Tablets with Windows RT see slow sales, IDC says

Published May 1, 2013 9:22pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is seeing slow sales of a version of Windows designed for thin and light tablets, even as the tablet market as a whole is growing, a research firm reported Wednesday.

Researchers at IDC said manufacturers shipped 200,000 tablets running Windows RT, the special version of Windows for iPad-style tablets, in the January to March period. That’s down from about 900,000 shipped in the fourth quarter.

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