It's been debated since the early days of smartphones, when devices such as the Treo based on Palm OS could not handle more than one task at a time, while handsets based on the Windows Mobile platform had the capability.
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Despite numerous and repeated efforts of manufacturers (Nokia, but also Samsung and HTC) and operators to develop an alternative to Android and Apple based on Windows, and despite the launch of numerous phones based on Windows with strong features, reviews and marketing support, the operating system remains cornered to less than 5% market share in smartphones.
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LUmia is also based on the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system which is just coming to market.
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The company sold just 2.9 million of its Windows-based Lumia phones in the quarter, down from 4 million in Q2, as the company transitions to devices based on the new Windows Phone 8 OS from Windows Phone 7.
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Microsoft Federal Systems will help design the ship's IT architecture based on the company's Windows 2000 platform.
Mr. Moorhead predicted some hardware companies that had been planning to release tablets based on the new versions of Windows may change their minds.
The bottom line is that his upgrade of the stock in February was based on the theory that RIMM would take share during the period in which Nokia is transitioning to phones based on Windows.
The Micron Millennia Max 733, based on that processor, is the fastest Windows 98 PC we've seen.
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Though most of its user interface is totally new, the Kin runs an operating system based on many of the same components that underpin Windows Phone 7 and the Zune HD.
The new version of Windows will work with processors based on the ARM architecture from Qualcomm, Nvidia, and Texas Instruments, in addition to x86 processors from Intel and AMD.
Hewlett-Packard is said to have killed the Slate, which was to be based on Microsoft's Windows, and is now reportedly working on a tablet using an operating system from Palm, the smart-phone maker that HP recently bought.
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Though Surface is clearly a tablet device, Sinofsky pointed out that the process of developing Windows 8 (on which Surface's Windows RT operating system is based) started in the summer of 2009, when there was no Apple iPad as a reference point (though it remains unclear if Microsoft began working on its tablet at that time).
This provides a quick process of installing and running the Linux based SDK on a Windows or Mac PC.
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However, on the Windows RT variant of the system - which will power cheaper tablets running on ARM-based chips - app publishers will only be able to sell their products through the Windows 8 store designed for the touchscreen interface, with all its associated restrictions.
Mr Kindel says that the 'smart tiles' design interface of the Windows phones were based on traffic signs and other iconic visual signals you see in everyday life.
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Now the contents of the Windows-based drives on a Mac machine are visible to Mac-only applications, and applications like Sherlock--used for searching hard drives and increasingly for Internet-related searches--can now search the contents of Windows drives even when the virtual Windows machine isn't running.
As developers placed the first generation of their apps (and data) on Windows, and as the amount of Microsoft OS based data grew, so did the value of the Windows ecosystem and of each successive generation of apps.
The first product based on the design, the SH7729, was also unveiled Thursday and will support Microsoft's Windows CE operating system, Hitachi said.
Agawi will be demoing their cloud-based games streaming platform on Windows 8 devices at the Cloud Gaming USA event in San Francisco next week, September 11-12, where Agawi will also be delivering a keynote speech.
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The game, which is available on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles as well as Windows-based computers, launched two weeks before the SyFy series premier to give fans of the "Defiance" universe a taste of what was to come in the show.
The subsidies on Google Android based phones and Microsoft Windows phones are lower.
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Dell has a number of tablets planned for launch in 2011 like Gallo, Opus One, Sterling, Silver Oak and Rosemount (Windows 7 based) that focus on the enterprise market.
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Only with the introduction over the next six months of the more powerful class of products based on Windows CE Handheld PC Professional Edition, does Sanchez see a viable product with a readable, typeable keyboard.
The company has also maintained its strong ties to Microsoft: While best known for Android phones, HTC also sells models based on Windows Phone 7 and will be among the pioneers when Phone 8 debuts next year.
As the Intel-based Windows 8 begins to proliferate across a wide range of devices and developers seek to capitalize on distribution via the Windows app store, a broader mosaic of Live Tiles will lie waiting to take advantage of Surface's attractive hardware options.
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