SourceCode: Microsoft, Partnerships and the Price of Progress

Updated on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 12:41AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

This past week has been a transformative one for Microsoft.  The Redmond giant previewed their unified desktop and tablet future with the Microsoft Surface announcement at an event in Hollywoog, which in itself was a loaded launch that ushered in Windows 8 on ARM as well as revealed Microsoft’s long term plans as a hardware maker.

They also held a Windows Phone 8 event in San Francisco, where they introduced fragmentation into their mobile OS by announcing a generation shift in their two-year old operating system that will make the upcoming version incompatible with present and past hardware.

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Microsoft launches its own Windows 8 tablet, calls it Surface

Microsoft just released a Windows 8 Tablet of its own called Surface. The new tablet has two versions, the light version will run Windows 8 RT on an ARM processor (we saw that coming) while the other is a Pro version running on Intel processor. Surface will feature an all magnesium case that weighs 1.5 pounds and a 10.6 full HD display (covered in Gorilla Glass 2).

The tablet has its own kickstand and I/O options include HDMI-out, microUSB and a USB 2.0 port It will feature a MagSafe-like magnetic cover that also doules as a keybaord and multi-touch trackpad. Surface will also have either 32GB or 64GB of storage space.  Seems like it has rear and front facing cameras as well. 

ASUS Transformer Book is world's first convertible Windows 8 Tablet

Following up its sucessful ASUS Transformer Prime tablet that can quickly convert into a ntoebook with a QWERTY keyboard attachment, ASUS announced the Transformer Book  at Computex which offers the same versatility but for a Windows 8 slate. Can this be the standard bearer of Windows 8 slates going forward? Below is an overview from ASUS.

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ASUS reveals dual-boot docking tablet with Windows 8 and Android

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

This morning's news feeds are full of new product announcements from Computex 2012 but the one that caught my eye and curiosity is the ASUS Transformer AiO which is an all-in-one deskop PC that can be undocked and used as a tablet (or an appetizer tray) that is capable of booting into Windows 8 as well as Google's Android OS.

Below is the official word from ASUS.

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