Apple's Next Hit Could Be a Microsoft Surface Pro Clone

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Good artists copy, great artists steal," Steve Jobs used to say. Having launched a perfectly-timed attack against Samsung and phablets with its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Leonid Bershidsky suggests that the next big thing from Apple will be a tablet-laptop a la Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 (http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-10-17/apple-s-next-hit-will-be-a-microsoft-clone). "Before yesterday's Apple [iPad] event," writes Bershidsky, "rumors were strong of an upcoming giant iPad, to be called iPad Pro or iPad Plus. There were even leaked pictures of a device with a 12.9-inch screen, bigger than the Surface Pro (http://www.hanselman.com/blog/UsingASurfacePro3FullTimeForTwoMonths.aspx)'s 12-inch one. It didn't come this time, but it will.

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