Another Sign Microsoft Surface Is Struggling

The Surface was supposed to be Microsoft's real answer to the iPad -- a Windows-based tablet that would satisfy both casual users and digital workers. Now it looks like it's appealing to neither.

UBS analyst Brent Thill estimates Microsoft has sold only 1 million Surface RT tablets, reported by Business Insider. He had previously estimated 2 million. To put those figures in perspective, Apple is estimated to sell in the neighborhood of 20 million iPads for the same period.

This is far from the first sign that the Surface isn't doing very well. A month ago, brokerage firm Detwiler Fenton said Microsoft wouldn't even break a million units, estimating sales for the quarter at 600,000 unit…
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