Whatever the reason, the upshot is that we have no small Surface tablet. This leaves Windows users who want a smaller device a few different options: they can pick something from one of Microsoft ...

Small-screen Windows slates are poised to flood store shelves, but they aren't a magic pill for Microsoft's struggling tablet OS.

It's easy to think that Microsoft has given up on small tablets. In the three years since the release of the Surface 3, its last inexpensive iPad competitor, Microsoft shifted its attention ...

Nonetheless, small Windows tablets offer two advantages for Microsoft. First, smaller tablets tend to be less expensive than larger ones.

Rumors of a small Surface tablet emerged before Microsoft even announced its original Surface RT tablet. Allegedly named Surface “mini,” the small tablet will likely use a 7.5-inch display ...

But at the same time, it seems Microsoft doesn’t actually expect you to run desktop-style apps (like Office 2013) on small tablets.

Everything fits without being too small, too large, or out of place. This means that Microsoft (MSFT) and its development partners didn't have to do much to make Windows 8 functional on small tablets.

What Enderle is hearing is that Microsoft needs to separate the Surface and Surface Pro products, with the former being positioned more like a tablet and the Pro "closer to a laptop in primary ...

Microsoft has unveiled its smallest and least expensive Surface tablet yet, a long-rumored portable device that will compete with Apple’s iPad Mini.

As early as January, when it revealed the Consumer Preview of Windows 10, Microsoft made it clear that small tablets will be treated as a different device class from desktops, laptops, larger ...

Continuum, Microsoft’s hybrid touch feature, also exists on these small Windows 8 tablets, allowing you to switch between a desktop and tablet mode.

According to an unintentional leak, Acer is about to release a 8.1-inch tablet for the Windows crowd that is exciting some folks. Small tablets seem to be on the way for Windows customers, and ...