Windows Phone "selling like hotcakes" - Intel chip speculation

Even though Microsoft wasn't exhibiting at CES this year, doesn't mean they haven't been nowadays. From Steven Ballmer taking to the phase at the Qualcomm keynote to some surprise Xbox 360 demos, it's been busy.

The folks at Computer World caught up with Greg Sullivan. senior product manager for Windows Phone. Seems Greg was eager to share the good news about Windows Phone sales in China and also led some to speculate on a Windows Phone in the pipeline that uses an Intel CPU.

During the interview Greg was neat to point out that currently sales of Windows Telephone in Mainland china are very strong, his exact words are said to be "Selling like hotcakes". We take reported on the sales of Lumia devices in People's republic of china over the final few weeks, the Nokia store has twice ran dry of devices presently after opening.

China has been a articulate focus of attention for Nokia who were quick to point out that the market in the country constitutes a huge opportunity for them. Hearing Greg confirm high sales is skilful news for the platform as it enters a new marketplace. Sullivan was also cracking to indicate out that there is at present edifice support for Windows Phone, maxim this:

"There'due south sales momentum, carrier momentum, and app momentum, with 125,000 apps. With Windows Phone 8, nosotros're in this for the long booty. We used to think about Windows as software on a PC, but it's also on the server and in the cloud and in Skybox and other services even Xbox. Windows is not merely Windows and Windows Telephone. It'southward across all parts of Microsoft."

An Intel Based Windows Telephone?

Sullivan was asked during the interview nigh the prospects of making a Windows Phone based on the Intel platform. He fuelled some caste of speculation by maxim "We have nothing to announce at this time" only does go along to state the post-obit..

"Our architecture is such that it'due south hardware contained. For the same reason that Windows 8 [tablets] could run on 'Wintel', right now Windows Telephone is on Qualcomm. We have a portable Os architecture."

Quite why this has fuelled then much speculation is odd, Microsoft have but finished engineering Windows Phone to run on the aforementioned core technologies as Windows 8. The NT Kernel has long been adaptable to various different underlying platforms and his statement about the Os beingness more than portable is spot on. The question that should be asked is why there is any need to produce devices based on Intel chips rather than ARM.

Intel pulled out of the low power, mobile chip race long ago and has been clamouring to get back into the game in the last few years. ARM devices notwithstanding represent a better pick for power and efficiency in mobile devices. That of class could change and if Intel decides to make their mobile offerings significantly cheaper than ARM alternatives and this could open the door for cheaper handsets.

The platform on which Windows Phone now runs is far more portable and flexible that the previous generation. Doesn't mean there is whatever pressing need to movement to Intel just because they tin can, there has to be a good reason.

We'd like to know what yous think of the prospects of an Intel based Windows Phone and the positive news about sales. Allow us know in the comments below.

Source: ComputerWorld

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