Computer makers, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ ) and
Dell Inc.(NASDAQ:DELL), increasingly facing threat from tablet computers are
joining the competition with a full-fledged entry into the segment.
Both the companies are set to release tablets that
will be running on Microsoft's new operating system Windows RT for tablets,
powered by ARM chips.
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The rumours about the two computer giants launching
their tablets later this year have been doing the rounds for some time. Dell
currently has its Streak tablets, which run on Android, but the company has not
been able to make any dent in the tablets segment.
Microsoft is expected to launch its new operating
system in October, around the same time that it will release its Windows 8 for
PCs.
The Redmond-based software firm has been very choosy
about who its hardware partners are and according to rumours only six have made
it to the final cut.
Taiwan's HTC Corp, which was one of the contenders,
was shut out of the development process as it was deemed not to have enough
experience in the tablet segment. Bloomberg was the first to report in June
this year that Microsoft had denied HTC, its long-term partner, the right to
build products particularly tablets, based on its new operating system.
HP is expected to partner with Texas Instruments and
Dell with Qualcomm for its tablets, Digitimes said.
Samsung, Toshiba and Asustek Computer are the other
companies rumoured to be readying their devices running on Windows RT.
As tablets get more powerful and able to handle more
functions that are currently in the domain of traditional computers, the
definition of mobile operating systems is undergoing a change.
Laptops have given way to notebooks and netbooks and now
ultra books. The idea is to cram as many functionalities and features as
possible into the smallest possible space making it easier for people to
conduct their business while on the move.
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