Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 was the star of a New York City event earlier today, but it's not like the tablet had to work hard to steal the spotlight as it was the one and only device Redmond revealed.Absent was the widely expected Surface Mini and what's usually the perfunctory showing of a Windows RT variant, in this case the Surface 3.The assembled Microsoft crew (mainly an extra-exuberant Panos Panay) gushed over the new Surface's 12-inch screen, 10% performance boost, lapability, and more. Hell, even the N-trig pen got so much stage time, other styli were probably weeping with envy. We were left with a singular device to scrutinize, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty to postmortem. Microsoft isn't ready to go miniIn fact, Microsoft seems to be saying, Small tablets?? Pah! We laugh at your puny 7- and 8-inch devices!The Surface Pro 3 is Microsoft's largest tablet yet and seems to be a not-so-subtle protest to the idea it's going to give us the fabled Surface Mini any time soon.That doesn't mean Microsoft won't ever show a tablet designed to compete with the likes of the Nexus 7 and other small slates. In fact, the device reportedly almost was shown today, until CEO Satya Nadella and EVP Stephen Elop nixed it.