{"id":8377,"date":"2014-09-29T07:53:06","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T11:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=8377"},"modified":"2014-09-29T07:53:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T11:53:30","slug":"simply-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/simply-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Simply Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Simply Windows \u2013 Could Microsoft Be Taking Simple Branding to a New Level with Upcoming OS?<\/h1>\n

Simply Windows \u2013 Could Microsoft Be Taking Simple Branding to a New Level with Upcoming OS?Rumors are now suggesting that Microsoft\u2019s next Windows iteration, which is known tentatively and unofficially as Windows 9, may be getting renamed and rebranded, with Microsoft possibly dropping the version number all together.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, we\u2019ve seen Motorola release new iterations of its flagship and entry-level phones, and stick with the names Moto X and Moto G respectively. Tech journalists call HTC\u2019s 2014 flagship the HTC One M8, but in reality, it\u2019s simply the HTC One, just like last year\u2019s HTC hero. Yes, it does seem as if tech companies want to keep it as simple as possible for consumers, though there have been some, such as Apple (iPhone), Samsung (Galaxy S, Galaxy Note), and Microsoft (Windows) that stick with the naming conventions of old. But new reports claim that might not be the case for long in Redmond.<\/p>\n

According to these rumors, Microsoft\u2019s Windows 8 may be the company\u2019s last OS to come with a numerical designation; instead, the software we currently call Windows 9 for convenience may simply be announced as \u201cWindows\u201d when it arrives on Tuesday. That\u2019s right \u2013 just Windows, no \u201c9\u201d or \u201c2014\u201d at the end, and probably not \u201cThreshold\u201d as well, the latter being the OS\u2019 internal codename. It\u2019s also possible that Microsoft may drop a huge surprise on all of us and go with a brand new name that isn\u2019t Windows.<\/p>\n

Though some may see it as a case of overkill, market analysts believe this could be a sound move for Microsoft following the Windows 8 debacle. According to Gartner analyst Michael Silver, Windows 8 has given the Windows brand \u201cnegative equity\u201d, due to the negative customer feedback the outgoing OS had received. That, as we know, was mainly due to the huge paradigm shift to Live Tiles and the eschewing of the hallmark Start button. The Start button should return in earnest on Microsoft\u2019s new OS \u2013 regardless of what it\u2019s called \u2013 while the platform may present a nice blend of new-school and old-school elements for everyone to enjoy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Simply Windows \u2013 Could Microsoft Be Taking Simple Branding to a New Level with Upcoming OS? Simply Windows \u2013 Could Microsoft Be Taking Simple Branding to a New Level with Upcoming OS?Rumors are now suggesting that Microsoft\u2019s next Windows iteration, which is known tentatively and unofficially as Windows 9, may be getting renamed and rebranded, with Microsoft possibly\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1426,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8379,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8377\/revisions\/8379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}