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Microsoft appears to have given up on Windows as a mobile operating system, announcing at a launch in New York on Wednesday that in 2020 it would release a dual-screen phone which runs Android.

Transatel, the IoT enabler and service provider for Microsoft's Surface Pro with LTE advanced, promises "out-of-the-box, global cellular connectivity" directly upon opening the device "for the first time".

In light of Apple's latest "what's a computer" campaign, pitting ultra-reliable, richly app-laden iPads with long battery life against cheap Windows computers, are Kogan's notebooks a good deal?

And the winner is – sorry, you will have to read the article to find out. But HP’s new x2 Spectre raises the bar in some areas, as does Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2017.

Microsoft Surface Pro 2017 (Pro) is a premium Windows 10 PC tablet/detachable that continues the category defining Surface hybrid family that started in 2012 with Surface RT then the Windows-based Surface, Surface Pro, Pro 2, 3, and 4.

No, it is not the Surface Pro 5 – just the next generation of the Surface Pro. For convenience let’s call it 2017.

A report suggests the next Surface Pro is just an update of the Surface Pro 4, with the latest Kaby Lake Intel processor, new keyboard and stylus colours, but no USB-C.

Microsoft announced late last week that it’s holding a special Surface event in Shanghai, promising to “show the world what’s next.”

Australia’s border protection service, Border force, has deployed a new automated system to replace the previous manual process supporting air cargo inspections.

One side says there will be no new Surface Pro mobile devices announced and no new Surface Phone on 26 October, but the other side says there will be.

ANALYSIS Microsoft has issued invitations to a launch in New York. Inevitably this sets the gossip mongers “mongering”. Here is what iTWire has found.

Microsoft's tardiness and lack of communication in relation to battery issues affecting its Surface Pro PC/tablet hybrid has been slammed by well-known journalist Ed Bott who has been writing about the company for 25 years.

Microsoft's Surface line, reported as one of its better earners in its most recent quarterly results, suffers from a bug which has come to be referred to as Sleep of Death.

Microsoft has issued a recall notice for AC power cables used on Surface Pro, Pro 2 and Pro 3 (sold before 15 March 2015.)

Microsoft is coming to Sydney – 12 November – with its first ever flagship store outside the US. If you think Windows is ‘slick’ or ‘sick’ (in the modern context) come and worship it at the Pitt Street Mall.

The much-anticipated follow up to Windows 8, dubbed Windows 9, is being readied for a release date in Q2 or Q3, 2015 according to fresh reports.

Microsoft released a firmware update for the Surface Pro 2 only a couple of weeks after its launch, and it now appears as a result the device has received a massive boost in battery life.

Microsoft has cut the price of its Surface RT tablet by as much as 30% in the US, after "disappointing" sales.

OPINION Microsoft's Surface Pro is an excellent opportunity for the company to right the wrongs of its lukewarm first effort.