Dell To Release a Windows 8 Tablet For End of 2012

With all the attention focused on the iPad, Dell is looking to turn the tides by scheduling a Windows 8 tablet for release later this year.

Dell’s chief commercial officer Steve Felice said that the tablet market was still open and that it is looking to create a tablet that would appeal to everyone from casual users to business users.

“We’re very encouraged by the touch capability we are seeing in the beta versions on Windows 8,” Felice told Reuters in an interview.

Felice said that Dell has a roadmap for tablets that has yet to be released, but that there will be announcements for the back half of the year. He added that Dell’s relationships with thousands of business customers gives it an advantage over Apple, whose gadgets can create havoc for IT departments because it operates on an entirely different system.

That being said, Dell will have a tough battle to face if it decides to face Apple head-on, with Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, reporting that he was "thrilled" with how the new iPad's release weekend went. Dell will have to blow the tablet market away if they want to give Apple a run for its money.

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