We’ve been hanging out in sunny Southern California for the Build 2011 conference and Microsoft has brought the “wow” with the introduction of Windows 8 and it even gave 5,000 developers a Samsung tablet with the new operating system on it (Check out our hands-on with the tablet).
While roaming the expo hall we ran into multiple ARM-based tablets that will eventually have Windows 8 including one from Qualcomm, one from Texas Instruments, and one from NVIDIA which will be rocking its quad-core Kal-El processor. None of these devices were ready for prime time or for me to play with it but it’s clear that when Windows 8 is finally released some time next year, it will be on a variety of tablets from all sorts of manufacturers.
Speaking of tablets, hopefully you’ll catch the pictures below of attendees playing with that Samsung giveaway and the reaction so far has been pretty positive – Sure, there’s a fan and the software isn’t quite where it will be but developers do see a ton of potential with Microsoft’s latest platform. Check out the pictures below and let us know what you think.
