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To: sylvester80 who wrote (23163)	10/29/2012 8:16:51 PM
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1000 Windows 8 PCs on the way, none with 7 inch screens, says Microsoft VP Posted on October 29, 2012 by admin microsoft-news.com Wired reports that Tami Reller, corporate vice president and CFO of Microsoft’s Windows Group, said that Microsoft is not planning to release a 7 inch Windows 8 tablet. He said there were 1000 separate designs ready to ship with Windows 8, but they were all "10.1 [inches] and above", according to Reller. When asked “So Microsoft’s not going to be in [the seven-inch] space at launch?" he said "Correct." 7 inch devices are very hot at the minute, with the iPad Mini, Kindle Fire and and Google’s Nexus 7 all competing for the space. I suspect however the Desktop elements of Windows 8 and Windows RT would be unusably small for touch on the small tablets, unless Windows users file down their fingers of course. Do our readers think Microsoft is missing an opportunity? Let us know below.