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LXer: Microsoft's Real Tablet Competition: Google Android

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http://www.linuxquestions.org – Published at LXer: During Microsoft’s recent Worldwide Partner Conference, COO Kevin Turner assured channel partners that tablet PCs running Windows 7 would soon counter Apple’s iPad. But perhaps Turner and Microsoft should be more worried about another rapidly emerging tablet rival: Google Android. Read More... (HowTos)

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