Is Microsoft Going to Sell Their Own Tablet? [VIDEO]
I have to admit, this was a great catch by Jeff Cormier at The Next Web, where he was at the AT&T Foundry event. He was passing by the Microsoft booth when something caught his eye. They had Windows Phone 7 stuff there as well as Kinect goodies, but it wasn’t either of those two things that attracted him.
No, in fact, it was something totally new. As it turns out it was a prototype of a Windows Phone 7 PC tablet that Microsoft is apparently working on.
From Jeff’s post:
Let me be clear, the Pegatron isn’t the official name of the tablet, but as the Microsoft representative indicated, that’s what it was known as around Redmond.
After some hands-on interaction time, and speaking with Microsoft at the event, I learned the following about the device:
- The Pegatron is powered by an Intel Atom processor
- Runs Windows 7 Home Premium
- 1GB of RAM
- 32GB HDD drive
- A front-facing web cam
- HDMI port
- A capacitive touch screen
- Possible third quarter release date
- Price unknown
Some quick research after toying with the device reveals Pegatron is a Taiwan-based company, with a design and engineering division having a great deal of experience creating notebooks and tablets, i.e. the PEGA R2.
Jeff also managed to get some video time with the tablet:
[Cross-posted at Winextra]
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