Microsoft might be working on foldable device with focus on Pen and digital ink


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Microsoft Windows 10 mobile is dead and has even confirmed that Windows 10 Mobile and new hardware no longer a focus. However, latest we hear that company isn’t entirely pulling out the mobile altogether. It is said that Microsoft is now working on a foldable device with Pen and digital ink in focus.

While the Windows phone may be dead, but Microsoft is planning on creating an entirely new category that will be aimed at an entirely new demographic. Windows Core and CShell are two of the major internal projects that Microsoft has been working on, and these two will play a significant role in the development of the new mobile device, which is referred to as “Andromeda.”

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The Andromeda is a prototype hardware which is a tablet that runs on Windows 10 built-in withWindows Core OS along with CShell to take advantage of the foldable display. Windows Central reports that the new foldable device is designed to be pocketable when folded, as a phone.

The phone references bring us to the possibility of calling functions, so, you can technically replace your real smartphone with it and still make calls and send text messages. However, Windows Central sources say that it is not targeted at being a smartphone replacement, instead of a pocket-sized digital notebook.

This foldable device will have the pen and digital-Ink as the primary focus. The prototype is opening up into a notebook app with support for usual inking options via Windows Ink. The notebook app itself is designed to mimic the experience you get while writing in a real notebook. Being a Microsoft product, it does have a start screen, and you can use browser and photos app as well.

It is likely that it will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and will be able to run true-UWP apps. Going by the foldable patent files that Microsoft has been filing, along with the Core OS, CShell, it is very likely that Microsoft might be launching this as soon as next year.

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