{"id":61396,"date":"2012-10-04T12:13:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T10:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=61396"},"modified":"2012-10-04T12:18:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T10:18:40","slug":"microsoft-surface-phone-may-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/61396-microsoft-surface-phone-may-happen.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Surface Phone may happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>Microsoft is said to be contemplating its own smartphone, although the decision is hinging on the success of Windows Phone 8 and the Surface tablet.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple inside sources told the Verge that Microsoft has no plans to introduce a phone in 2012, though the company is considering it \u201cPlan B\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>With these rumours, and Microsoft entering the hardware market with the Surface tablet, a possible reveal of a Microsoft phone in 2013 is likely.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s Surface tablet will launch on 26 October 2012.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2012\/10\/3\/3445860\/microsoft-surface-phone-rumors-windows-phone\" target=\"_blank\">The Verge <\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related Articles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/58319-microsoft-logo-through-the-years.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Microsoft logo through the years<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to What to expect from Windows Phone 8\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/57777-what-to-expect-from-windows-phone-8.html\">What to expect from Windows Phone 8<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to Nokia Lumia 900 launched on Vodacom: Pricing\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/57599-nokia-lumia-900-launched-on-vodacom-pricing.html\">Nokia Lumia 900 launched on Vodacom: Pricing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to Great gadgets to look forward to\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/56857-great-gadgets-to-look-forward-to.html\">Great gadgets to look forward to<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is rumoured to be introducing a phone offering after its tablet debut <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340900,"featured_media":58341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[123,15990,7979,15988,13065],"class_list":["post-61396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-microsoft","tag-microsoft-phone","tag-quicknews","tag-surface-phone","tag-surface-tablet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61424,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61396\/revisions\/61424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}