We didn’t see any Windows 8 preview at CES 2011. All we got that next generation of Windows will support SoC and ARM based architectures. However, there is some information fed to Paul Thurrotts about possible features in Windows 8. The information which should be taken with grain of salt tells about new Tile based Shell, new app model and app store being introduced in Windows 8. Here is the information.
Windows 8 will include a new tile-based user interface that’s codenamed Mosh. Assuming this is true, I have to believe that this UI will be an alternative UI, and not a full replacement, or will appear only on low-end tablet-like devices aimed at the iPad. It sounds like something that will silence the critics who want the Windows Phone OS on a tablet.
Windows 8 will also include a new app model codenamed Jupiter that will target a new Windows Marketplace app store. The app store will provide access to new, Silverlight based “immersive” applications that are deployed as AppX packages (.appx). The Windows and Office teams are betting very heavily on this new app type, according to my source, and development has already begun using a beta version of Visual Studio 2012. These apps can be written in C#, Visual Basic, and even C++.
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