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Microsoft announced the new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets last month and even started taking pre-orders, but it is yet to release the new tablets to the public. The official release date is October 22nd and to celebrate the launch of Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, the company will be holding midnight launch events in 10 of its retail stores across the country. Those who haven’t put in their pre-orders will be able to walk in and pick up a new Surface tablet at midnight, the launch festivities will actually kick off at 10 pm, October 21st, in the respective time zones.

The company has also tapped Pitbull, the singer, to perform at its store in Orlando, Florida the next morning. Each of the participating 10 stores will host the Surface Challenge, which will basically be a series of interactive games that customers can take part in. They’ll also have the chance to be “whisked away” to the Orlando store to see Pitbull perform. Those who want to take part in the festivities are encouraged to join in advance at the official Microsoft Store Facebook page. They’ll also have the chance to win various other prizes apart from being the first ones to lay hands on the new Surface tablets. Microsoft’s remaining more than 70 retail stores will hold their own events and giveaways throughout the month to celebrate the launch. The list of 10 participating Microsoft stores is available at the company’s website.

Microsoft Will Hold Midnight Launch Event For New Surface Tablets In 10 Stores original content from Ubergizmo.

It was reported the other day that Delta Airlines had decided to equip about 11,000 of their pilots with Microsoft Surface 2 tablets. It was an interesting move given that the Surface 2 tablets were only recently announced, not to mention its predecessor wasn’t exactly a hit. As it turns out, according to a pilot who spoke to Apple Insider, the pilots of Delta Airlines actually fought hard to get the company to equip them with Apple’s iPad tablets rather than Microsoft’s Surface 2 tablets. The pilot alleges that Microsoft and Delta had some kind of deal involving money and travel contracts, which was why the airline company had gone with Surface 2 tablets rather than the more popular iPad.

The tablets were purchased to replace flight bags, which are bags filled with manuals that add a lot of weight and bulk to the plane, and the tablets are meant to provide a digital solution in a smaller and lighter form factor. This is not to say that the Microsoft Surface 2 tablet is bad or horrible to use, but rather it does not have the same track record as Apple’s iPad, but who knows, perhaps the pilots will eventually learn to love Microsoft’s latest product.

Delta Pilots Reportedly Wanted The iPad Instead Of The Surface 2 original content from Ubergizmo.

It was just last week that Microsoft took the wraps off their new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets. Both devices are expected to see a release on the 22nd of October and Microsoft has since been taking pre-orders via its website as well as through it retail stores. Well the good news is that if you wanted to pre-order the tablet but weren’t willing to pay full price for it yet, it seems that Microsoft is now allowing customers to walk into their stores and reserver a Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2 tablet for themselves without having to pay anything for it, at least until the device arrives and they have to pay for it in order to take it home.

Microsoft has yet to make such an announcement, but according to the folks at Windows Phone Central, they have confirmed this via a tip from a Microsoft retail store employee, as well as by calling other Microsoft stores in Southern California to double check. Previously pre-orders could be made  at a local store but you’d have to put down $50 as a deposit of sorts to reserve the device. In any case if you wanted the tablet but do not have the money yet, we guess this could be one of the ways to go about reserving one for yourself until either device has been released.

Microsoft Surface 2 And Surface Pro 2 Tablets Can Be Reserved In-Store For Free original content from Ubergizmo.

Back in 2011 Delta Airlines ran an Electronic Flight Bag program from its pilots, the tablets used back then were iPads. In fact, the iPad is already in widespread use in the airline industry, both in cabins and cockpits. Microsoft might finally be getting a piece of the pie. WindowsITPro reports that Delta Airlines has informed its pilots that it will be equipping them with the recently announced Surface 2 Windows 8.1 RT tablets. The move is expected to take nearly two years, after which every Delta pilot will be touting Microsoft’s latest tablet, and they won’t have to carry heavy paper based flight bags.

Apparently the airline initially wanted to go for Nokia’s much rumored tablet. The problem is that Nokia hasn’t unveiled it as yet. So Delta has reportedly scrapped plans of going with the Finnish manufacturers tablet and has instead opted for Microsoft’s new tablet over the iPad. The Surface 2 tablets won’t be the first Windows powered device that the airline will provide its employees. Earlier this year, Delta equipped over 19,000 of its flight attendants with Windows Phone devices. The relationship between both Microsoft and Delta appears to be going well, its definitely a win for Redmond to get its tablet rolled out across one of the major airlines in the U.S.

Delta Pilots To Reportedly Get Surface 2 Tablets original content from Ubergizmo.

Microsoft’s event yesterday certainly brought about a couple more players to the world of tablets – and they are the Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, not to mention keeping company those two new tablets were an expanded range of new Surface accessories for you to further spend your money. Just what can one expect from the new Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2? Well, each of them will benefit from significant updates, where among them include improvements to processing power as well as battery life, in addition to display and a higher camera resolution, and of course, the Kickstand would now arrive with dual angles, making life a whole lot more comfortable as you use the Surface on your lap or at your desk.

You will be able to place a pre-order for the Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 from 8 a.m. EDT on Sept. 24, 2013 over at Microsoft’s online store. Not only that, Microsoft knows just how much of a productivity fan you are, which is why in order to assist ordinary folks to achieve the most out of the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets, those who pick it up will be able to free Skype calling to landlines in over 60 countries for one year, not to mention enjoying unlimited Skype WiFi on their Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2 at over 2 million hot spots worldwide for one year, in addition to a whopping 200GB of free SkyDrive storage for two years.

The Surface 2 will run on an NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor, where it has a 10.6-inch ClearType Full HD display, a full-size USB 3.0 port, a 3.5-megapixel front camera and 5-megapixel rear camera, running on Windows RT 8.1. You can pick up the Surface 2 in 32GB and 64GB models, with prices starting from $449 onward. As for the Surface Pro 2, it will continue from where the Surface Pro left off, being a laptop replacement that can run just about all of your Windows software, being powered by a fourth-generation Intel Core i5 processor. Arriving in 64GB and 128GB configurations, it will start from $899 upward.

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