Windows RT Devices
Not great, not terrible.
Last updated
Not great, not terrible.
Last updated
Only eight Windows RT devices were released. First generation devices originally shipped with Windows RT 8 and were later offered an upgrade to RT 8.1 and second generation devices shipped with Windows RT 8.1 as standard.
Production of all Windows RT devices had ceased by February 2015.
| First Generation | Second Generation |
|---|---|
* The NEC LaVie Y is a rebadged Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 released for the Japanese market.
A number of other devices were planned that were cancelled prior to launch likely due to the poor reception of the Windows RT operating system.
Zac Bowden at Windows Central posted a review of the Surface Mini on October 1st 2019.
Back in 2014, Microsoft came incredibly close to launching a mini Surface alongside the Surface Pro 3 but ultimately decided to cancel the device just weeks before it was set to go on sale. It's a device many people were looking forward to at the time, so its cancelation was a massive blow to fans. Since then, the device has leaked in a few images and renders, but an in-depth look at the devices' hardware has never been done, until now.
Microsoft Surface Mini review: A teeny Windows tablet that never existed
Gustave Monce at Proto Beta Test posted a review of the Nokia Lumia RX-107 on November 21st 2018.
In 2012, Nokia released the Lumia 920 to the market, one of the first Lumias to run Windows Phone 8.0, using the Windows NT technology. At the same time, Microsoft released Windows 8, and specifically Windows RT, the version of Windows designed to run on ARM processors. The Microsoft Surface RT tablet was released alongside Windows RT, but Nokia wanted to have their own take at it.
Meet Vega, Nokia’s stepping stone into the world of tablet computing
Zac Bowden at Windows Central posted a review of the Nokia Lumia 2020 on November 19th 2018.
Codenamed "Illusionist", the Lumia 2020 was going to be Nokia's second Windows RT tablet. However, following the launch of the Lumia 2520, Nokia ended development on the smaller, 8-inch device. While not much is known about why Nokia decided to kill the product, many speculate the decision was influenced heavily by Microsoft, who was also building a similar, arguably better tablet with pen support; something the Lumia 2020 didn't have but the Surface Mini would (had it too not been cancelled).
Nokia's canceled Lumia 2020 was a compact Windows RT tablet after my heart
Microsoft Surface Mini (Iris)
Nokia Lumia RX-107 (Vega)
Nokia Lumia 2020/RX-115 (Illusionist)
ASUS VivoTab RT (Mars)
Microsoft Surface 2 (Covington)
Nokia Lumia 2520 (Sirius)
Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 (Venus)
Microsoft Surface RT (Georgetown)
