"We can use any OS we want. We can make things different from our rivals on the second or third platform. Our strength relies on an understanding of the OS, but that does not mean we have to produce an OS," he explained.
"We've thought about it and discussed it among internally. Yet we are not in a hurry," Wang said in an interview with the Economic Observer of China.
It was shocking to hear HTC plans to buy rather than develop its own mobile OS. However, as we quoted from Mashable, Wang clearly shows HTC is very confident with his skills 'shop' and buy what they like rather than waste time developing their own OS.
Very closely with HTC Android smartphone. Since immersing Android to smartphone, the Taiwanese company's popularity has skyrocketed, especially since it is supported by a number of Android handsets sold in the market. HTC Android handset popularity even beat his own brother, the HTC handsets based on Windows Phone 7.
Meanwhile, Microsoft Open Sheath Windows 8 ..
Microsoft has finally unveiled Windows 8. Appearance and functionality of the latest generation of Microsoft's operating system is shown in detail at the conference attended Build Windows developers in California, USA.
Windows 8 will reportedly came into use in the computer manufacturing in 2012. Then, like what OS will also be optimized for tablet computers?
"All that is good in Windows 7, we pick it up and make it even better in Windows 8," claims Steven Sinofsky, President of Windows that we have quoted from FoxNews.
Windows 8 is optimized for touch-screen navigation. The goal is to allow users to use devices such as tablets, but still can be worn with both traditional PC devices.
The user interface of Windows 8 are changed drastically compared to previous generations. Dubbed as the Metro Interface displays the application in the form of boxes, similar to the interface located on the Windows Phone. There are also options View Desktop interface that is optimized for desktop computers.
So far, it has not been clear when Windows 8 is launched and how much it costs. But with a fairly detailed presentation, the successor Windos 7 it probably will visit consumers in a time not too long.
Microsoft is ambitious to rival iPad supremacy. Therefore, Windows 8 is designed to run on the ARM-based chips that mendayai most tablet computers today. In a demo at the conference, Windows 8 seemed to go well on devices using ARM chips.
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