Microsoft launching a tablet?

Microsoft’s on a roll of late against long time rival Apple. Not content serving up the Zune HD to take on the iPod touch and Pink smartphones to rival the iPhone, it’s now rumoured to be gearing up a tablet to take on Cupertino’s – and it could be out at just the same time.

Mary Jo Foley, usually first with all sorts of inside gab on Microsoft, has come through with the goods once more, confirming Redmond’s tablet is in the works, under the supervision of Chief Experience Officer J Allard, and a member of the team behind Surface too.

According to Foley, the Microsoft tablet is part of a mystery project called “Alchemy Ventures”, and here’s where it gets really interesting: she goes on to predict that said Microsoft slate could be unveiled right after Apple’s tablet early next year. That means we could be looking at a Microsoft tablet shipping as soon as February or March 2010.

Now of course, Windows tablets have been around for the best part of a decade, but for Microsoft to have such a hushed up crack team on the case, it must be planning something a bit out of the box, as Apple is believed to be. There are no more details right now on the upcoming Microsoft tablet, but we’ll be sure to let you know as soon as that changes.

(Via Electricpig)

Related Articles:

1. Introducing the Mangrove 7 tabletThe Archos 5 tablet a bit too small for you? Check out this C-Motech Mangrove 7 slate then, a stunning 7-inch slice of touchscreen tech running Windows Mobile that almost makes us forget about the Microsoft Courier. It’s choc-a-bloc with kit inside, so read on to find out what it does. The Apple tablet’s not even [...]...
2. 2010 release for Microsoft Coruier?Since breaking cover last week, the Microsoft Courier tablet has been getting tech-heads hot under the collar – and if an anonymous tipster is correct, it could be out a lot sooner than we’d been expecting. The mole told ZDNet.com that Courier is an “incubation project”, meaning it’s further along in the production pipeline than a [...]...
3. No Apple tablet at iPod event?Apple’s iPod partay is going down at some point during the beginning of September and while the new, camera-encrusted iPod nano and iPod touches have already been leaked like a ripped sieve, it’s not clear whether the Apple tablet will be Cupertino’s “one last thing”. But now another source has chimed in to douse water [...]...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Rate this article