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The last company to announce a tablet with so few details was…

Posted on Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 at 9:39 am. PT

Written by Jim Dalrymple

RIM when it announced the PlayBook. They wouldn’t let anyone even touch it. That worked so well, Microsoft decided to try the same strategy with the Surface.



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