Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) isn't selling too many of the Windows RT-fueled Surface tablets, so it's doing what so many others have done after failing to make a dent in the iPad market: Mr. Softy's discounting its stuff.
On Friday, Microsoft began offering free touch-keyboard covers -- a $119 value -- with every Surface RT purchase. That's a good deal for anyone wanting an RT, especially since the magnetically attaching keyboards have been a major part of the slick marketing campaign for Microsoft's original tablet. However, a steep price discount, if not a discontinuation of the model entirely, is probably not too far away.
Microsoft missed with its originally overpriced tablet, which runs on a new operating system that isn't compatible with earlier Windows applications. The software giant eventually got it right with the higher-priced Surface that runs Windows 8.
It's a mystery why Microsoft would be doing this, unless it's part of a drawn-out fire sale.
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