Saturday, January 18, 2014

Bluebird’s new ruggedized handheld can run Android, Windows Phone variant

There’s been a lot of talk in the past couple of weeks about whether Android and Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS could and should coexist on a single device and/or form factor.

It turns out that at least one OEM already has put Android and an embedded variant of the Windows Phone OS on a single form factor. That OEM is Bluebird, a Korean handheld mobile device provider.

Bluebird announced the new five-inch device, which it is calling BM180, on January 17. The press release announcing the device interestingly doesn’t mention Android at all; it focuses on Windows Embedded 8 Handheld, which is based on the Windows Phone 8 core. (There’s also a new BP30 model mentioned in Bluebird’s press release, which is an even more ruggedized version of the BM180.)

Thanks to a tip from @WP_Downunder’s “Sheeds,” I was able to grab the full specs and details about the coming device before they seemingly disappeared from Bluebird’s Web site, which has been largely unavailable today.

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The Bluebird BM180 handset can run… (Neowin)

Bluebird's BM180 Boots Windows Embedded 8 Handheld And Android (Ubergizmo)

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