Microsoft Surface Mini – The secret is the Kinect
The next tablet from Redmond will have the sensor on the Xbox One for a new interaction with the surrounding environment. Challenge to iPad Mini and Galaxy S4. With almost all major devices of 2013 also came in ” mini ” version (we’re talking tablets but also smartphones). It seems quite normal that Microsoft wants to tell her, and decided to develop a smaller version in size of its Surface.
There is no doubt that the tablet from Redmond did not find the expected success, either by a number of factors impact the arrival, almost concurrently, Windows 8, which has hampered the adoption by the hard core of the series XP / 7 (Vista is ” deliberately” not mentioned), or for a number of deficiencies (Form 3G/4G) that tipped the scales in favor of competitors. The time for redemption is near the lifts and could arrive with a tablet from the ” cutoff ” of 8 inches.
The open road has been traveled by the iPad Mini by different actors over the last twelve months. Among all that, Samsung has refreshed its range with the Galaxy Note tablet “8” comes with S Pen, a device interesting from several points of view. Then came Acer, LG and Amazon, each with its own version of 8 inches, convinced that the truth and success are in the ” middle ” between large smartphone and a small tablet.
According to reports from Chinese WPDang, the Surface Mini would be coming and would bring with it not just the news. Among all the presence, unbelievable, a Kinect sensor to bring the recognition of the surrounding environment and the gesture towards the next level. But unlike the ” mini ” mentioned above, the surface would be reduced only in size; hardware and software features remain the same as the older brother with an obvious gain in terms of practicality and use.
The Kinect on the Surface Mini would allow a better interaction with the device through the motions of users than, for example, in similar technologies exist today. Just think of the ” Air Gesture ” of the Samsung Galaxy S4, a novelty but still in the testing phase, given the difficulties of response to commands (touch, sight, etc …) who finds himself in front.
The technical features, absolutely roar and unofficial, tell of a Full HD display comparable to the iPad Mini 2 Retina, the operating system should be (alas) in Windows version 8.1 RT on Bay Trail processor from Intel. Putting these early specifications on the cross will find similarities with the next tablet Nokia Lumia 2020, which should be presented at the Mobile World Congress 2014. The challenge for the best 8 inches the next twelve months playing at home: Microsoft-Nokia is the kick-off.
