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Microsoft Gives Surface RT to Europe for Valentine’s Day

John Paczkowski in News on February 8 at 1:20 pm PT

Three months after debuting its new Surface RT in the United States, Microsoft is is increasing the device’s overseas availability. The company said today that on February 14 it will launch the RT in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Still no word on when the RT’s more powerful Surface Pro sibling will hit Europe, though it is due to arrive at market in North America tomorrow.

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128GB iPad Hits Market Three Days Ahead of Surface Pro

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 5 at 7:55 am PT

Apple’s latest iPad, the behemoth 128 gigabyte version of the fourth-generation tablet the company launched last year, went on sale Tuesday morning, extending the upper range of the iPad portfolio — and its price range. The device, which starts at $799 and doubles the previous maximum iPad capacity of 64GB, is targeted at enterprise users. It arrives at market just a few days ahead of Microsoft’s Surface Pro, which is designed to appeal to the same users.

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Microsoft’s Surface Pro Tablet to Debut February 9

John Paczkowski in News on January 22 at 10:23 am PT

The wait for Microsoft’s Surface Pro will soon be over. The company said Tuesday that the Windows 8 Pro version of its tablet will go on sale in the U.S. and Canada on Feb. 9, at a starting price of $899. The Surface Pro’s debut comes about three months after the release of the Surface RT, the consumer version of the device, which is thought not to be selling as well as Microsoft had hoped.