Microsoft reportedly wants to launch a Surface computer that fits in your pocket, but that sounds like a bad idea | latest News

Over the past few years, Microsoft has launched a new version of "Project Andromeda" to work on a new "Surface-branded" computer that can fit your pocket. According to the recent emails provided by The Verge, this is a "new and fatal" category, and the "pocketable Surface" is "a truly personal and versatile computing experience".

I hope Microsoft has a few tricks.

Since the launch of Microsoft in 2007, the iPhone has not been important in the mobile industry. Although Microsoft has attempted to compete with changes on Windows Mobile for the first time and has not ended with the release of Windows Phone, Windows Phone for Phones 10. These initiatives will allow Nokia to keep track of the latest work on mobile phones in 2013 the Nokia mobile phone, which has swallowed it dead.

The company has done a great job with other devices, such as the Surface computer running the Windows 10 operating system. Revenues from this segment have increased by 32 percent during the third quarter, and can lead to branding with consumers.

Reference Link : https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/29/microsofts-pocketable-surface-sounds-like-a-bad-idea.html

Microsoft and Razer team up for Xbox One keyboard and mouse, report says - Latest News

Microsoft spoke to developers earlier this year about keyboard and mouse support for its Xbox One family of consoles, and details have recently emerged about what that support may look like -- heavily highlighting products by gaming "lifestyle" company Razer. That means Chroma everywhere. Light it up!

The presentation fell into the hands of Windows Central, detailing what the programming interface (API) for the support looks like and potential concerns -- particularly the potential to change gameplay balance between keyboard-and-mouse and controller users in multiplayer games and ways to counter it. The recommended solution is matchmaking only between similar controls and monitoring it throughout the game.

The API -- which is the much same as the mouse API on Windows 10 -- only supports USB and dongle-wireless mice, not those which connect by Bluetooth or use custom drivers. A Bluetooth mouse makes no sense in this case, anyway. 

Both Microsoft and Razer declined to comment.

Microsoft initially announced its plans to bring a keyboard and mouse to the Xbox in 2015, and clearly we haven't seen it yet. But Microsoft didn't begin merging Windows 10 into the Xbox One until 2016, which was probably a necessary strategic first step in that direction. 

The company recently ate its words about bringing VR and mixed reality to the Xbox One, despite promising another generation in the console family in 2020. But I wouldn't be surprised if that console doubled as a PC, which could be one reason for the sudden reappearance of the keyboard and mouse support. And if that's true, it would support VR and MR by default.

Reference Link : https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-and-razer-working-on-keyboard-and-mouse-for-xbox-one-reportedly/