Microsoft may be dangling the chance of a smaller, much more consumer-centric edition of its Surface multi-touch tabletop laptop or computer for that past couple of months. Now that type element features a codename: Oahu.Long Zheng of istartedsomething.com has more particulars on Oahu, which he has gleaned from a Microsoft marketing and advertising survey evaluating interest in a much more inexpensive, more compact, home-oriented Surface. As Zheng notes the survey asked participants about a couple of various “forms” of Oahu — a table for meals, a counter top or games table.The survey questions whether users would be willing to spend $1,499 for a Surface games table or casual table.As Zheng notes, Oahu, “besides being the name of the Hawaiian island - house to Honolulu,
Office 2007 Product Key, Pearl Harbour and Lost, it is indirectly translated as ‘The Gathering Place.;”No word on when Oahu test trials may begin or when a final product may hit. But Microsoft is set to talk about its Surface software development kit at the Professional Developers Conference in two weeks….