Microsoft Surface tablet gets nod from Oprah

03.11.2012
Oprah Winfrey is wowed, and thats good news for Microsoft and the prospects for its Surface tablet.

Likening it to a Mercedes-Benz that you can hold in your hand, the Queen of Gab has put the new device on her list of .

The endorsement comes at a good time for Microsoft, as it seeks to siphon away customers from Apple, maker of the wildly popular iPad, and win over the skeptics. A recent found 69 percent of consumers had little or no interest in buying a Surface.

"The full-size keyboard built right into the cover makes work easy, the very smart kickstand makes watching a movie or Skyping a friend a delight, the less than a pound-and-a-half weight makes a great alternative to a laptop, and the many other features make it fun for work and play. Now, that's a wowser! Winfrey wrote on her website.

Its a boon to Microsoft because of Winfreys Midas touch. Just about anything she stamps her seal of approval to is gobbled up by the masses.

The Surface tablet making Winfreys list is impressive, considering most of the 49 items on it are toiletries, food items and the like. The only other tech items Winfrey endorsed are the Bose VideoWave II, a 46-inch high- definition television, home theater, and music system; a Jetson electric bike; a Dyson pedestal fan; and a Q37ci Elliptical Trainer, which you can get for $2,789 with a coupon from the former talk show host.