Earlier this year, at the CES 2014, Asus announced the Transformer Duet which ran Android and Windows side by side. This was probably designed for those who wanted the best of both the worlds and it was quite a hit at the CES 2014. Even an Indian manufacturer – Micromax, announced a similar dual boot device – Micromax Laptab which was supposed to be available in February.
But both those devices are yet to make it to the market and it looks like they will not. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft and Google aren’t pleased with devices running two OS. Microsoft seems to be clear that their OS doesn’t run side by side with another OS and hence they do not want a dual boot Android and Windows device. Google also seem to prefer a similar option as they expect their devices to be all Android.
With the laptop and tablet market staring at this single OS device, there are plans by Indian manufacturers to launch dual boot smartphones that could run Android and Windows Phone. Karbonn is expected to ship dual boot smartphones in Q2 later this year.