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HTC Windows 8 tablet with Qualcomm chipset in the works

Posted: 20 Sep 2011, 05:24, by Daniel P.

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HTC Windows 8 tablet with Qualcomm chipset in the works

After the rumor yesterday that Intel peeps have been scouring the floors at IDF 2012 holding HTC Android devices, likely smartphones, powered by Intel chips, now Eldar Murtazin spilled the beans that HTC has also started developing a Windows 8 tablet.

In the casual Twitter conversation he says that this is an ARM-based tablet, not an Intel machine, and the chipset inside will be of Qualcomm make. Qualcomm is a minority shareholder in HTC, which explains why the Taiwanese have this tight and warm relationships with the Snapdragon family.

Windows 8 Kal-El ARM-based tablets are rumored to list battery life in days, not hours, as one NVIDIA rep cryptically noted, but the Intel-based gear, which will be able to run legacy Windows programs, lasts about 4 to 6 hours of intense use in the Samsung reference tablet that was distributed with the Windows 8 Developer Preview last week. This reference slate has been hitting eBay lately with bids way north of $2000 already.

Hopefully by the time this rumored HTC tablet with Windows 8 launches, there will be a number of Metro UI-styled applications in Windows Store, so we don't miss the legacy Windows programs, including Office.

Source: Tabletowo via BGR

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1. lubba posted on 20 Sep 2011, 05:31 1 0

Never thought of buying a tab but now there's an incentive to.

2. HTCiscool posted on 20 Sep 2011, 05:33 0 0

All I can say is that the chipsets should be an S4 and the battery life should be good if it wants to compete with Kal-el based devices. If that happens then I will definitely buy one!

3. PeterIfromsweden posted on 20 Sep 2011, 05:54 2 0

I'll buy a Windows 8 tablet, but not with a snapdragon. Got to be another processor, i don't really like snapdragon.

8. remixfa posted on 20 Sep 2011, 06:53 0 0

for once.. i think we completely agree peter :)

10. bobfreking55 posted on 20 Sep 2011, 06:55 1 0

Peter has good opinions. His bada fanboy-ism is the only thing unjustifiable. I prefer Peter than the miz or anyother fanboy.

9. bobfreking55 posted on 20 Sep 2011, 06:53 1 0

Tegra, TI OMAP or a samsung chipset.
Maybe Intel?

11. PeterIfromsweden posted on 20 Sep 2011, 08:32 1 0

I'll choose a samsung processor !

16. mahmoud abaza (unregistered) posted on 21 Sep 2011, 02:23 0 0

and we are back with bada thing

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4. uche_dashing posted on 20 Sep 2011, 06:27 1 0

peter, I thought you dont like the windows 8 tablet concept? I m suprised you actually wanna buy it.

6. PeterIfromsweden posted on 20 Sep 2011, 06:41 0 0

I'm gonna get myself a tablet thats for sure. and i'm not getting the iPad nor an Android one. So i'm left with a Windos 8 tablet, even though i'd prefer a bada tablet.

5. kamen posted on 20 Sep 2011, 06:37 0 0

I want one, I want one...

7. uche_dashing posted on 20 Sep 2011, 06:44 0 0

LMAO....u prefer a bada tablet that doesnt exist.. Have u seen it anywhere including your dreams?

12. Lbgy86 (unregistered) posted on 20 Sep 2011, 10:50 0 0

Just out of curiosity ....why a windows tablet?

15. lubba posted on 20 Sep 2011, 22:08 0 0

It's entertainment and social (windows phone, xbox) and productivity (desktop, laptop) all in one tablet. Git?

13. sobreiro (unregistered) posted on 20 Sep 2011, 14:37 0 0

Yeh.. windows tablet. Now I can get a tablet.

14. yellowcake (unregistered) posted on 20 Sep 2011, 14:58 1 0

the concept of a windows tablet can finally make the reality of using a tablet as a laptop replacement a reality...until the announcement that legacy programs will not be supported in windows 8. i'm really hoping they include a compatiblity mode...this would be ideal.

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1. lubba posted on 20 Sep 2011, 05:31 1 0

2. HTCiscool posted on 20 Sep 2011, 05:33 0 0

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10. bobfreking55 posted on 20 Sep 2011, 06:55 1 0

9. bobfreking55 posted on 20 Sep 2011, 06:53 1 0

11. PeterIfromsweden posted on 20 Sep 2011, 08:32 1 0

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4. uche_dashing posted on 20 Sep 2011, 06:27 1 0

6. PeterIfromsweden posted on 20 Sep 2011, 06:41 0 0

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