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Lilbits (10-23-2013): Goodbye Surface RT, hello Surface

Last year Microsoft introduced two tablets, the Surface RT and the Surface Pro. This year the company launched two more: The Surface 2 and the Surface Pro 2. Notice something missing? Any mention of RT in the cheaper tablet. Since Microsoft is also continuing to offer last year’s model as an entry-level device, it’s not […]

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Lilbits (10-01-2013): Microsoft Surface tablets in new shapes and sizes

Microsoft currently offers two types of Surface tablet: models with Windows or models with Windows RT. Both types come with 10.6 inch displays. But eventually the company could branch out and offer its tablets in a range of shapes and sizes. Speaking at an event in Seattle, Microsoft’s Panos Panay said the company plans to […]

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Microsoft introduces Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 tablets

Microsoft second-generation Surface tablets look an awful lot like the models released in 2012. But they have faster processors, more versatile kickstands, longer battery life, and other improvements. The company is also offering new accessories including a a desktop dock, a keyboard case that also serves as an extra battery for your Surface tablet, and […]

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Microsoft Surface Power Cover could charge your tablet while you type

Microsoft is expected to launch second-generation Surface tablets one of these days, and it looks like the company may have some new accessories in the works as well. Neowin and WinSuperSite have posted details about an upcoming Microsoft Power Cover, a detachable screen cover which has a battery and a keyboard. Right now Microsoft offers […]

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Lilbits (7-31-2013): Sluggish Surface sales, renaming SkyDrive

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently admitted that the company may have made too many Surface RT tablets, and the software maker also took a $900 write-down this month when it dropped the selling price of the tablet from $499 to $349. Now an SEC filing shows that the $900 million figure is actually more than […]

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Microsoft Surface Pro with 256GB of storage coming soon for $1200

Microsoft’s 256GB Surface Pro tablet is coming to America, where it looks like it’ll be available soon for $1200. Right now you can only pick up Microsoft’s Windows 8 tablet in 64GB or 128GB flavors for $899 and up in the US, but WP Central spotted a listing at CDW that suggests the new 256GB model […]