Posted 02/29/2012 at 5:39pm | by Pulkit Chandna 10Comments
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Earlier today, Microsoft released the Windows 8 Consumer Preview (beta) at the 2012 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, giving the general public an opportunity to preview Windows 8 on existing x86 systems and provide feedback. But Microsoft’s “Consumer Preview” event wasn’t just all about the beta released today for x86-based PCs. The company also showcased a number of Windows 8 on ARM devices at today’s event. Hit the jump for more.
Among the devices showcased today were tablets powered by ARM-based SoCs from NVIDIA (Tegra 3), Qualcomm (Snapdragon S4) and Texas Instruments (OMAP5430). Microsoft also announced a seeding program “to support the creation of compelling Metro style app and device experiences for Windows 8.” Soon after, NVIDIA and Qualcomm announced their support for Microsoft’s Windows on ARM developer seeding program in separate press releases.
As part of this invitation-only seeding program, developers and device makers will be furnished with Windows 8 test PCs based on NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 SoC and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 chip. Texas Instruments has yet to make an announcement in this regard.
"NVIDIA has a long record of supporting software developers working on the cutting edge of innovation," said Tony Tamasi, senior vice president of content and technology at NVIDIA, in a press release. "We're furthering this tradition by helping to realize the extraordinary potential of Windows on ARM processors, like Tegra 3."
“Qualcomm is committed to the Windows on ARM ecosystem and knows that enabling developers is a crucial factor for its success,” said Luis Pineda, senior vice president of product management, computing and consumer products at Qualcomm. “We are now providing Snapdragon S4 test PCs with built-in 4G LTE, activated in some regions, to software application developers.”
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OCFRED February 29, 2012 at 10:04pm There will be demand, spec addicted hardware phreaks will bemoan the umbrage and forget this is an X86/MS forum. Many consumers and businesses will continue to prefer a familiar and well supported environment and now will have the option of more varieties of hardware. I think a better approach for mobile devices is a stripped down BSD or other bare skeleton OS would make more sense on lightweight hardware with a Web/VM solution for legacy compatibility but the problem with that is cell carriers balking so much about bandwidth that folks on the go are left sniffing for WiFi like it's still 2004.
Mortal_M February 29, 2012 at 10:43pm I'm about to just ditch my smartphone and use only my PC just because of that, some smart-asses decided that what the people want/need and what is best for us is using the "cloud" and given that everything nowadays takes a lot of space (MB wars on the digital cameras, HD on video, etc) I feel like I can't do much with my phone without exceeding those ridiculous data limits.
Do they still sell PDAs? it would be great to have one of today's smartphones without the phone in it, it would be more than sufficient for me, my carrier already makes me use WI-Fi whenever I can so I'll just use apps for txt, mail and phone calls.
OCFRED March 01, 2012 at 8:29pm Do it, I went to a $50 dumb phone and still pack 8GB of media and enough web capability to synch with the Google suite; next to no data consumption and battery lasts for days.
loozer March 01, 2012 at 12:12pm You can actually get a Samsung galaxy player for android or an ipod touch for iOS. It's like a phone without the phone.
loozer February 29, 2012 at 5:57pm Later today, no developers actually want a WOA machine.
New Intel SOCs can do everything that ARM can and more. WOA is DOA.
Cregan89 February 29, 2012 at 7:21pm I don't know... I don't think Intel SOC's are going to be able to fully compete with ARM in terms of power consumption and price for a couple years still.
And there's a lot of people that are going to be looking for cheap Windows 8 based tablets. And once the Windows store starts to fill out, these type of users will rarely ever leave the Metro interface, making ARM SOC's all they need.
Only time will tell I guess though.
loozer March 01, 2012 at 12:11pm Rarely leave metro?
Users who don't want/need real applications will naturally move to the established iOS or Android offerings.
Even if intel laggs slightly, the huge advantage of "real" windows support should overcome any small SoC shortcomings.
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