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Microsoft’s Surface: The case of the tablet that isn’t a tablet

Microsoft’s Surface: The case of the tablet that isn’t a tablet

Features Tablets

When Apple introduced its iPad, Steve Jobs and his team reinvented the PC, giving it a completely new form factor. From the beginning, it was designed strictly to be a tablet, to be used in portrait and landscape mode. Both modes deliver an equal user experience within software, browsing, and apps. In fact, Jobs went to great lengths to show the device's versatility for content consumption This is important because, even with its 9.7in screen (which Jobs saw as the best...



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