Microsoft Windows 8 Makes its Public Debut Tomorrow
Microsoft plans to debut Windows 8, its long awaited operating system during a press conference tomorrow.
The company will hold a long, comprehensive event on Wednesday where it will run through some of the details of the new software.
Windows 8 is an attempt by the company to create software that can interact perfectly with a touch screen device such as a tablet. It hopes to integrate the PC, tablet and smartphone experience more efficiently than some of its competitors including Apple and Google.
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Microsoft decided not to make an appearance at this year's Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona, Spain. However, the software giant chose instead to use this time to show the world why Windows 8 was worth the wait with this press conference.
The event will be covered on various tech sites such as CNET who will present it using ScribbleLive. The site advises those interested in seeing Windows 8 in action to return to the site at 5:45 a.m. PT on Wednesday. It will start a live blog about 15 minutes before the event begins. CNET plans to give Microsoft fans a play-by-play of the Windows 8 debut.
The company recently made a decision to lower the specifications on smartphones running its Windows Phone software in order to make the devices more affordable in comparison to the competition such as Apple and Android who normally release high end devices with state of the art hardware.
One example of this would be the newly unveiled Nokia Lumia 610 that features a 5-megapixel rear camera, 3.7-inch display, a 1300mAh battery and 256MB of RAM.
The Lumia 610 is also the first device to feature Windows Phone 7 also known as Windows Mango.
Most of the newer high-end smartphones include 8-megapixel rear cameras, 1GB of RAM and displays that exceed 4-inches in terms of size.
