Microsoft has been
all over Computex this week, and we caught a few minutes with the software giant's OEM vice pres Steve Guggenheimer (aka the Guggs) after his keynote this afternoon. Obviously, tablets were top of mind for us and he reinforced that Microsoft plans to push Windows 7 hard for the category, just as we have
recently heard. "People are looking for a premium experience and the benefit of Windows familiarity," he said. When we asked him about
Windows Phone 7 scaling up into the larger-screened devices or even a tablet version of Windows 7, he was quite firm in saying that the current PC offering is the platform of choice. He cited netbooks being the record for the company, and that people want to use slates not only for "content consumption," but also creation. On the other hand, Microsoft also has its
Embedded Compact 7 for ARM-based tablets and devices.
Lastly, we couldn't let Guggs talk about tablets without answering our questions about the
Courier. As we have
previously heard, he cited that the dualscreen tablet has always been a concept for the company. To paraphrase, he said that Microsoft's constantly envisioning new platforms to see what flows. Well, that's that then.
posted June 2nd 2010 5:19AM
I love how the only thing I've genuinely been interested in that was Microsoft never made it past the mere concept stages. :(
is it me or do anyone else find that the windows phone 7 ui design look un appealing.... i got android 2.2 and android has always look apealing to me vs iphone os and others like black berry
@big nazty I like the promise of the Windows Phone 7 UI. It looks easy to use.
Someone tar and feather this man..... He is indeed a douche....
It looks too large to cradle comfortably in one arm while taking notes on the go. I like the clamshell idea for screen protection when you put it in a bag or backpack. Except one large screen is always nicer than having a division in the middle.
Maybe those divisions of screen duty could be done in software without requiring a physical split in the screen. Maybe we could have launch an option where two sides of the screen act as pockets and anything in the foreground on those pockets expands to fill that side of the screen. Hmm. You can almost get that kind of behaviour in Windows 7.