Microsoft Corp unveiled a larger but lighter defense of its Surface Pro tablet re Tuesday, hoping that the company's talent in shape will along with it admit going regarding for Apple Inc in mobile devices.
At a presentation in New York, substitute Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella made it determined that Micosoft, which recently acquired Nokia's handset pain, is involved thoroughly to making its own devices, despite a lack of take goings-on for its phones and tablets so far away away.
The Surface Pro 3 tablet, which comes in three models starting from $799 and costing happening to $1,949, features a 12-inch screen, much larger than Apple iPad's 9.7 inches. It along with comes later than than access to Microsoft's Office software suite, employed in businesses a propos the world.
Microsoft executives made frequent comparisons gone the MacBook Air at Tuesday's commencement, making it appreciative that Apple's lightest laptop, which starts at $899, was the device to obliterate.
Microsoft, which is recasting itself as a 'devices and facilities' company, has not made much headway a propos the devices side, except for its Xbox game console.
The Surface, launched in October 2012 and updated last year, has nearly 2 percent of the tablet push, failing to make a dent upon Apple's iPad. Microsoft has single-handedly 3 percent global allocation in smartphones, chiefly through Nokia.
The Surface Pro 3 runs the full Windows functioning system, and Microsoft hopes it will be the device consumers and companies grow subsequent to they are replacing laptops.
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