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Even if Windows 8 is still months away from the official launch and probably the first devices will arrive just in time for the 2012 Christmas I start to get a feeling Microsoft is starting to promote their next operating system stronger and stronger. After releasing the official requirements for Windows 8 tablets it's time now to take a look a the sensor support at OS level.In a long blog post (very interesting if you need more info) Microsoft details the kind of sensors Windows 8 will be a...

Lots of people are asking if they can do office work on their tablets, and they're actually thinking about Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. In a word "No", you can't use the Office suite on your tablet unless it's running Windows 7. Sure you can install third party software, like Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iOS (or similar suites for Android), but those apps don't offer the same flexibility and features as what you're used to from your desktop/laptop computer. You can still import and ex...

The iPad is certainly the undisputed new gadget of 2010 and Apple sold tens of millions of it. The latest graphs show that Apple gained significant market share if we take operating systems as a whole and don't separate them by category (desktop, server, mobile), but Microsoft still has majority thanks to its Windows. The latest version, Windows 7, sold in over 400 millions gadgets, so it's clear Microsoft still rules here.You might think that other operating systems, Android, iOS, Mac OS X,...

Microsoft is starting to get serious about Windows 8, as more official info is revealed each week, starting with the Operating System new features and ending with showcasing new products for developers to drool upon. I know sometimes I seem mean, but how else you would call showing an extremely thin quad-core Windows 8 tablet at Tech Ed event in New Zealand.And what's worse is the fact Microsoft didn't slipped any other info on that, except it's a quad-core model, leaving us with nothing els...

Windows 8 is quickly becoming a hot topic, especially since last week's impressive User Interface demo from Microsoft and now the latest rumor points towards a mysterious tablet built by the Redmond company itself. It's not the first time we see the manufacturer of the operating system dipping its toes into hardware (think of Google with Nexus smartphones for example) and it's clear Microsoft has the experience from many successful hardware products it launched throughout time (Xbox 360, Kinect,...

We've been talking about Windows 8 for a while now on AllTouchTablet, but all we had was speculation. All that changed today, when Microsoft showcased the user interface of the next generation Windows operating system, which will unify interfaces for desktops, laptops and tablets. Even if Microsoft didn't answer a lot of the questions of people's mind, the short demo of the user interface left everyone with a good impression, especially since Microsoft showed they finally have a competitive touc...

One of the best Windows 7 tablets to date is the EEE Slate EP121 from ASUS. It's for sale right now and there should be quite a few people interested in it. I'm not talking about the iPad 2 loving crowd, but consumers who need a flexible operating system that allows them to install any app they want (like any Windows version) and the ability to work on a mobile device without having to carry around a lot of weight (2.53 lbs) and without giving up on performance at the same time (the Core i5 CPU...

Pretty bad news for Microsoft fans (yes, they are out there), as apparently Microsoft won't release its operating system for tablets till end of 2012, more precisely after the September 2012 back to school season. This means bad news for Microsoft's shareholders, as the tablet niche will be another important segment where Microsoft's presence isn't strong enough (search and cloud are the others, despite numerous efforts from the Redmond company), or at all, as some might suggest. Even if we've h...

We all know Microsoft Windows is not really an operating system for tablets, as many have pointed out its user unfriendliness towards touch input. Sure you can use a Windows 7 tablet, but that's hardly a pleasure. All this is about to change, as a recent rumor points towards a June demo of Microsoft Windows 8 user interface for tablets. It's about the same time with Computex, one IT expo Microsoft likes to attend every year and just in time for the end of company's fiscal year. Good news are alw...

Microsoft has done well lately with Kinect and Windows 7, both very successful products, but now it's time for them to think forward. That's why Microsoft showcased their vision of a future user interface that could power smartphones, PCs and tablets, providing a consistent experience throughout all these mentioned devices. Sure Microsoft doesn't say the UI will look like the one in the video below, but it's a possibility and by releasing these kinds of previews to public they're gathering impor...