This story which I posted yesterday, is not true! No Idea why the source wrote it, I was a bit surprised that I did not see this on other news sources, but hey this may be the first that breaks the story. Anyway sorry about this.

Microsoft aims to launch its own tablet PC. The company wants to work with a computer manufacturer to produce the unit, which will be sold for less than 1200 euros, Armin Cremerius-Günther, Division Head for Windows at Microsoft Deutschland, announced on Tuesday. A special Tablet PC Edition of Windows XP runs on tablet PCs; inside such Microsoft units, classic PC components are used, the main difference being a touch-sensitive display with fine temporal resolution that allows for control using a special pen that can also be used to enter hand-written data.

Microsoft wants to use this low price to give a boost to the technology, which was first presented in 2002. According to Cremerius-Günther, many customers find the tablet PCs currently available too expensive. Microsoft estimates that they usually cost between 1800 and 2500 euros.

Cremerius-Günther did not provide any further details on the planned tablet PC. At present, talks are being held with Acer and Medion as possible manufacturing partners. An agreement should be reached in time for the computer trade fair CeBIT in Hanover (10th to 16th of March). Microsoft will then provide technical data, the sales price, and launch date.

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