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microsoft surface PRO 2

[WHAT]

  1. a tablet computer built and sold by Microsoft(MSFT), 10" form factor / screen size,
    1. ] ships with the windows 8 operating system(o/s), 
    2. ] 2nd generation surface product released in 2013-10, along with its older sibling the surface RT 2 
    3. ] competitors include the apple ipad air,  nexus 10/samsung galaxy 10.1

[WHY - PRO'S]

  1. ] impressive HARDWARE, specifications
    1. ] SCREEN: 1920x1080 screen, ### dpi, 16:9 a/r, "cleartype", 10 pt touch
    2. ] PROCESSOR: # Ghz # Core, intel core i5 3rd gen 
    3. ] RAM: 4 GB, (4096 MB) 
    4. ] STORAGE: 64 GB ( 128GB model available, a 32GB )
    5. ] POWER: battery 48 w/hrs vs 42.5 w/hrs for ipad 4, 3.5 - 4 hours life 
    6. ] RADIOS: wifi a/b/g/n, bluetooth 4 l/w, NO cellular/lte
    7. ] SPEAKERS: 2 
    8. ] MIC: 2
    9. ] PORTS: dock connector/cover port(keyboard), micro SDxc, USB 3.0, HD video out(mini displayPort),  
    10. ] OTHER: accelorometer,gyrometor, light.ambient, compass ?= gps, ?NFC, 
  2. ] cameras HD front and back
    1. ] front  HD camera, 720p
    2. ] rear HD camera, 720p
  3. ] mini displayPort
    1. ] 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,
  4. ] usb 3.0
    1. ] keyboard, ] flash drive, ] ext hdd, ] joystick, ] ext dvd/bluray?, ] printer
  5. ] [operating system]
    1. ] windows 8 the same FULL BLOWN o/s that you have on your desktop or laptop PC. it can run the same PROGRAMS that you run
  6. ] NATIVE SW APPS & PROGRAMS
    1. ] includes PROGRAM - microsoft office 2013 -  yes, it is the full version of the home and student edition(word, excel, powerpoint and oneNote)  
    2. ] NATIVE APPS - a list of the APPS that ship with the O/S along with a brief description of each, its strengths and weaknesses  
  7. ] THIRD PARTY APPS ...
    1. ] 2012-12 LIST 25 categories, our choice for the top 5 apps in each category
  8. ] ECOSYSTEM
    1. ] skydrive, ] ms account (sso), ] native apps INTEGRATION w/ services, ] store, ] xbox music, ]
  9. ] UNIQUE + design + build QUALITY +++
    1. ] UNIQUE magnesium alloy casing, UNIQUE flip stand, UNIQUE OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES detachable keyboards/cover, subjective - beautiful, well made, high quality
  10. ] ACCESSORIES-MFG
    1. ] touch cover,119 keyboard + touchad, no moving parts, colors 
    2. ] type cover -129 tactile keys,best ever

[WHY NOT - CON'S]

  1. ] of course there are always some things that it does not do as well as some of the others may ...
    1. some things that a little annoying, and here they are in no particular order ...
  2. ] price or value
    1. ] ...
  3. ] operating system
    1. ]
  4. ] APPS-NATIVE
    1. ] lacking - which is NOT really a huge deal, if you dont like msft mail then just use another mail right, well
  5. ] ECOSYSTEM - immature
    1. ] its NOT on par with "the competition", don't fall into the APP numbers trap, what apps do you use?,  will it get there? when?
  6. ] APPS-THIRD-PARTY
    1. ] quantity =
    2. ] quality =
  7. ] ???
    1. ] ?= design - size
      1. ] too large, too heavy, portrait mode BUT it is ] thinner than ipad
    2. ] ?= 10pt touch VS 11pt ipad
      1. ]
    3. ] ?= display -  
      1. ] 2048x1500 retina sounds > 1920x1080
    4. ] ?= rt vs pro
      1. ] 500 w/office VS 900 w/out

[WHERE]

  1. ] to buy
    1. ] initially sold EXCLUSIVELY in the NEW microsoft stores (of which there are only 30 in north america) and online by microsoft,
    2. ] later MSFT announced they would be expanding distribution to retailers including ...
  2. ] to use [what]
    1. ] ...

[WHEN]

  1. ] 2013-10

[EXAMPLE]

  1. ] what in action

[HOW-TO]

  1. ] A step by step guide to working with this tablet
    1. ] reset device
    2. ] root device
    3. ] operating system

[REVIEWS]

  1. ] the experts have weighed in ...
    1. ] REVIEW - http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/review-acers-iconia-w700-is-an-ultrabook-in-a-tablets-body/
    2. ] REVIEW - http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/windows/3402233/acer-w700
    3. ] REVIEWS SUMMARY -  microsoft surface pro - summary page of multiple reviews, links to original reviews from multiple sources

[ANALYSIS]

  1. ] this tablet VERSUS the
    1. ] ipad air 
    2. ] samsung galaxy 12.2
    3. ] nexus 10

[REFERENCE]

  1. ] OBJECTS - microsoft surface PRO
    1. this page lists our full specifications, and also presents a side by side comparison of the SURFACE specs beside the [IPAD 4] specs
  2. ] microsoft surface home page
    1. the official surface page, specifications,
  3. ] our tablet guide -
    1. ] our notes on tablets, a breakdown of tablet features, a list of tablet models, current, previous and future, tablet reviews and analysis, and more ...
  4. ] our windows 8.x guide
    1. ] our notes on the this operating system,
  5. ] our operating systems guide
    1. ] our notes on tablet operating systems(OS), a breakdown of the major operating systems that are currently available, the features that you will find in each of them, what differentiates one OS from another,

 

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