Microsoft failed to get the wraps off its rumored 8-inch Area on the clearly show. Though the corporation did share a couple of much more tidbits about a lot of the variations it's creating to Windows 8 together with the 8.1 "Blue" launch that can likely make these smaller sized devices far more usable.
Among the new small-screen gadgets that Microsoft's companions showed this week were the 8-inch Acer Iconia W3 (with the outsized keyboard); the Lenovo MiiX 8, an 8-inch tablet with a stylus and 3G; 8-inch AMD Temash-based reference machines from Gigabyte and Quanta that corporations can personalize; as well as the 7-inch quad-core Inventec gadget.
A person from the critical alterations Microsoft is touting for this coming era of gadgets is improved portrait-mode help. Home windows Corporate Vice president of System Administration Antoine Lebond discussed what's approaching the portrait-mode entrance for the duration of his remarks at Computex this 7 days:
We did some function in Home windows eight.one to own portrait-specific Get started monitor layouts that work a great deal improved. The entire applications which can be in the box truly function just as very well in portrait mode as they function in landscape.
We did some get the job done within the product interface amount about edge detection and such things as that for making it easier to possess smaller sized bezels on these products so that OEMs and folk who build products similar to this could establish exactly the sorts of gadgets they need, and Home windows eight.one will probably be good on them.
Which is fantastic news for anyone that has been pissed off when looking to use their Surface RT or Professional -- or other Home windows eight or Home windows RT tablets -- in portrait method to no avail.
Leblond also talked up some formerly disclosed Windows 8.1 features, including the Metrofied Computer Configurations, far more flexible Snap selections, and touch-keyboard autosuggestion improvements as generating smaller-screen Home windows 8 gadgets workable.
Microsoft's disclosure before this 7 days that it'll make Phrase, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote (Office Dwelling & Student 2013) available on sub-10-inch Intel-based Windows eight.1 products left some scratching their heads, as desktop versions of these apps on Business office are not touch-optimized.
I'm wondering if Microsoft might be making the Metro/Windows Store versions of these applications available while in the box, instead. The Metro-Style versions of these four apps are in development as part of Microsoft's "Gemini" wave of products. Maybe there's a Metro version of your Office Home & Student 2013 SKU coming?
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