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Microsoft is preparing an 8-inch tablet

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Surface Mini running Windows RT 8.1 and Snapdragon processor Initially, the operating system Windows 8, with an interface optimized for the tablet has been focused on enough devices equipped with large-screen (10.1 inches diagonal and above), but its appearance coincided with the peak of popularity of compact and low-cost Android tablets. Therefore, considering only modest sales results of its 10-inch Windows tablets, Microsoft had rushed to enter into its operating system support for smaller screens. The first 8-inch tablet Acer Iconia W3 appeared in the early summer of this year, and it will soon be followed for Dell Venue , Toshiba Encore compact tablets and other leading manufacturers of these devices. In addition, there are indications that Microsoft will soon join the cohort of producers of 8-inch tablet. According to unconfirmed reports, the tablet will have their name Surface Mini. As usually happens, the manufacturer is trying to keep all the information about the

Toshiba To Take On IPads With Windows 8 Tablets

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Acer Inc., Toshiba Corp. (6502) and Asustek Computer Inc. (2357) will unveil tablets running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system next week, people with knowledge of the matter said, challenging the dominance of Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPad. Acer will display a tablet based on Microsoft's new software at the Computex show in Taipei, while Toshiba will show a tablet and a notebook-type device, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans haven't been made public. Asustek will present tablets with detachable keyboards similar to its current Transformer model, the people said. The annual Computex show provides a forum for the computer industry to tout its wares before the typical increase in second-half demand. Computer makers allied with Microsoft (MSFT) will use this year's event to highlight a long-awaited response to the iPad and machines that run Google Inc.'s Android operating system, which together have 91 percent of the tablet m

Toshiba outs Qosmio X870 gaming laptop

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Though it hasn't been announced here in the US, UK-based site TechDigest is showing us the first photo of the Qosmio X870, which seems to have a rather reined-in design compared to previous Toshiba gaming machines we've seen (to the extent that a PC with red accents can ever be called staid). According to the site, its specs include a 17.3-inch, 1080p, 3D-capable display; the "latest" Intel processors; unspecified, next-gen NVIDIA GPUs with 3GB of video memory; and up to either 2TB in HDD storage or a (presumably smaller) hybrid SSD. Rounding out the list, the laptop is said to rock Bluetooth 4.0, four USB 3.0 sockets (including two with Toshiba's Sleep-and-Charge technology), HDMI, Harman Kardon speakers, an optional Blu-ray player and that all-important LAN port. Sounds good to us, though as of this writing we've yet to see a press release posted on any of Toshiba's regional or global sites. If TechDigest's report is on the money, though, this