By It’s really no secret anymore, Apple’s iPad 2 is out and about and I’ve even gotten to having a question about it.
Naturally, while waiting for Apple to actually put the iPad 2 on sale gadget freaks have turned their attention to the opposition. Microsoft’s tablet creation department doesn’t seem to be that active.
After having a chat with Steve Balmer, the interviewers at Bloomberg found something that’s partly depressing and partly impressive.
Microsoft tablet
It seems that Microsoft has no intention of releasing a tablet to compete with the Apple iPad 2 anytime soon. When it does come however, Microsoft’s tablet promises a lot.
The rather worrying part about Microsoft and their iPad 2 competitor is that it’s not going to be seen on the market until 2012, fall of 2012.
If you’re willing to shift that away from your mind, here’s a few lines about what the Microsoft tablet promises.
Windows 8 operating system, that’s not a misprint, Microsoft is going to start testing the system by the end of the year.
With testing done through most of 2012, a first sight of it seen on Microsoft’s new tablet will be far more impressive than a ready for PC launch.
Apart premiering the most eagerly expected operating system of the near future, the 2012 Microsoft tablet should end up using some seriously impressive hardware.
Windows tablet
Last we’ve heard, Intel is working a set of chips that might just be exactly what tablets need and they are interested in a collaboration with Redmond.
A dual core 1 GHz processor like you get in the iPad is decently impressive but something like 2 GHz i3 mobile processor sounds decent even in dual or quad core form.
That sounds really tempting, perhaps Microsoft is taking their time in coming up with a new tablet but who’d mind it if it were brilliant.
After all, Blizzard never makes a game on time and they don’t get any trouble with it.
