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<h1 style="text-align: center;">microsoft surface RT</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>a tablet computer built and sold by Microsoft(MSFT), 10" form factor / screen size, runs the windows 8 RT operating system(o/s), was launched in 2012-10-26 along with the new windows 8 o/s, competitors include the apple ipad 4, nexus 10/samsung galaxy 10.1</li> </ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] some pretty decent HARDWARE, specifications</strong></li> <ol> <li>] SCREEN: 1366x768 screen, ### dpi, 16:9 a/r, "cleartype", 5 pt touch</li> <li>] PROCESSOR: 1 Ghz Quad Core, nvidia Tegra</li> <li>] RAM: 2 GB, (2048 MB) </li> <li>] STORAGE: 32 GB ( 64GB model available, a 32GB )</li> <li>] POWER: battery 31.5 w/hrs vs 42.5 w/hrs for ipad 4, 7 - 8 hours life </li> <li>] RADIOS: wifi a/b/g/n, bluetooth 4, <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0;">NO cellular/lte</span></li> <li>] SPEAKERS: 2 </li> <li>] MIC: 2</li> <li>] PORTS: dock connector/cover port(keyboard), micro SDxc, USB 2.0, HD video out(mini displayPort), </li> <li>] OTHER: accelorometer,gyrometor, light.ambient, compass ?= gps, ?NFC, </li> </ol> <li><strong>] cameras HD front and back</strong></li> <ol> <li>] front HD camera, 720p</li> <li>] rear HD camera, 720p</li> </ol> <li><strong>] micro hdmi</strong></li> <ol> <li>] plug this in to your big screen HD TV and watch the HD videos that you recorded or the video content that you downloaded, including support for playback of adobe FLASH VIDEOs found on youtube/elsewhere,</li> </ol> <li><strong>] usb 2.0</strong></li> <ol> <li>] keyboard, flash drive, ext hdd, joystick, ext dvd/bluray?, printer</li> </ol> <li><strong>] [operating system]</strong></li> <ol> <li>] windows 8 RT == looks like the <a href="article?id=549#content" target="_blank">windows 8</a> w/out any desktop or programs EXCEPT of course (see 6.1), YES that does say ms office</li> <li>] windows without PROGRAMS == file system access , connectivity to windows networks, usb stuff,</li> </ol> <li><strong>] NATIVE SW APPS & PROGRAMS</strong></li> <ol> <li>] includes PROGRAM <strong>- microsoft office 2013 - yes, it is the full version of the home and student edition(word, excel, powerpoint and oneNote) </strong></li> <li>] PROGRAM - paint</li> <li>] PROGRAM - notepad</li> <li>] <a href="article?id=929#content" target="_blank">NATIVE APPS</a> - a list of the APPS that ship with the O/S along with a brief description of each, its strengths and weaknesses </li> </ol> <li><strong>] THIRD PARTY APPS ...</strong></li> <ol> <li>] 2012-12 LIST <a href="article?id=930#content" target="_blank">25 categories, our choice for the top 5 apps</a> in each category</li> </ol> <li><strong>] ECOSYSTEM</strong></li> <ol> <li>] skydrive, ] ms account (sso), ] native apps INTEGRATION w/ services, ] store, ] xbox music, ]</li> </ol> <li><strong>] UNIQUE + design + build QUALITY +++</strong></li> <ol> <li>] UNIQUE magnesium alloy casing, UNIQUE flip stand, UNIQUE OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES detachable keyboards/cover, subjective - beautiful, well made, high quality</li> </ol> <li><strong>] ACCESSORIES-MFG</strong></li> <ol> <li>] touch cover,119 keyboard + touchad, no moving parts, colors </li> <li>] type cover -129 tactile keys,best ever</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHY NOT]</h2> <ol> <li>] of course there are alwasy some things that it does not do as well as some of the others may ... some things that a little annoying, and here they are in no particular order ...</li> <li><strong>] NOT </strong><strong>a great price or value</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong>] ...</strong></li> </ol> <li><strong>] operating system</strong></li> <ol> <li>] this is NOT windows 8,</li> <li>] bugs, kinks,</li> <li>]</li> </ol> <li><strong>] APPS-NATIVE</strong></li> <ol> <li>] lacking - which is NOT really a huge deal, if you dont like msft mail then just use another mail right, well</li> </ol> <li><strong>] ECOSYSTEM - immature</strong></li> <ol> <li>] its NOT on par with "the competition", dont fall into the APP numbers trap, what apps do you use, will it get there? when?</li> </ol> <li><strong>] APPS-THIRD-PARTY</strong></li> <ol> <li>] quantity =</li> <li>] quality =</li> </ol> <li><strong>] ???</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong>] ?= design - size</strong></li> <ol> <li>] too large, too heavy, portrait mode BUT it is ] thinner than ipad</li> </ol> <li><strong>] ?= 5pt touch VS 11pt ipad</strong></li> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <li><strong>] ?= display - </strong></li> <ol> <li>] 2048x1500 retina sounds > 1366 x768</li> </ol> <li><strong>] ?= rt vs pro</strong></li> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol></ol> <li>] </li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] to buy</strong></li> <ol> <li>initially sold EXCLUSIVELY in the NEW microsoft stores, of which there are only 30</li> <li>later MSFT announced they would be expanding distribution to retailers including ...</li> </ol> <li><strong>] to use [what]</strong></li> </ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2012-10-25 initial product launch</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li>] what in action</li> </ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li>] getting started with [what] step-by-step</li> </ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] OBJECTS - microsoft surface RT</li> <ol> <li>this page lists our <span style="text-decoration: underline;">full specifications</span>, and also presents a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">side by side comparison of the SURFACE specs beside the [IPAD 4]</span> specs</li> </ol> <li>] microsoft surface home page</li> <ol> <li>the official surface page, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US/surface-with-windows-rt/specifications" target="_blank">specifications</a>,</li> </ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <p> </p> <h2><strong>[REVIEWS]</strong></h2> <p><strong>Chris Pirillo (tech blogger) </strong></p> <p><strong></strong> <span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">No. It's a turd, by first-hand experien</span><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">ce - overpriced. Mind you, I buy Apple products. ;)</span><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">1.