Microsoft, Samsung may unveil first Windows 8 tablet next week

[FunkY]

Microsoft, Samsung may unveil first Windows 8 tablet next week
By Jon Brodkin | Published about 2 hours ago

The first Windows 8 tablet will reportedly be unveiled next week by Samsung and Microsoft. The news originates from the Korea Economic Daily, which the AFP news service quotes as saying the Windows 8 tablet from Samsung will be shown at Microsoft’s BUILD conference for developers in Anaheim Sept. 13-16.

While Windows 8 isn't expected until next year, Microsoft has confirmed that it will reveal more details about Windows 8 at BUILD, and we've known for some time it will have a user interface optimized for tablets. Windows 8 will also be the first version of the world’s most widely used operating system to run on ARM chips, which power the iPad.

The tech site This Is My Next further claimed this morning that developers attending the BUILD conference will receive a free tablet, and that it will use a quad-core ARM processor. Microsoft handed out free Windows Phone 7 devices to developers at last year’s conference. The difference this year is that Windows 8 isn’t available yet, so if there is a free giveaway it would be running a prerelease version of the OS.

Microsoft is saying that Windows 8 tablets will be able to run all the applications available to the desktop operating system, differentiating the Windows products from Apple’s split iOS/Mac OS X ecosystem. What is less clear is whether Windows Phone apps will scale up to Windows 8 tablets, but NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang recently told Cnet that he expects Windows Phone 7 apps to run on Windows 8.

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[hellnoire]

Everything I've been hearing about Windows 8, thus far, has me so worried for the future of the OS.

I dare to ask... am I alone in this regard?

[Bearcat]

Thanks for the news FunkY!

@ hellnoire You are not alone, as I feel the same way. Thank goodness for Linux, unless they start doing the same.

[hellnoire]

@ hellnoire You are not alone, as I feel the same way. Thank goodness for Linux, unless they start doing the same.

The power of Linux - do a fork if you don't like it or a complete new system.

That's why there isn't just KDE and GNOME

[Bearcat]

That's why there isn't just KDE and GNOME

Thank goodness for that!

[hellnoire]

Thank goodness for that!

Amen. Just... Amen.

[BigGuy]

My dad has Linux Fedora installed on his PC at home and I like using that.

[hellnoire]

My dad has Linux Fedora installed on his PC at home and I like using that.

Fedora is nice, bleeding edge, only complaint I have is SELinux, but that's it.

[Bearcat]

My dad has Linux Fedora installed on his PC at home and I like using that.

Maybe if I can get Salix up and running, you can try it out on my PC and if you like it, we can put it on your laptop.

[JayCub]

Spoilt by windows is my problem, i look forward to seeing what windows 8 has to offer as it's an upgrade of 7 as far as im concerned, but if it's not to my liking i will be sticking with 7... anyway i was a happy Vista Ultimate user less the extra's that never came out, one or two... that did everyone could get... 8 is the first since 98 that i haven't looked into or kept uptodate on, i will wait untill closer to the release date.

As for tablets they don't hold much of an interest, certainly not at the asking price at the moment...