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Microsoft revising its business model and makes free Windows for smartphones and tablets.
The Windows operating system was full of news at the Microsoft Build Conference held last week in San Francisco. First, Microsoft announced the new version of Windows Phone 8.1 with new features like Cortana, personal assistant to the mobile OS .
Cortana is expected to debut this year in the United States, then the United States and China in the second quarter 2014. Other countries will be added to this list in 2015. As for the updated Windows Phone, it should be deployed to users of recent smartphones on Windows Phone 8 in the months that are coming.
For its part, Nokia unveiled three new smartphones that, this time, do not use a Fork Android but the mobile OS from Microsoft. These are the Nokia Lumia 930 , Lumia 635 and Lumia 630 (dual-SIM).
But one of the most interesting announcements was also the partial free Windows. It says in part because it does not involve any free device categories. Even if it seems a bit late, this decision is partly to conquer more market share in the mobile terminals and make prices lower machines.
Thus, manufacturers will have to pay anything to Microsoft when commercialize smartphones or tablets using its OS and with screens smaller than 9 inches. This charge may also be interpreted as an offensive against Android, the team that currently the majority of smartphones and tablets Google's operating system. However, Microsoft does not say that its mobile OS is Open Source.
There a few weeks ago, we had already discussed speculation that Indian manufacturers would be able to use Windows Phone for free . These were confirmed.