Microsoft aims to launch its own tablet PC. The company wants to work with a computer manufacturer to produce the unit, which will be sold for less than 1200 euros, Armin Cremerius-Günther, Division Head for Windows at Microsoft Deutschland, announced on Tuesday. A special Tablet PC Edition of Windows XP runs on tablet PCs; inside such Microsoft units, classic PC components are used, the main difference being a touch-sensitive display with fine temporal resolution that allows for control using a special pen that can also be used to enter hand-written data. Microsoft wants to use this low price to give a boost to the technology, which was first presented in 2002. According to Cremerius-Günther, many customers find the tablet PCs currently available too expensive. Microsoft estimates that they usually cost between 1800 and 2500 euros.