project andromeda

Microsoft files another patent for a foldable device

10 months

Microsoft has filed another patent for the possible Andromeda device. The new patent shows a foldable device that uses a hinge mechanism to fold in half. The patent titled “HINGED DEVICE” was filed by Microsoft in Augu...

Microsoft revives Back Touch for the Surface Phone

by Surur

2 years

A few years ago Microsoft’s user interface researchers suggested that there may be a better use for the back of a device besides covering the battery, and suggested the back surface of a phone may be made touch sensitive and...

New Surface Phone patent shows it turning into a mini-laptop via “determinative hinge”

by Surur

2 years

Microsoft’s Project Andromeda “Surface Phone” is often portrayed as a hybrid phone/tablet, but a new patent by Microsoft for a “hinged device” suggests the Windows 10-powered handset may offer a bit m...

Microsoft’s Surface Phone may run desktop apps, suggests new leak

by Surur

2 years

We reported earlier that collection of apps for the so-called Surface Phone has shown up in the store, as discovered by Microsoft watcher Walkingcat. The apps were designated by the windows-8828080 label, with 8828080 (which happ...

Microsoft’s “Surface Phone” may identify as a phone after all

by Surur

2 years

There is somewhat of a debate raging amongst fans of Microsoft’s increasingly less mythical Surface Phone – will it work as a phone or not? Given Microsoft’s lack of success in that segment, a large portion of ou...