‘Neo’ is an anagram of ‘one’, which is weird
considering Microsoft’s newest Surface
tablet has got two screens. Shouldn’t it
be called the Wot instead? Someone in
Microsoft’s marketing department isn’t
trying hard enough.
Maybe it’s missing a letter and should
be called the None, because apart from
the size of the displays there aren’t any
confirmed specs available yet. That doesn’t
mean we don’t know what it’ll do, though.
The 360° hinge between the two 9in
screens means they can be folded back
to create a tab with displays on both sides,
opened out flat as a single 13in slate, or
somewhere in between to be used like a
regular laptop with a fold-out keyboard. It
runs Windows 10X, which allows for proper
split-screen multitasking, and comes with
a Surface Pen stylus that attaches to the
back when not in service.
Fortunately, Microsoft has plenty of time
to work the other details out, because
the Neo isn’t due to be released until the
end of next year – along with the Surface
Duo, a smaller dual-screened device that
runs Android. Yep, it’s the return of the
Windows Phone! Sort of.
As hot as... a double-shot magmaccino
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THE ANSWER IS

OUT THERE, NEO

Microsoft Surface Neo

HOT

FIVE

Chip to

be square

Microsoft’s reveal video for

the Neo showed an Intel logo

on the processor. Exactly

which kind isn’t known,

but it’s expected to come

from the Lakefield

hybrid range.

Stuck

with you

Prop the Neo up in an ‘A’

shape and one person could

watch a movie while someone

facing them carries on

working on the other

screen. Could get

annoying, mind.