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="ot-anchor" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" href="http://www.wired.com/reviews/2012/10/microsoft-surface/all/">http://www.wired.com/reviews/2012/10/microsoft-surface/all/</a><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">"This is a great device. It is a new thing, in a new space, and likely to confuse many of Microsoft’s longtime customers."</span><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">2.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="ot-anchor" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/23/microsoft-surface-rt-review/">http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/23/microsoft-surface-rt-review/</a><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">"Should you buy the Surface RT? No."</span><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">3.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="ot-anchor" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" href="http://gizmodo.com/5953866/microsoft-surface-rt-review-this-is-technological-heartbreak">http://gizmodo.com/5953866/microsoft-surface-rt-review-this-is-technological-heartbreak</a><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">"Should you buy it? No. The Surface, with an obligatory Touch Cover, is $600. That's a lot of money. Especially given that it's no laptop replacement, no matter how it looks or what Microsoft says. It's a tablet-plus, priced right alongside the iPad and in most ways inferior."</span><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">4.</span><a class="ot-anchor" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/technology/personaltech/microsoft-unveils-the-surface-its-first-tablet-review.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/technology/personaltech/microsoft-unveils-the-surface-its-first-tablet-review.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</a><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">"In time, maybe the Windows RT apps will come. Maybe the snags will get fixed. Maybe people will solve the superimposed puzzle of Windows RT and Windows 8. Until then, the Surface is a brilliantly conceived machine whose hardware will take your breath away — but whose software will take away your patience."</span><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">5.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="ot-anchor" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/23/3540550/microsoft-surface-review">http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/23/3540550/microsoft-surface-review</a><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">"It does the job of a tablet and the job of a laptop half as well as other devices on the market, and it often makes that job harder, not easier. Instead of being a no-compromise device, it often feels like a more-compromise one. [...] The whole thing is honestly perplexing. If this device is not as good as (or better than) the best tablet, and not a complete alternative to a laptop — who is this for? What is it supposed to be?"</span><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">6.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="ot-anchor" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbuchanan/the-other-tablet">http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbuchanan/the-other-tablet</a><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><br style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important; font: 13px/18px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; letter-spacing: normal; color: #555555; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">"For a device that's supposed to feel more like an appliance, with seamless and beautiful software, there are a number of weird moments that scream "computer!" like black-and-white nightmares bursting into rainbow dreams. In general, the desktop environment feels like a trick, a kludge... Surface is supposed to be so much more than just Microsoft's iPad alternative, the Other Tablet. It may very well be one day. It has everything it needs to be that. But right now it's just another tablet. And not one you should buy today."</span></p> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p>] issue with using SD card in surface</p> <p><a href="http://www.teamradicus.com/post/Surface-and-SD-Card.aspx">http://www.teamradicus.com/post/Surface-and-SD-Card.aspx</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/surface-tip-microsd-content-libraries-metro-apps-144658">http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/surface-tip-microsd-content-libraries-metro-apps-144658</a></p> <p>src=hanselmann blog post, comments, ultrabooks are we there yet</p> <p> </p> <p> ] commentED on chris pirillo thread (src = SURFACE PRO comments)</p> <p>] Surface RT has only been on the market for 3 months. I am not aware that msft has released any actual sales #'s. Rumours are that its below "projections" and analysts are predicting/estimating around 1 M units on expectations of 2m units. Compare that to ipad sale numbers in the same quarter and its an abysmal failure!. Compare it to how many tablets msft sold in the quarter before(0) and (1 million units @ $500 each) looks pretty darn good. </p>