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As expected, Microsoft Surface won’t be the only Windows RT tablet on the market, with Asus, Lenovo, Toshiba and Samsung joining the party later in the year. Apparently, the Redmond giant is very careful and controlling in selecting OEMs for RT tablets, allowing each of its chipset partners to pick only two of them. NVIDIA got Lenovo and Asus, Texas Instruments – Toshiba, and Qualcomm – Samsung and HP. HP, however, opted out from the tablet race, leaving Qualcomm with an empty spot, which may be filled by Dell or some other major computer maker.
It is said that Microsoft will lift these restrictions in January 2013, eventually opening the floodgates and allowing anyone to make Windows RT tablets. That said, we expect to see first non-Microsoft made tablets at Berlin’s IFA conference and then even more of them presented at CES in Las Vegas.
We’ll make sure to follow this story and let you know as soon as we hear something new. Stay tuned in the meantime, k?
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
