Thursday, April 3, 2014

Microsoft targets Android, makes Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 free on all sub-9-inch devices

Microsoft has been spinning its wheels for years as it tries to get traction in the smartphone and tablet market. At the annual Build conference, the software giant announced a strategy it believes will finally get its mobile ambitions out of this rut — it’s making the software free. Not free to you personally (though that might come later), but free of any OEM licensing fees on devices with screens smaller than 9 inches — i.e. every smartphone, and smaller-screen tablets. That means Windows Phone 8.1 and regular Windows 8.1 won’t cost OEMs a dime on those devices going forward.

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