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Microsoft signals push to smaller, lower-priced Windows tablets

2013-03-29 22:21:19| InfoWorld: Top News

Microsoft has relaxed a Windows 8 certification requirement to allow devices with lower resolutions, a move analysts said signaled Microsoft would soon join the accelerating shift to smaller, less expensive tablets. "The sub-eight-inch part of the tablet market will be growing this year to about 55% of the entire market," said Bob O'Donnell, an analyst with IDC. "Microsoft hasn't even been playing in that segment, and they needed to do something."

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