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Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In Barnes-Noble E...
I'd imagine that Microsoft doesn't really care what the device runs. The money's in the content, not the hardware.
rbanffy
on April 30, 2012
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Microsoft has a lot at stake - WP7, as it is now, lacks credibility and that's absolutely critical in this "post-PC" world. Nooks running WP7 (and abandoning Android) could generate some.
joenathan
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They would run WindowsRT if anything, Microsoft is only using WP for phones.
rbanffy
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IIRC, Microsoft has said WP8 will be based on the same core as Windows 8, so, whatever the tablet runs, will be a successor of WP7.
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People have speculated that is what MS will do, but MS has never said that.
rbanffy
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You are right. Microsoft has, so far, been ambiguous about the rumors about W8 and WP8 common infrastructure.
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