{"id":64438,"date":"2012-11-12T11:34:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T09:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=64438"},"modified":"2012-11-12T12:11:53","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T10:11:53","slug":"microsoft-surface-touch-cover-issue-pops-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/64438-microsoft-surface-touch-cover-issue-pops-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Surface Touch Cover issue pops up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft\u2019s Surface is causing a stir, with many users finding a common problem with the tablet&#8217;s Touch Covers.<\/p>\n<p>The edge of the cover appears to be splitting, which exposes one of the internal wires.<\/p>\n<p>The defect is identical in each case: the cover, which has an integrated keyboard, begins to split at its seam where the device attaches magnetically to the main computer.<\/p>\n<p>A number of users who have encountered this problem have taken to the <a href=\" http:\/\/www.surfaceforums.net\/forum\/microsoft-surface-general-discussion\/1940-touch-cover-peeling-seam.html\" target=\"_blank\">Surface forums<\/a> to express their shared dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft hasn\u2019t responded on the matter, though it has notified forum members to return the covers to Microsoft for replacement.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/blog\/2012\/nov\/09\/microsoft-surface-cover-flaw\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian\u00a0<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to Surface teardown reveals real cost\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/64018-surface-teardown-reveals-real-cost.html\">Surface teardown reveals real cost<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to Microsoft Surface compatibility list for devices\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/63680-microsoft-surface-compatibility-list-for-devices.html\">Microsoft Surface compatibility list for devices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\" http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/59459-cheapest-tablets-you-can-buy.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cheapest tablets you can buy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surface users are experiencing identical problems with the tablet\u2019s detachable keyboard cover <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340900,"featured_media":59997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[7979,12641,16834,2432,16832],"class_list":["post-64438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-quicknews","tag-surface","tag-surface-touch-cover","tag-tablet","tag-touch-cover"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64438"}],"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=64438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64448,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64438\/revisions\/64448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}