CNET wrapup:
http://www.cnet.com/news/surface-boo...ust-announced/
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The new Surface Pro 4 improves on its 12-inch predecessor with a 12.3-inch display at 267 pixels per inch (5 megapixels) using Gorilla Glass 4, but retains the same footprint. Microsoft introduced PixelSense technology (a branding of its inking tech), supporting a stylus with 1,024 levels of pressure (that's equivalent to Wacom's consumer graphics tablets) with "best-in-class" palm detection and parallax compensation. The stylus attaches magnetically to the device, and uses a one-click launch, similar to the Adonit Jot Dash. The battery is rated to last a year.
It introduces a G5 chipset which enables real ink-like operation but intelligent interaction. It has different nibs (pen tips) which presumably deliver a different feel based on the type of inking you're doing (painting, notetaking, and so on). Seriously, WANT.
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As for Lumia phones, The most whiz-bang features of the 5.2-inch Lumia 950 ($550) sound like the quad-HD OELD display (1440x2560), USB Type-C (for fast charging) and Qi wireless charging. It's slated to incorporate 3GB memory with 32GB storage (plus microSD) and use a 6-core Snapdragon 808 processor. The screen has 564 pixel per inch resolution and uses glance screen technology (displays information without touching the screen)
The 5.7-inch 950XL ($650) is similar to the 950, but uses an 8-coreSnapdragon 810 processor.
The phones both have dual antennas so you're never "holding it wrong" and use liquid cooling, probably because those processors run hot. The cameras have a 20MP sensor, triple LED RGB flash, updated optical image stabilization and a dedicated camera button. It supports 4K video. Plus it autouploads to the cloud.
They ship with the usual MIcrosoft apps onboard.
There's also a Continuum dock which has a Type C input and 3 USB, HDMI and DisplayPort connectors; it will let your Surface automagically switch between tablet and desktop mode and display small screen content -- like your phone screen -- on larger screens while behaving like a desktop device and a mobile device. Windows 10 automatically scales the screen display. I have to say, it looks tempting.
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It's too bad ASUS already uses the TRANSFORMER name because MS just dropped a tablet that becomes a laptop, a laptop that becomes a tablet, and two phones that become desktops.