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Intel Plans Windows 8 Phones
Barence writes "Intel boss Paul Otellini says his company plans to offer Windows 8 on smartphones — putting the chipmaker on a collision course with Microsoft. Speaking during Intel's earnings call, Otellini said Microsoft's decision to port Windows to system-on-a-chip platforms had advantages for his company. 'We have the ability to put our lowest-power Intel processors running Windows 8 – or "next-generation Windows" – into phones, because it's the same OS stack.' That would appear to run contrary to Microsoft's plans for its OSes. Speaking at CES last week, Windows chief Steven Sinofsky said Windows Phone 7 was 'uniquely focused on small form factor' while Windows was designed for tablets and above."
I don't know why exactly, but the way this summary is worded just makes me chuckle. Especially that first line.
Intel boss Paul Otellini says his company plans to offer Windows 8 on smartphones — putting the chipmaker on a collision course with Microsoft.
It makes it sound like he has decided to do this without consulting Microsoft at all. It's like
Intel: HEY. We're gonna put Windows 8 on our smartphones, kk?
Microsoft: Actually we skipped 8 we're going straight to Windows 9.
Intel: Hmmm. Well are you still going to -
Microsoft: No.
Intel: But can we -
Microsoft: NO
Intel: We just want to -
Microsoft: Look, just leave us alone, okay?
Isn't it wiser to make a Windowz theme for Android?
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I haven't read the article, let alone the summary, but surely it should say "Intel plans 8 Windows phones". That should be enough. One for Ballmer, one for Gates and six handsets for changing the dud ones while under warranty...
Some of my favourite people are from th US; Vonnegut, Chomsky, Bill Hicks.
Windows in various forms runs on the Xbox and the Xbox 360, so it can clearly be stripped down to the point where it is reliable enough for an "appliance"-type device. (Microsoft's hardware problems with both platforms notwithstanding... that's a whole separate argument.) Windows CE is a pathetic POS and basically just a reinvention of Windows from an apparently totally retarded standpoint anyway. Handhelds are becoming more powerful and Android proves the point (OK, the N900 proved the point and Android really just hammers it home) that a "desktop" operating system can run on a handheld. And if Android and MeeGo weren't enough evidence, there's always iOS, which is just OSX with some stuff taken out, some stuff renamed, and some minor stuff added in. Most of what people think of as an iOS feature is right there in OSX, lurking, waiting to be turned on. Most of what we think of as a desktop feature of Windows is just a service waiting to be turned off, or part of the ever-more-baroque Windows Explorer.
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Despite the summary this doesn't sound very Machiavellian. One could almost imagine Microsoft liking the thought of having their core product used on the next billion devices without having to make any investment themselves.
Part of the massive failure of Windows Mobile is that it tried to be Windows scaled down to 3" screens. Small devices need customized OSs, a square peg with the corners shaved off to fit into a round hole.
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!