One of Microsoft's big initiative for new Windows 10 PCs is Always Connected PCs, which are devices that are always connected to the internet via cellular. They'll probably never take off though.
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Microsoft's Always-Connected PCs will be supported with LTE by more carriers this year, Qualcomm announced today. Qualcomm has announced 6 additional carriers to Redmond's 5, bringing the total to 14.
As part of its Always-Connected PC initiative with Qualcomm, Microsoft has released the list of mobile operators across the world who will support the new cellular PCs running Windows 10.
With help from chip manufacturers Intel and Qualcomm, Microsoft has continued along its quest to reinvent the PC throughout 2017. With a number of innovations, it's been an exciting year.
We knew that HP, Lenovo, and Asus were already onboard with the Microsoft-Qualcomm pairing for always-on Windows 10 PCs with a Snapdragon 835 processor. But a new report suggests that group may grow.
Today at a Qualcomm event in Hawaii, AMD took to the stage to announce that there will be Always Connected PCs that use AMD processors, and those will include Snapdragon modems from Qualcomm.
Microsoft is working with numerous global carriers "to provide seamless eSIM connectivity" for the new generation of Always Connected Windows 10 PCs, with 'silicon support' from Intel and Qualcomm.
ASUS, HP and Lenovo will be the first manufacturers to launch Always Connected devices built on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 'Mobile PC Platform', running the full version of Windows 10.