Microsoft debuted the Surface line of tablets here today, part of Windows 8's attempts to be all things to all people. The tablets are Microsoft's most aggressive entry to the tablet market to date, but the company has yet to do more than whet our interest.
Two Surface-branded tablets were announced today. One will be running Windows RT, the other Windows 8 Pro. There are some sharp differences between the two versions of Windows 8, but it's telling that the company doesn't even have names locked down for them yet.
Names are both superficial and belie what a device is capable of; the also reveal a company's one-word summation of hope and strategy for a device. What kind of company reveals a product line as aggressively as Surface without product-specific names? It feels amateurish for 2012. But there's more missing than just a name.
We have some hard facts. The Windows RT Surface will weigh 676 grams, be 9.3mm thick, have a 10.6" ClearType HD display, and be available in 32 GB and 64 GB models. It will have a microSD card reader built-in, along with a USB 2.0 port, micro HD video port, and 2x2 MMO antennae.
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