Rumor: Microsoft is working on a device that combines smartphone and laptop

According to a new rumor, Microsoft is working on a device, which will be a hybrid and will have elements of both a smartphone and a laptop. What the device will look like and how big it should be is still unknown.

The rumor comes from the tech site The Information, which has been right more often in recent years. The site reports that it is not hardware that will be available immediately, but that Microsoft is developing for “further in the future.”

It would be a device that should primarily appeal to business customers. Microsoft makes the hybrid possible, because Windows 10 runs with many shared elements on both laptops and smartphones. On Wednesday evening, the company will most likely present the first details of the mobile version of Windows 10 and tell you more about the consumer version of the desktop version of Windows.

The combination of laptop and smartphone seems to imply that it is a device with a physical keyboard, the main element that distinguishes a laptop from a tablet. Except for BlackBerry, no manufacturer makes phones with physical QWERTY keyboards. In the past, there have been devices called ‘mobile internet devices’, which were a kind of hybrid smartphone and laptop.

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