Once it has done this, it will work with partners to have its software pre-installed on mobile phones.

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You'll also find a bevy of Microsoft and Toshiba software pre-installed, and while it only tips the scales at 3.79-pounds, you'll have to lug around an external optical drive if you need to spin any discs.

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Storage concerns will only grow as Windows 8 finds more widespread adoption trial software, pre-installed games, and bloatware will become more prevalent.

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The government said it is simply providing the software free of charge, as a pre-installed file on computer hard drives or as a CD, to give users to choice to install the software.

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And within minutes of receiving these devices they quickly figured out how to use the video chatting software that came pre-installed.

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But that is perfectly adequate to run the customised version of Linux that comes pre-installed on it, along with a suite of software, including Open Office.

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We can agree most app and software companies would be giddy to be pre-installed.

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Google has had mapping software since 2005, and a Google Maps app was pre-installed on the first iPhone starting in 2007.

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