Microsoft Said to Be Planning Summer 2012 Windows 8 Tablet Launch: Way Too Late? What About Apps?

Businessweek reports that Microsoft will not have a tablet that competes with Apple’s iPad until the 2012 back-to-school-season.

Microsoft Is Said to Plan Windows Release for Tablets in 2012

This puts the tablets release in the June to August 2012 timeframe. This also means that Microsoft’s iPad-competing tablet will be competing with Apple’s iPad 3 if Apple continues to schedule new iPad releases annually in the spring.

Microsoft has had a tablet strategy for a decade now.

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