Microsoft Surface tablet apps lacking compared to Apple iPad

Published: October 25, 2012 7:19 AM
By BLOOMBERG NEWS

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Microsoft Corp. will be constrained in a contest against Apple Inc. in the market for handheld computers by unveiling a tablet that doesn't work with some of the most widely used downloadable applications.

The Surface RT, a tablet that runs the latest version of Microsoft's flagship operating system and goes on sale Friday, won't feature applications for Facebook Inc.'s social-networking service...

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