We’re still recovering from the hangover of the output of the impressive Sony NGP (strange to use a name from the past, remember the Neo Geo Pocket) with its four cores, touch panels, 5-inch OLED screen and 3G, all on Android, when begin to circulate rumors about the future compatibility with Windows Phone 8 and its native support for ARM processors.
The eternal illusion of having an operating system on a device not designed for it, an impossible dream that we can make some terminals like the HTC HD2 (Windows 6.5, Windows Phone 7, Android), and even the iPhone (IOS and Android) in These days, even with dual boot. Android’s entry into the world of handheld blurs the line slightly separated provided both entertainment and communication systems, respectively.
Microsoft is working on preliminary versions of Windows 8 with the second compiled version called Milestone 2, which used in testing its ROMs. This new system will have two versions of Microsoft user interface, and the 5-inch screen of the NGP is more than likely to marry the oriented tablets and mobile devices based on Windows style grids Phone 7 days.
As a last detail, having 3G connectivity means that a system such as Windows Phone 8, heavily based on the much-touted “cloud” of data, copper also makes sense from a platform such as NGP. When it goes on sale will be viable until this point portability between systems, the mere fact that the day of his presentation was speculated to the topic in the homebrew community is already a big step.
