Saipan Tablet PC? transplanting Intel Atom

February 8, according to foreign media reports, in the last week of 5 February Saipan Foundation announced a comprehensive open source work Saipan system is completed, the markets on Saipan's next trends expressed great concern.

Famous ZDNet UK science and technology site in the interview Saipan Foundation CEO Lee · Williams (Lee Williams), learned a lot about Saipan system open-source and future versions of the message.

According to Williams, the open source using Nokia Series 60 with a lot of code, which reproduces some tens of thousands of individual developers and nearly 200 software development company has joined the open source development.

There are approximately 20% of the developers do not agree to Saipan system open source. In the open source initiative, and not all programs and code open source, some relate to the core code, still driven by the need to preserve, such as Nokia and Sony Ericsson's new driver development.

The reporter Edition Saipan system user interface and features of the new system, Williams said: the new version of Saipan system will place more emphasis on software features through software system transparent effects, gradients, and image analysis capabilities, increase QT core code.

In Symbian Symbian version 3 and 4, the user will have very powerful user interface, Saipan in simplified function button, fully taking into account the user's operation is used to set a default number of function buttons. Symbian version 4 will launch a new graphical user interface, support for nine different types of monitors.

The most interesting point is that the reporter asks about the prospect of future Saipan, Williams that "Apart from smart phones, can also occur with other devices using the Saipan system."

Industry analysts believe that the upcoming may be "Saipan flat." During the visit, Williams, Saipan's next generation of device development code name is "wild" (Wild Ducks). And said, Saipan has already begun to set the system to Intel's Atom processor platform for the work of the transplantations, started research and development of the GCC compiler, to Saipan to device platform porting for basic research and development. In the next 1-2 years, you will see on the market, based on Saipan system for Tablet PCs and other devices. These devices will have on the market today for all of the same type of functionality. This also means that "Saipan tablets" is about to come out.