Windows Phone 7, CES Tablet Predictions Marked Microsoft's Week by wholesaleeshop.com.au

Jan. 2, 2011 - PRLog -- The last week of 2010 was a quiet one for Microsoft, as the company—along with many other tech stalwarts—geared up for January's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Rumors suggest that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will use his opening keynote at the show to reveal a line of Windows tablets. Such an event would mirror his CES 2010 keynote, when he unveiled a tablet prototype built by Hewlett-Packard along with devices from two smaller manufacturers. Microsoft doubtlessly hopes that 2011 will bring a sea change in its tablet fortunes—unlike 2010, where Ballmer's early optimism translated into nothing more than a very small handful of limited-run devices.

On Dec. 21, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft would use CES to debut a version of Windows leveraging ARM Holdings technology. That report cited unnamed sources "familiar with Microsoft's plans," and suggested the new Windows software "would be tailored for battery-powered devices, such as tablet computers and other handhelds." Both Microsoft and ARM declined to comment to Bloomberg.

If that story proves true, Microsoft's tablet plans could involve Windows devices running both ARM chips and Intel's upcoming "Oak Trail" Atom processors. Microsoft executives have repeatedly emphasized that Oak Trail will play a vital role in its upcoming tablet plans.

"Intel is going to come out with [its] Oak Trail chip around the first of the year," Bill Koefoed, Microsoft's general manager of investor relations, said Aug. 10 at the Oppenheimer Annual Technology, Media & Telecommunications Conference in Boston. "And, we think, that's going to offer a lot of new capabilities. Whether it's better usage of battery life and the like, it's going to really help move the category forward."
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