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<p>FILE- In an April 25, 2005, file photo provided by Microsoft, then Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates shares a prototype of an "ultra-mobile" Tablet PC during a keynote speech for attendees at the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle. For decades, the tablet computer was like a mirage in the technology industry: a great idea, seemingly reachable on the horizon, that disappointed as hopeful companies got closer." (AP Photo/Microsoft, Robert Sorbo, File)</p>

<p>FILE- In an April 25, 2005, file photo provided by Microsoft, then Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates shares a prototype of an "ultra-mobile" Tablet PC during a keynote speech for attendees at the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle. For decades, the tablet computer was like a mirage in the technology industry: a great idea, seemingly reachable on the horizon, that disappointed as hopeful companies got close…

June 20, 2012

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Microsoft's long and tortured history in tablets
June 20, 2012 9:15 p.m.

Microsoft's long and tortured history in tablets

NEW YORK - For decades, the tablet computer was like a mirage in the technology industry: a great idea, seemingly reachable on the horizon, that disappointed as hopeful companies got closer. Microsoft has experienced this cycle of hope and disappointment many times.