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Not exact matches
Microsoft is trying to
push hardware manufacturers to either adopt Windows 8 or the RT
operating system on their
tablets.
Major vendors are
pushing the boundaries of all three major mobile
operating systems and hardware configurations to transform the
tablet into a content creation device,» said Smith.
«Microsoft's decision to
push two different
tablet operating systems, Windows 8 and Windows RT, has yielded poor results in the market so far,» Mainelli said, in a released statement.
RIM will
push its BlackBerry 10
operating system to the Playbook
tablet, according to the company's Rob Orr
Windows 7 Embedded runs on the Windows CE platform which Microsoft isn't
pushing as a finalised
tablet ready
operating system but instead a base in which OEM's like Asus can create their own user interfaces for.
As well as new generation
tablets from Apple and the Android crowd, the Taiwan show featured hybrid
tablet / phones from vendors like Asus and Acer; «netvertibles», which offer touchscreen and netbook modes; and even the first «cloudbooks», a new breed of thin client gadgets with a browser - based
operating system and user interface, as
pushed by Google with its Chrome OS.
A report filed by Bloomberg citing its own sources has confirmed that the next generation of BlackBerry hardware which will run QNX as its
operating system will also include support for Android apps by being bundled with the same emulator as the one being
pushed to the PlayBook
tablet in an update next month.
Despite Amazon's continued
push, the company has not been able to capture a large piece of the
tablet market, with consumers drawn mostly to iPads and inexpensive
tablets running Google's Android
operating system.
The device itself is a sensible iteration on the original Galaxy Tab, in any case, which in a lot of ways
pushed the Android
operating system towards being more
tablet - friendly.
Microsoft still plans to make Lumia phones and is
pushing ahead with Windows 10 Mobile, its
operating system for Windows Phones and small
tablets, expected to hit later this year.
Changing tactics and
pushing the best of Android (its apps) onto an
operating system that's more capable of productivity could be just the ticket to giving
tablets a second life, not as content consumption machines, but as content creation ones.