Microsoft is set to finish the development of Windows 8 sometime this summer. PCs and tablets running Microsoft’s latest operating system will follow in the October time frame according to a Bloomberg report. This would allow Microsoft and its partners to catch the critical holiday season. According to “people with knowledge of the schedule,” both Intel and ARM-based devices are […]
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Rumour: Nokia to launch Windows 8 tablet in Q4 2012
Nokia is working with Microsoft to launch a 10-inch Windows 8 tablet as early as the fourth quarter of 2012. Citing the usual “sources at upstream component suppliers,” Digitimes is reporting that Nokia will use an ARM-based dual-core Qualcomm ARM SoC. The report adds that production will be outsourced with Compal Electronics the likely manufacturer. The first shipment could reach […]
MWC 2012: Windows 8 Consumer Preview now available for download
Microsoft today announced that a preview edition of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system is now available as a free download to anyone interested. Designed to work on tablets as well as traditional PCs, its most eye-catching change is the introduction of the tile-based Metro interface. “With Windows 8, we reimagined the different ways people interact with their PC and […]
Future Wintel tablets to sell between US$599 and US$899?
The price of upcoming tablets powered by Intel processors and Microsoft’s Windows operating system appears set to remain substantially higher than that of other tablets. Citing “sources from notebook vendors,” Digitimes reports that neither Intel or Microsoft are so far willing to reduce their prices on processors and Windows licenses. The outcome could be that Wintel tablets could sell for […]
CES 2012: Dell to launch consumer tablet in late 2012
Dell is set to jump into the increasingly crowded consumer tablet market this year. The company’s chief commercial officer, Steve Felice, told Reuters that the company will make its entry in late 2012. “You will see us enter this market in a bigger way toward the end of the year. So we are not really deemphasizing it, we are really […]
CES 2012: 400,000 Android apps coming to Windows 8
BlueStacks today announced that its “App Player” app is now compatible with Windows 8. The app lets Android apps run natively on PCs and tablets whether they be ARM-based or x86 and windowed or fullscreen. BlueStacks also made sure that its app supports both the standard desktop and the new Metro UI mode. In the latter, Android apps will appear […]
Acer and Lenovo Wintel tablets coming in Q3 2012?
The tablet market is set to get even more crowded in 2012 with the expected launch of Windows 8 tablets. Citing “sources from the upstream supply chain,” Digitimes claims that both Acer and Lenovo will launch tablets powered by Intel’s Clover Trail platform and Windows 8 in the third quarter of 2012. While Intel will likely show off Medfield-based smartphones […]
Is Windows 8 coming to mobile phones?
Did Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just say that we could soon see mobile phones running Windows 8? Speaking at today’s Microsoft shareholders meeting, Ballmer apparently said, “We’ve got broad initiatives, driving Windows down to the phone with Windows 8, you’ll see incredible new form factors powered by Windows, from tablets, small, large, pens, smaller, bigger, room-sized displays.” The catch comes […]