Microsoft Surface

The microsoft surface is the new tablet coming straight from the redmond company, they aren't partnering with any company, they've built from the groundup right within their headquarters. But will it be an iPad Killer?

You can go to roughly any tech site and have a look at the specs but i'm not here to talk about that but i'll still give a rundown of the specifications.

Intel Core i5, Ivy bridge, 3.4GHz Quad core.
Microsoft didn't say any specific Ram capacity but if i'm going to guess, i'll guess around 3gb/4gb of ram.
10.6-inch full HD display, Display resolution wasn't annouced either but probably around 200 pixels per ince (PPI)

The tablet will feature not a striped down version of windows 8 or a custom windows mobile OS. It will run the entire full flagship windows 8 OS that's set to release in the summer of 2012.
It will come in 2 Solid state drives sizes, 32gb and 64gb with 50gb free from Dropbox.

A lot of things weren't announced like the rear facing camera and the front facing camera. They are most likely going to be around the new iPad's camera specifications.

One thing that we know for certain that is the microsoft surface tablet will support Wi-Fi and that's all we know at this point in time, there's been no announcments on which carriers it will appear on and which Data speeds it will take on. Most likely it will feature 4G LTE/HSPA+ since if it's going to be a direct competitor to the iPad, microsoft will most likely add 4G connectivty.
Feature the standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Other ports will be amazingly surprised at this, The tablet will feature a USB 3.0 port and that supports 500mbps/s. HDMI port so you can connect it up to your HD monitor/TV.

With a little comparison to the iPad. The iPad is 9.4mm thick and 1.44 pounds where as the Surface is 13.5mm and weighs at 1.99 pounds. So as you can see it's not the biggest change if you ever want to switch from the usual iPad to a new tablet in town Surface.

With the USB ports being included as standard, microsoft are planning to make a unified experience between all platforms. It's basically a laptop with touchscreen interactivity. We all aware of the smartcover for the iPad and how it tryed to change the way we protect our devices. Peel away the smart cover and the iPad lifts itself out of standby and brings itself straight to the homescreen. Well Microsoft have recreated this for their own tablet but added something revolutionary and it could really catch on with other companies and their tablets. They've added a tactile keyboard that acts as a smartcover, it clips on to the bottom of the devices and using NFC (I think) if it's not NFC, it's going to be bluetooth but by automatically connecting the keyboard, you'll be immediatly be able to type with the keyboard.

Since you've got 2 USB 3.0 ports and a full version of Windows 8 at your disposal, you can rig the tablet up to be a full scale laptop with the HDMI port, hook it up to your TV and have a full entertainment unit.

I think this is the turning point for microsoft to actually get some revenue back from apple, what they stole with such amazing devices like the iPhone, iPod and obviously it's direct competitor the iPad.

Thanks for reading.