Lenovo has been responsible for some inspired form factors based on Windows 8.
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Handling such chores has been a strong suit for Research in Motion's BlackBerry and rivals selling devices based on Windows Mobile.
The company launched its Lumia line of smartphones based on Windows Phone OS last quarter, which got off to a solid start.
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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.
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.
"Powered by Windows Embedded Handheld (based on Windows Mobile 6.5 technologies), the Intermec CS40 offers business professionals the ability to capture, access, and act on business critical information where and when they need it, " said Kevin Dallas general manager of the Windows Embedded Business Unit at Microsoft Corp.
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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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Yeah, things are starting to get a little wild -- we haven't even mentioned the open questions of whether the Zune HD is running Tegra because it's based on Windows Mobile 7 Chassis 1, or whether Pink will launch on Verizon, or whether Zune will appear on other phones, or... you get the idea.
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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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Nokia low end smartphones based on Microsoft Windows are also making good progress in India.
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This is good news for Microsoft since Nokia Lumia phones are based on its Windows operating system.
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Some companies expect to offer versions of tablets based on Microsoft Windows.
Interestingly, Microsoft (MSFT) stock has not seen strong money inflows along with Nokia even though Nokia Lumia phones are based on Microsoft Windows Phone operating system.
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This was the first public showing of an Unreal Engine 3-based application on the Windows RT platform.
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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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This provides a quick process of installing and running the Linux based SDK on a Windows or Mac PC.
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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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So will I be able to run all my old Windows applications on the new generation of tablets running Windows on ARM-based processors?
Both phones are based on the new Microsoft Windows 8 operating system software.
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The company is also making phones based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile software and its own Bada operating system.
The last thing you want to do is find yourself locked into something that is very different from what you were expecting, based on previous versions of Windows.
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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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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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Like many of my clients with employees who insist on using Apple products you are going to be spending time and money on software to run Windows locally on their MacBooks so that they can access your Windows based network and use your Windows based applications that everyone else is using.
Audio and video programmes based on proprietary formats such as Windows Media Player are another challenge.
Microsoft Federal Systems will help design the ship's IT architecture based on the company's Windows 2000 platform.
In a surprise move, China Mobile chose Lumia 920T, a phone based on Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Phone 8 over iPhone 5.
Mr. Moorhead predicted some hardware companies that had been planning to release tablets based on the new versions of Windows may change their minds.
Microsoft says that Office Home and Student 2013 RT, which contains new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote applications, will be included on ARM-based Windows 8 devices, including Microsoft Surface.
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