Surface: 5 Reasons to Pay Attention to This iPad Challenger

Date: Jun 19 2012

Filed under: Technology, Microsoft

Microsoft surfaceMicrosoft’s (MSFT) plan to take on Apple’s (AAPL) iconic iPad finally surfaced on Monday.

The arrival of Surface — the name of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows-based tablet — will naturally be met with a lot of skepticism. Despite the company’s success in software and video game consoles, it has done poorly when trying to play catch up with Apple in the past.

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Microsoft Surface: 5 Reasons to Pay Attention to This iPad Challenger originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-06-19T16:15:00Z.

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