http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PixelSense


Making sense of it. Surface is now the touchy stuff.
The obscure Microsoft Surface 2.0 was first sold in 2012.

The product was renamed from "Microsoft Surface" to "Microsoft PixelSense" on June 18, 2012.
"Direct interaction refers to the user's ability to simply reach out and touch the interface of an application in order to interact with it, without the need for a mouse or keyboard."

All quite simple when you get below the surface.

Windows RT tablets are not all Surface. Just like how all Windows 7 laptops aren't all HP Probooks.

Surface is the hardware brand name for Microsoft's tablets; one of which runs Windows RT and the other runs Windows 8 Pro.

Surface development hasn't been halted. Microsoft are still building Surface tablets. Several OEM partners have decided not to build Windows RT-based tablets - which is totally different.

The article you linked to made perfect sense from day one. The only person confused seems to be you, and you shared your confusion by giving this thread a totally misleading title.

If I were you, I'd stop trying to justify everything and just let this thread die a natural death.

Personally I wouldn't worry about it.

As you can see, the actual factual article I linked to on HP was never even discussed.

According to that article HP aborted a development of their own WinRT tablet. Which was not a Surface tablet, despite you calling it that. Thus the title of this thread is misinformed and misleading.

So you are saying that not all Windows RT tablets will have the Surface label.

I wonder what the difference is between Surface RT and non Surface RT.
(Metro is unusable due to a trademark dispute which obviously hints that Surface was meant to be the umbrella label for all aspects of MS touch.)

No Windows RT tablets will have the Surface label, except for the one being built by Microsoft. That's not an "if" or a "maybe." That's an undisputed fact. Surface is a hardware brand name. Windows RT is a software brand name. All you need to do is look at all the recently announced Windows RT tablets to see proof of that. None of them - aside from Microsoft's - is called Surface.

The difference between Surface RT and non Surface RT (Surface Pro) is that one runs Windows RT and the other runs Windows 8 Pro. Surface RT will use an ARM processor from NVidia, whilst Surface Pro will use a Core i5 from Intel.

Other manufacturers have Windows tablets running with ARM, Intel Atom and Intel Core processors.

Microsoft Surface is the name of a device, like how the iPad is the name of the hardware that runs the iOS operating system, or how a Samsung Galaxy Tab and a Goodle Nexus 7 both run Android.

Saying Surface production has been halted because HP aren't making a Windows RT tablet is like saying Apple tried to get the Nexus 7 banned because they filed a complaint against the Galaxy Tab.

Whether it's the Microsoft RT tablet, or a non-Microsoft RT tablet or smartphone.

Surface isn't a hardware or software technology, nor is it restricted to RT. It's the name of Microsoft's tablets. So far they've announced two Surface tablets, one running Win8 RT and the other one full Win8. This Wikipedia article explains it in more depth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Surface

Which gets us right back to reasons behind the headline.

Methinks Linux could also be making a comeback here, but I have often thought that manufacturers should be forced to only provide hardware without an OS.

In the form of Android, it already is.

The article headline is still correct and your thread headline is still wrong.

Well it does seems to attract unhelpful trolling comments.

Now go tell digitimes and HP.

You are the one that is wrong with your Post title –no one else

Why would they be interested in your mistakes?

Surely, mistakes are mainly seen by fanboys.
Everyone else prefers to actually take part.

Or those interested in facts. The thread title is completely inaccurate. You're getting the same sort of stick most online "journalists," get when they post a blatantly incorrect headline in order to attract clicks.

It's more than a simple mistake. The title suggests that Microsoft have halted the production of their tablets. If you have followed the course of the story since Surface was announced, such a claim would be a major event. Either Microsoft would have caved to the threats of the Acers of this world, or Surface was actually vapourware as some people claimed.

As it turns out, this story has nothing to do with the production of Surface. That's not fanboys complaining; that's people interested in accurate information complaining.

I mean, come on, you are the only person on this thread arguing from your corner. Everyone else is saying how you are continually misrepresenting the facts. Isn't it time to simply admit you got it all wrong? It's better than continuing to dig yourself a hole.