Microsoft Windows for ARM (tablets) to be announced at CES 2011

Florin  By on 22 Dec 10

We’ll see lots of new products being unveiled at CES 2011, and one of them seems to be a version of Microsoft’s Windows especially made for ARM chips.

According to Bloomberg and “people familiar with Microsoft’s plans”, the new Windows is “tailored for battery-powered devices, such as tablet computers and other handhelds.” So it looks like it won’t be just a remake of Windows 7 or Windows Phone 7.

Google is also readying an Android versions especially made for tablets, namely Android 3.0 Honeycomb – which, according to Motorola, may be also unveiled at CES.

The first tablet based on the new Windows could be the rumored 10-inch Samsung Gloria – this wouldn’t exactly be  a direct competitor to the iPad, the Galaxy Tab, or the BlackBerry Playbook, since it’s said it has a sliding QWERTY keyboard.

Low-power ARM chips are currently used both in tablets (Apple’s iPad, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab) and smartphones.

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