Tuesday 23 April 2013
Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface RT head to more countries, skip India
Posted on 23:58 by Maria Scott
After months of waiting, Microsoft
has finally announced that more parts of the world will be getting the
Surface PRO and Surface RT tablets. Up until now, only 8 countries
worldwide had been graced by the availability (and support) for the new
tablets from Microsoft, but that’s all set to change.
Microsoft has a separate rollout plan for both the tablets. The Surface RT,
which ARM based slate that runs a slimmed down version of Windows 8
meaning it won’t run desktop programs, is set to expand its availability
to 29 markets by June this year. The slate is already available in
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, but in the next
two months, Mexico, Korea and Thailand will also be added to that
roster. If you take a closer look, you will notice India is not on that
list. It seems like Microsoft has covered all of Europe, the USA, the
countries Down-Under and even many countries in Asia, but casually
skirted around India.
The Surface Pro
which is currently only available in the USA, Canada and China, will
make its way to Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, the
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the
United Kingdom, Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, and Thailand before
the end of June. Once again, no India.
While it is good to finally see
Microsoft implement its second phase of rolling out the tablets, it is a
little disconcerting as to why they would skip India, a country with a
population that is rated as one of the highest consumers of technology
based devices. Even Apple has recognized India’s important role in
establishing a market dominance. We can only hope that the Surface
tablets would come soon to the Sub-continent.
Source: http://www.thinkdigit.com/Tablets/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-and-Surface-RT-head_14351.html
Source: http://www.thinkdigit.com/Tablets/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-and-Surface-RT-head_14351.html
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