Next month, at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft will (present) a slew of new slates that it hopes will offer some competition to the Apple iPad, which has quickly become the leader in this market. The Samsung device is described as “similar in size and shape to the Apple iPad, although it is not as thin. It also includes a unique and slick keyboard that slides out from below for easy typing.” The people familiar with this device said it would run the Windows 7 operating system when in landscape mode, but will also have a layered interface that will appear when the keyboard is hidden and the device is held in a portrait mode.
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