Taiwanese gadget maker Asus is in talks with Microsoft about a deal to make Windows 8 gizmos, including a new flavour of the two-in-one PadFone, according to a new report. Is this your next phone and tablet?
According to the always reliable Wall Street Journal, Asus has approached Microsoft about making a Windows-fuelled PadFone. “I think it makes sense for Windows 8,” Benson Lin, corporate vice president of mobile communication products, told the paper.
Asus’ Nexus 7 tablet put it at the top of the Android premier league, but the company’s range of PadFones – phones that slot into a tablet to power it – are a unique idea that’s so far been ignored by shoppers and rival manufacturers alike.
While it make sense for a Windows phone and tablet duo to join forces, and Asus looks like the company to do it, Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 or RT don’t work together beyond the standard desktop syncing and Microsoft’s cloud services like SkyDrive. How Asus will pull off a Windows PadFone remains to be seen.
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