Despite its rather good reception for mobile phones, it seems Microsoft have no intention of using the Windows Phone 7 OS on a tablet device. Senior product manager of Microsoft Gregg Sullivan said that Microsoft will be keeping with the decision to use Windows 7 on tablets instead, saying that it offers better touch-support and a richer application experience. Sullivan also said that with a wider selection of software and more available drivers, Windows 7 is the way forward with any upcoming tablet devices.
It's a little disappointing and surprising that Microsoft have made the decision especially considering the competition and success of other companies commonly using their trademark mobile OS's for tablet devices including Apple who use iOS on the iPad (as well as the Apple TV and iPod Touch), Google's Android being used on the Galaxy Samsung Tab and a new OS for the BlackBerry Playbook from RIM.
Despite this Senior executive at Samsung America Ray Vinson, admitted that he had talked to Microsoft about a Windows Phone 7 tablet (presumably with no success). As well as this, the HP Slate has dropped the use of Windows 7 on the device in favour of other OS's including webOS, Android, and Chrome OS. So are Microsoft being unnecessarily stubborn or will Windows 7 tabs be good enough to make up for the disappointment?
Via: Electric Pig