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Nokia Windows 8 Tablet Chatter Resurfaces

A new report claims to have details on a Nokia Windows 8 tablet, including some specs and release timing.

The tablet will run on a dual-core ARM-based processor and have a 10-inch display, unnamed supplier sources told DigiTimes. Nokia is reportedly aiming to launch its Windows 8 tablet in the fourth quarter of 2012 at the earliest.

This isn't the first talk of Windows tablet from Nokia. Last November, Paul Amsellem, the manager of Nokia's French division, told newspaper Les Echos that the company would have a tablet that runs Windows 8 in June 2012. That seems a bit soon, given that Microsoft hasn't even announced a Windows 8 release date yet, but it leaves little room for doubt that Nokia and Microsoft are working on something.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has also added fuel to the fire, saying in April 2011 that the company was assessing its tablet strategy. "We have to take a uniquely Nokia prospective and so the teams are working very hard on something that would be differentiating relative to everything else that's going on in the market," he said in an interview with Finland's YLE television.

In smartphones, Nokia has essentially bet its future on Microsoft. The companies announced a close partnership last year that will see Nokia phasing out its other operating systems and focusing on Windows Phone. With Microsoft expected to merge its phone and PC operating systems, Nokia seems likely to expand from phones to tablets.

If Nokia is working on a Windows 8 tablet, it won't be the first time the company tries to cash in on a computing craze. In 2009, Nokia built a netbook running Windows 7, with built-in 3G, GPS and premium materials such as aluminum and glass. The Booklet 3G's $299 price tag seemed reasonable, except that it required a two-year mobile data plan, which ensured that the product would flop.

Nokia hasn't touched the PC market since then. If Nokia's Windows Phones can bring some new life to the brand, and the company can avoid leaning on carrier subsidies to keep prices down, a Nokia Windows 8 tablet may have a fighting chance.

Source : pcw

 

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Re: Nokia Windows 8 Tablet Chatter Resurfaces

Already posted bro...
http://dreamdth.com/showthread.php?pid=66443#pid66443

 

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Windows 8 Tablets: What We Think We Know

With the launch of Apple's new iPad out of the way, it's time to look ahead to the next big tablet launch on the horizon.

I'm talking about Windows 8, whose late 2012 launch should be backed by a wave of new tablets and tablet-laptop hybrids. Although we haven't heard much about Windows 8 tablets yet, some pieces of the puzzle are starting to come together.

Here's everything we know so far about tablets running Windows 8:

Lenovo

At CES, Lenovo showed off a Windows 8 tablet-laptop hybrid called the IdeaPad Yoga. The device's 360-degree hinges allow it to fold all the way back from laptop position into a tablet, with the keyboard disabled on the rear panel.

An unnamed source told The Verge that Lenovo will be first to market with a Windows 8 tablet, using an Intel chip -- the same as the Yoga. The source didn't have any other details on the tablet itself, so it's not clear whether the Yoga will be Lenovo's first Windows 8 slate.

Dell

Dell didn't have much luck with its Streak series of Android tablets, so now the company is turning to Windows 8. This month, CEO Michael Dell told Bloomberg that the company will "be there right on the very first day that Windows 8 is available."

Dell hasn't gone into specifics, but the company is likely to focus on tablets for enterprise users. "Having a secure Windows tablet that works with all the Windows applications -- we're hearing a lot of demand for that and we think that will be quite attractive," Dell says.

Samsung

Microsoft has been using a modified version of Samsung's Series 7 Slate to show off the Windows 8 Developer Preview and Consumer Preview to the press, it's no surprise that Samsung is working a commercial Windows 8 tablet. Uhm Kyu Ho, head of Samsung's PC business, said last November that the company is working on a product for release in the second half of 2012.

It'll likely be similar to the Series 7, he said, although an upgrade to Intel's Ivy Bridge chips would be nice.

Asus

Asus confirms that it's cooking up a tablet running Windows 8 on ARM, but that's all we know for sure.

Last year, there was an unconfirmed report that Asus will use a design similar to its Transformer tablets, which would certainly be welcome for users who want a slim tablet and a small laptop in one package.

Both the current Transformer line and the PadFone Asus introduced recently at the Mobile World Congress run on the Android operating system.

Hewlett-Packard

With WebOS on the open source backburner, HP is turning its attention back to Windows. CEO Meg Whitman says she expects to have an Intel-based Windows 8 tablet out this year.

Nokia

Nokia's design chief Marko Ahtisaari has confirms that the company is building its own tablet, and given Nokia's partnership with Microsoft, the tablet is likely to run Windows 8.

DigiTimes has reported that the tablet will have a ten-inch display and run on a dual-core ARM-based processor, but that's the only specific tidbit we've gotten so far


Source : pcw

 

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RE: Windows 8 Tablets: What We Think We Know

Thanks for the sum up bro...

 

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RE: Windows 8 Tablets: What We Think We Know

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Dell to rival iPad with Windows 8 tablet

Dell to rival iPad with Windows 8 tablet​

LONDON: A growing dissatisfaction among office workers with the clunky computers their employers force them to use, in contrast to the sleek Apple devices many have at home, could yet benefit incumbent suppliers like Dell, a top Dell executive said.

