{"id":62512,"date":"2012-10-18T11:51:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T09:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=62512"},"modified":"2012-10-18T14:30:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T12:30:18","slug":"microsoft-surface-tv-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/62512-microsoft-surface-tv-ad.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Surface TV ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><a title=\"Microsoft\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/211580-Microsoft\">Microsoft<\/a> has released a new video for the upcoming Surface tablet, showing off the device&#8217;s core features.<\/p>\n<p>The video gives a closer look at the cover and keyboard in particular.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is reportedly dropping $400 million on marketing the Surface.<\/p>\n<p>Running on <a title=\"Windows\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/360852-Windows\">Windows<\/a> RT, the Surface features a single USB port, a 10.6\u2033 ClearType display, and measures in at 9.3mm thick.<\/p>\n<p>The detachable cover is 3mm thick, and is pressure-sensitive with low-profile keys, doubling as a trackpad.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft also released the <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/62376-microsoft-surface-pricing-revealed.html\" target=\"_blank\">pricing and pre-order details<\/a> for the anticipated device.<\/p>\n<p>The Microsoft website further stated that pre-orders will be accepted for delivery by 26 October 2012, the same day Windows 8 is set to launch &#8211; though it has been confirmed that South Africa will not be getting the device on launch.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yswUFCD1x0A\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Microsoft Surface a promising tablet, risks remain\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/53025-microsoft-surface-a-promising-tablet-risks-remain.html\"><strong>Microsoft Surface a promising tablet, risks remain<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Microsoft Surface tablet no threat to iPad: analysts\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/53007-microsoft-surface-tablet-no-threat-to-ipad-analysts.html\">Microsoft Surface tablet no threat to iPad: analysts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Microsoft Surface tablet PC uses Intel or ARM\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/52933-microsoft-surface-tablet-pc-uses-intel-or-arm.html\">Microsoft Surface tablet PC uses Intel or ARM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Microsoft unveils the Surface tablet\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/52925-microsoft-unveils-the-surface-tablet.html\">Microsoft unveils the Surface tablet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft drop a revealing video for its tablet competitor <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340900,"featured_media":52927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[123,7979,12641,2432],"class_list":["post-62512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-microsoft","tag-quicknews","tag-surface","tag-tablet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62512"}],"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=62512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62568,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62512\/revisions\/62568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}