Microsoft Inadvertently Confirms the Surface Mini

When Microsoft unveiled the Surface Pro 3 in May, most people were expecting a Surface Mini — a small-screen Windows tablet aimed to go head-to-head with competitors like the iPad mini and Nexus 7

Now it appears this is what Microsoft was planning, too.

A user manual for the Surface Pro 3, available on Microsoft's website, makes multiple references to a "Surface Mini," first noticed by Paul Thurrott and reported by The Verge

The name appears in exactly four places, apparently by accident (possibly via some careless copying and pasting). One of them even suggests the Surface Mini would have come with a digital pen, just as the Pro model does: "You’ll pair your new pen with Surface Mini a little later during setup." Read more...