Asus, Samsung, Lenovo and Toshiba – the first wave of Windows tablets RT

In addition Surface tablets to be launched by Microsoft, most likely in late October with the launch of Windows operating systems Windows 8 and RT, four manufacturers will be present at the event with their own ARM models.

Asus, Samsung, Lenovo and Toshiba are companies that will launch this fall the first Windows tablets RT models, these will only work with certain manufacturers of chips because of restrictions that Microsoft has embraced the latter.

As you know, Microsoft has offered very little freedom of maneuver Windows Phone terminal manufacturers, which are based exclusively on hardware solutions from Qualcomm, and this policy will be continued and Windows RT.

According to data provided by China Economic Times, a manufacturer of hardware platforms may choose up to two manufacturers of tablets to work, partnerships have already been signed.

Thus, NVIDIA will work with ASUS and Lenovo, Texas Instruments will have a partnership with Toshiba and Qualcomm will go into the hands of the Samsung and probably Dell. HP, although originally intended to produce tablets Windows RT, decided to quit.

By the end of this year, four manufacturers will be the only ones who will have access to Windows licensing RT, once in January of next year but Microsoft intends to lift restrictions and to offer other manufacturers the opportunity to release tablets with the operating system.