Will Windows 8 for tablets?
Will Windows 8 for tablets?
If we had to do with a summary of presences and absences most notorious of the last Mobile World Congress, Microsoft's case would be quite problematic. This type of analysis does not intend to become obsessed with a company, but rather to take stock of the most outstanding of these events, since in practice this balance to come to light essential determinations of the current state of the phone market and mobile operating systems that affect them.
Do not tell anyone if we talk about the centrality of the figure of the tablet was in the latter conference dedicated to everything that has to do with the world of telecommunications, more specifically, as far as mobile phone deals. For in this conference it became clear that the current business flows through the rails of the tablets.
This has been understood very well the different companies. For example, Android has been linking with many brands in order to boost supply of tablets. The same can be said of the latest from Apple, the iPhone, which seems to have a boom in users. Even Blackberry and HP have been doing their thing in matters of design and production of tablets. So the question everyone is made in this conference is: well, what about Microsoft?
Well, for those expectant, we comment here that Windows has plans to launch in mid-June this year an interface to Windows 8 tablets. Read more
¿Open Playbook Android apps?
¿Playbook with Android?
In the world of market applications and mobile devices could be said that no longer exist as itching to strategic moves. Everything is permitted provided that the actions are justified from the standpoint of the universal goal of maximizing the income of this month.
This has been expressed in the commercial arrangements that have been conducted recently Nokia and Microsoft. Much has been made anywhere on this agreement and also on the readings that have been made from the specialized journalism in relation to this. Well, today we discuss another story quite like the one mentioned in this paragraph. But now what we have to note is that Blackberry applications start running Android.
Such things are so much more confusing than they are. Well the truth is that only the new tablet Blackberry, the playbook, you have the option of providing their users to download applications originating operating system for smart phones from Google.
In principle fans Blackberry users may be offended, because somehow the terminals generate their fanaticism and enmity corporate business leads to generate also "hatred" between the followers of these companies.
However, if you think about it, it realizes that this could bring many benefits to the user.
For, as many already know, the difference of applications offered by Blackberry and Android is abysmal.
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New frontiers for QNX
While QNX was already widely used in industrial environments for their abilities to real-time operating system, following the acquisition by RIM (Blackberry brand owners) QNX is gaining in popularity.
In the mid-2000s QNX began to have hindered certain to maintain popularity. Free software alternatives will begin to take some of your market. With that in 2007 the company decided to free the kernel source, feeling and with the possibility of community-based development. But the drawing power was low and did not involve great help for QNX.
In April 2010, QNX was bought by RIM , the maker of international mobile and had his sights on expanding into new markets telephony. So shortly after the purchase was announced that he forgot the strategy of free software and use the base that was already in the QNX automotive market in order to dig with RIM technology. Thus arose agreements with brands such as BMW, improving both RIM's position as the popularity of QNX.
Recently it was known that RIM was working on launching a competitor to the iPhone from Apple, Blackberry branded. But a few days ago have started strong speculation where QNX software is placed in these tablet devices. New utilities to QNX in the surely there will be a rapprochement with RIM OS, operating system included in the Blackberry phones.
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