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HTC Microsoft (MSFT) may have barred HTC (2498) from participating in the first wave of Windows RT tablets, but that apparently hasn t stopped the company from gearing up for the next wave. Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that HTC is working on a 12-inch device and a 7-inch version of a Windows RT tablet that can also make phone calls. The planned seven-inch tablet, which will be unveiled alongside the 12-inch tablet some time in 2013, will be the first small Windows RT tablet to hit the market and go head-to-head with other popular small tablets such as the Google (GOOG) Nexus 7 and the iPad mini.

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