HP and Dell Windows RT Tablets Coming In Late October; WOA Tablet Ecosystem In Place By January – Reports
HP and Dell To Launch Windows RT Tablet PCs In Late October – Report
Digitimes’ Monica Chen and Joseph Tsai report that Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell are both gearing up to launch Windows RT-based tablet PCs after Microsoft releases its new OS October 26. Chen and Tsai say HP will adopt chip solutions from Texas Instruments (TI), while Dell will use chips from Qualcomm, both predictions according to unnamed sources in the upstream supply chain.
They add that Asustek Computer and Toshiba have already unveiled their Windows RT tablet PC designs with the former to adopt Nvidia’s SOC and the latter one from TI, with both vendors planning to release their Windows RT machines in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, Chen and Tsai say Dell’s Windows RT tablet PC is outsourced to Compal Electronics for manufacturing, and Acer doesn’t intend to release a Windows RT tablet PC in 2012.
WOA Tablet Ecosystem To Be In Place By January
The Chinese language Commercial Times reports that Microsoft Windows 8 will support the ARM architecture processor, with only a few laptop brands eligible to get the first round of R & D tickets, but with Win8 upcoming, Microsoft will lift the ban in January next year, so that other brands such as Acer can be added to the WOA (Windows on ARM) tablet development.
Windows 8 system will reportedly support NVIDIA, Texas Instruments, and Qualcomm, SOCs, and tablet PCs equipped with Win8 RT will be on sale together with the OS itself on October 26, leaving time to grow WOA ecosystem momentum in time for the U.S. Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January next year, and Acer expected to release a Win8 RT tablet in Q1 2013.
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