Report: Microsoft Surface Coming October 26th

The official Microsoft tablet, Surface, has been given a release date - October 26th 2012. 

The tablet will launch on the same date as the new Windows OS, Windows 8 according to VentureBeat. 

Microsoft also mentioned the following in a report, suggesting the same release date:

“The next version of our operating system, Windows 8, will be generally available on October 26, 2012. At that time, we will begin selling the Surface, a series of Microsoft-designed and manufactured hardware devices.”