Sunday, September 9, 2012

Microsoft: WP7 Not for Tablets



Speaking at the event Microsoft's Worldwide Partners Conference, Windows Phone division president Andy Lees found that consumers want to do everything on a PC in a tablet.

One Microsoft executive said Windows Phone 7 (WP7) is an operating system (OS) for smartphones and is not designed for tablets.

Thus he said, running WP7 on tablets can cause 'conflict' with consumer preferences and also Microsoft's mobile strategy. According to Lees, Windows 8 - which support ARM and x86 - are expected to drive adoption of Microsoft's tablet in the near future.

"And we see the tablet as a PC," he told us from TG Daily.

Although the future of WP7 is still unclear, some analysts speculated that the evolution of the OS will be gradually eliminated and replaced by the versatile Windows 8.

Lees also said that PCs, tablets and mobile phones will eventually be together in an 'integrated ecosystem', as echoed Steve Ballmer believes that Windows will be present in every device everywhere without compromise.

While other analysts from Gartner and IDC believes, combined with WP7 Nokia devices the potential to be the number two mobile platform in the mobile market in 2015.

Meanwhile, Fujitsu Impatient Present WP7 Mango Mobile .

Next month, this Japanese vendor will release a phone with WP7 Mango update first in the country. Reportedly, WP7 phones will be launched Fujitsu is a type of waterproof phone.

Update Windows Phone 7 (WP7) Mango is scheduled to slide towards the end of this year. But Fujitsu seems to not wait and want to immediately deliver the WP7 devices.

If true, then the Fujitsu handset will be the first Mango WP7 phones released this year. The presence of Fujitsu WP7 phones may even precede the Nokia WP7 phone.

Our Quoted from Tech Digest, called IS12T phone will be priced at 30 thousand - 40 thousand yen

Mobile Nokia WP7 was originally expected to start shipping in 2012. But Nokia is urged to realize the product before the end of 2011.

As is known, after Nokia and Microsoft announced a 'marriage', many people are looking forward to what Nokia WP7 flavor. This condition Nokia CEO Stephen Elop acknowledged demanded Nokia WP7 phones in order to give birth to market.

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