As Apple's third-generation iPad went on sale on Friday, accompanied by the now traditional scenes of fans queuing round the block, Dell's chief commercial officer Steve Felice said the tablet market was still wide open.

Dell ditched its previous attempt at cracking the global tablet market, the Streak, last year. It was based on Google's Android operating system software.

Now Dell is planning a fresh assault with the advent of Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating platform, which is expected later this year and will have a touch interface that works across desktop computers, tablets and smartphones.

"We're very encouraged by the touch capability we are seeing in the beta versions of Windows 8," Felice told Reuters in an interview in London, adding that Dell may also make Android tablets again.

"We have a roadmap for tablets that we haven't announced yet. You'll see some announcements.. for the back half of the year," he said. "We don't think that this market is closed off in any way."

Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard and possibly Nokia are also planning Windows 8 tablets.

Felice said that Dell's relationships with its thousands of business customers gave it an advantage over Apple, whose gadgets can cause headaches for IT departments because they operate on different systems.

As iPads and iPhones have become popular from the boardroom down, corporate technology chiefs have been increasingly forced to accept the fact that employees will use their own devices.

"On the commercial side there are a lot of concerns about security, interoperability, systems and device management, and I think Dell is in the best position to meet those," Felice said.

He added that iPads also left much to be desired in terms of processing power and ease of typing. "When people put their computer to the side and take their iPad with them to travel, you see a lot of compromises being made."

Dell has also just launched a so-called ultrabook, a high-end notebook that is light and thin but still at least as powerful as a regular laptop. The XPS 13 costs about $995.

"The demand has been excellent since we launched this product just a week ago," Felice said. "It is a fantastic product and shows our commitment to the PC space. We like the PC space. We are extremely committed to it."

Dell, the world's third-biggest computer maker after HP and Lenovo, has also been expanding its services offering to reduce its dependence on sales of computers, where margins are being squeezed and growth is slowing.

Taking Mac and iPad sales together, Apple sold more computers last year than any of the top PC makers.

Asked whether he envied Apple's ability to produce such coveted objects, Felice said: "We come at the market in a different way ... We are predominantly a company that has a great eye on the commercial customer who also wants to be a consumer."

"In the areas where we come at the market, we think we are a coveted brand."


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RE: Dell to rival iPad with Windows 8 tablet

i already know it , but late in posting

 

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Discover Windows 8...Updated

I got Windows 8 installed few days back...
As suggested by Bapun, I selected a few new features that are different in this installation than previous Win 7, and got its screenshots...

Here are they, will post more as I discover more


Start
Its anawesome new Metro look Start Menu, basically for touch interfaces. This comes up on pressing Windows button in keyboard, going to bottom left and clicking or going to right bar and clicking start.
Cant define it as a menu really, it has got all sorts of visual excitements and is entirely different from previous Windows versons. A treat to eyes of Tech enthusiasts, a sick pack to those who like others.

Open App Bar or Left Side Bar
This bar features all open applications and start. Can be available by just going to top right or top left and dragging mouse to bottom or top respectively !

Network
Yeah, networking, nd connecting to internet looks a bit creepy here. But as u go, u would understand, thet Microsoft has taken care that we dont go for extra steps, just click on connect and its connected directly !
But first we hav to setup internet/LAN network connections as usual in the Networking options which is exactly same as in Win 7.

Right Side bar
It i visible when we move mouse to top left or top right. It has 5 options:
Search : App Search
Share : Sharing between PC's
Start : Start Option
Devices : Add more than one Screens, etc
Settings : Total settings of the copmputer

App Search
This search is visible after we clickon search in Right Side Bar. Its an App Search.

Settings
'Settings' on Right Search Bar. It got Control Panel, Personalization, PC Info and Help.

Personalization
Its obtained by clicking Personalization in the above given menu.
Here are some options and choices given in it.

Help
From the same Settings Menu, click on Help and we get Help & Support.

Folder View
The Menu and FOlder View is entirely changed in Win 8. The Explorer is great and the menu's are of MS Office 07 type

Infact, the File Mewnu looks awesome too..

Task Manager
Entirely changed, Looking great and awesome for non techies.
Just got option to close the tasks in this view.
Ocourse we can go for More Details and have a bigger and better Task Manager.

Task Manager - Full Details
Click on More Details in Small Task Manager and you get this. Its awesome.
It consists of these tabs : Processes, performance, App History, Startup, Users, Details and Services. It has a Graph on each Tab, showing detailed performance andusages of resources and everything. Its a boon for advanced users...

Resource Manager
We got a Cool thing in Win 8. Click on Resource manager in Task manager and a Resource manager Pop Ups

ISO Mount
We have this cool feature of Mounting ISO files directly to Windows 8. No external software like Daemon tools required. Its makes life, just so much easier

Virtual Drive
Since Win 8 has mount feature, it has automatic Virtual Drive system too.

Burn ISO Files
Yes, Apart from data, in Win 8 we can go for burning ISO files directly. So, basically no need for any external recording software

Thanks friends, thats it for now, will post more as I discover more

 

[M@zh@R]

RE: Discover Windows 8

Excellent Snaps
Full of information
+rup

 

[Gssran]

RE: Discover Windows 8

Good work bro.