Microsoft is working on developing a tablet from the Surface foldable category, with a focus on pen
and digital ink, and according to reports, the new device can replace a smartphone.
The computer is likely to bear the name Surface Phone, and although the software giant's efforts in the mobile sector related to Windows 10 Mobile have ended, it is clear that it has not completely ended.
According to new information based on a dive within Microsoft's internal projects, multiple signals have appeared on the so-called “Andromeda”, which is likely to be a model for a new device of some kind, and it seems that the software giant is hoping to create a mobile device that follows to A new category, and targeting a completely new demographic, as the device focuses heavily on pen and digital inking.
The new device is a foldable tablet that works with the Windows 10 operating system, including its future projects called Windows Core OS and CShell, in order to take advantage of the foldable screen, and it is not clear yet whether the display is actually flexible or it is an assembly Two separate display screens in one form or another via a type of joint to hide and expand the available viewing area.
The ZTE Axon M, which was recently announced, is the closest device to Andromeda, and Microsoft may go to market the new device as a device capable of more than one thing, in an attempt to break traditional form factors such as a laptop or tablet. Similarly, the original Surface Pro was released as a tablet that could replace a laptop.
Also, the definition of Andromeda may be a new category of devices, and the term is being used to express a new class of two in one devices, which are tablets that can be phones as well, and Microsoft may not announce Andromeda as a direct alternative to the smartphone, in order to avoid competition Android and iOS systems, but it will provide the device with the capabilities of the phone so that it can technically work as a phone.
The device mainly focuses, along with its interchangeable shape, on support for pen and digital ink, which is logical because Microsoft already provides a platform that works with Windows Ink and has experience building electronic pens for Windows 10 through its development of Surface Pen, and it seems that there is Also a business application, which will be equivalent to OneNote, so that this application becomes one of the main advantages of the Andromeda device.
The new device is powered by ARM chips, not Intel processors, and this means that Qualcomm's Snapdragon systems are one of the luckiest candidates to provide one of the most important components of Andromeda, as the vast majority of smartphones and mobile devices on the market today are powered by Qualcomm systems. Which greatly highlights current Windows applications such as Edge browser or Andromeda's Photos app.
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