Now that we have confirmation that Microsoft's Oct. 11 event will include the launch of Windows Phone 7, it's time for some rumors about what else Microsoft might discuss. Neowin reports that Microsoft will unveil its tablet strategy during the launch event.
The company will reportedly "hint at its future Slate plans" next Monday, Neowin said. Windows Phone will still be the major focus, but there will be some discussion about tablets.
Microsoft has been a bit late to the party on the tablet front. Chief executive Steve Ballmer showed off a Windows-based HP Slate during his Consumer Electronics Show keynote this year, but aside from a questionable YouTube "review" of the Slate that popped up online, nothing much has happened with the device.
During the company's recent annual financial analyst meeting, Ballmer said Microsoft had "to make things happen" on tablets, and that the successful launch of a Windows 7-branded slate is "job one urgency around here."
The device will be available "as soon as we can," Ballmer said at the time, but "I'm going to wait until I have the device that I want to hand you and tell you to go use."
Failure to produce a Microsoft-based tablet to compete with the iPad - as well as the failure of the Kin phone and a decline in Microsoft's mobile OS market share - recently cost Ballmer half of his annual bonus, according to regulatory filings.
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