Rumors about a smaller version of Microsoft’s Surface tablets have been making the rounds in earnest since last summer. For a brief moment it sounded like we might even see this Surface Mini arrive alongside the Surface 2 models, but after that didn’t come to pass we settled in to wait for our sign of its ultimate arrival. Last night, we spotted the invitation to an upcoming Microsoft event that might ...

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Rumors of an upcoming Surface Mini tablet from Microsoft have been swirling for months now, but so far confirmation hasn’t been easy to come by. Is that finally about to change? Invitations have begun making their way out of Microsoft for a “small gathering” (emphasis added), which immediately makes us think we’ll be seeing the elusive Surface Mini. This event lines up pretty well with an earlier report stating a release timeframe and also the possibility of ...

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Last year, rumors were flying around hot that Microsoft was putting together a pint-sized version of its Surface tablet, the presumed Surface Mini. From the sound of things, we’d be getting a device with a display in the seven-to-eight-inch range, and that the aspect ratio might change to an iPad-style 4:3. But then by the time 2014 started looming over the horizon, these Surface Mini rumors began drying up, and we haven’t heard anything noteworthy in several ...

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It’s been a while now since we heard anything new about Microsoft’s possible plans for a Surface 2 Mini, after a number of rumors attempted to describe such hardware a couple months back. At the time, we didn’t have a firm grasp on many specifics, with details like screen aspect ratio, size, and resolution still up in the air. While we can’t yet say if it’s any more accurate, today we get to check out some new claims about the hardware and hear ...

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The Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 launched pretty much how we expected them to, and while Microsoft had some interesting accessories to share, the tablets themselves had already been largely described in leaks. But even as those two went official, there were still some lingering Surface 2 questions we still wanted to see answered. Those included both when we might see LTE support in the tablet, and also what might become of rumors about a Surface 2 Mini. We get a few answers along those lines, thanks to some new comments from ...

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Microsoft’s Surface 2 announcement has come and gone without any sign of a Surface Mini, the pint-sized Surface tablet that’s been popping up in rumors all summer. Truth be told, that wasn’t a huge surprise, as we’d heard that the Surface Mini might be announced separately, though still intended for release before the year’s end. Well, today we hear a few more details about the tablet’s purported hardware, as well as claims that a 2013 ...

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