Samsung unveils Windows 8 mobile devices, updates Note

29.08.2012
Samsung Electronics took the wraps off new Android and Windows devices here at IFA in Berlin on Wednesday, showing off a bigger, faster Note tablet, a new Galaxy Camera, and smartphones and tablets running Windows 8.

Samsung is getting behind Microsoft's next-gen Windows with the ATIV family, which includes the ATIV S smartphone and the ARM-based ATIV Tab, plus the Intel-based ATIV Smart PC and Smart PC Pro.

The ATIV S smartphone runs Windows Phone 8, which has a revised start screen, and also allows smartphones based on the OS to be equipped with HD screens, multi-core processors, NFC and microSD card slots.

Samsung has taken advantage of those improvements and the ATIV S has a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display. The phone is 8.7 millimeters thick with NFC integrated, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and HSPA+ at 42M bps. It weighs 135 grams.

More Windows Phone 8-based devices are expected to be announced next week, as Microsoft joins Nokia for an event in New York where the Finnish phone maker is expected to announce its first phones based on the new OS.