In four days of sales, Russian retailers managed to sell only 300 Surface devices.

Briefly about the main “iron” events of today: a new line of Apple tablets will appear this spring, Surface sales in the fourth quarter of last year, according to preliminary estimates, do not stand up to criticism. 

Microsoft Corporation, a month after the Surface was released, announced the development of an entire ecosystem of mobile devices under its own brand.

The vice president of Microsoft and the head of the Windows and Windows Live division, announced his retirement from the corporation.

As Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted in an interview with the French newspaper Le Parisien, sales of the Surface tablet “started modestly.”

Microsoft Corporation is developing a seven-inch gaming tablet under the Xbox brand. Its approximate characteristics are already known, unlike the date of the official announcement and release.

Yesterday, Microsoft published official information about the cost of a Surface tablet running Windows RT. 

According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft Corporation plans to sell from 3 to 5 million Surface tablets in the fourth quarter of this year.

According to sources close to Microsoft, the company has built its own factory in China for the production of Surface tablets.

The executive director of Microsoft hinted that you should not wait for a cheap tablet based on Windows 8. 

Engadget reported that a Microsoft tablet in a minimal configuration will cost no more than a Kindle Fire.

Microsoft isn’t really going to promote its tablet. By introducing Windows 8 on the Surface, the company will leave the market.