Microsoft was running Windows on ARM two years ago
Microsoft's attempts to port Windows to ARM
began earlier than we thought: over two years ago, the company
apparently already had Windows running on the low-power architecture.
According to EXIF data, the two photos above were taken on January 22nd,
2010 with a Samsung Omnia Pro, but that's not Windows Mobile on this
Asus P835 smartphone. It's a build of Windows 7, and to give you some
idea of the timing, it predates the January 27th announcement of the original Apple iPad by several days. Of course, if what we've been hearing about Windows Phone 8
pans out, these pictures of a "fairly early" Windows on ARM debug could
represent more than just software running on silicon: it could be
symbolic of how Microsoft intends to truly unify phones, tablets, and
PCs with its next version of the desktop operating system.
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