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Why Not Put Windows 7 and Zune on the Tablet?

Posted on 17 February 2010

The unveiling of the long-awaited Windows Phone 7 Series OS (long name) brought a huge sigh of relief for Microsoft as it has generally been accepted as a step in the right direction. It only took Microsoft until 2010 to realize that the smartphone phone lacks the screen real estate to be effective as a Windows desktop clone and by clone I mean incorporating a start menu, taskbar, system tray and tiny buttons that need a stylus.The Zune interface works well on small screens because it’s easy to use and doesn’t require a stylus to reach the tiniest options buried within menu after menu. My question is: should Microsoft append Windows 7 to include a tablet Zune-like interface, similar to the way Microsoft appends Windows 7 to include a Media Center for the home theater experience. Can you imagine trying to navigate your media using the desktop Windows 7 layout? Of course it can be done and is done, heck, even I do it from time to time, but Media Center makes life a whole lot easier with its quick menus and auto library updating.I am in no way advocating that Microsoft get rid of the Windows 7 interface for tablet use, mostly because it is still a very powerful full-featured OS with multi-touch capabilities. For multitasking purposes alone, it would be smart to keep the full OS on tablet PC’s, but augmenting Windows 7 with a Zune software package which could interact with the files and settings of the main OS sure would be a great selling point for those wanting to simplify the tablet interface. And after all, isn’t the Zune interface reminiscent of the Media Center interface that has been around since 2002?It just makes sense to me to simplify the tablet interface with an add-on similar to Media Center, but enhanced with the Zune OS. What do you think, would you like to see Windows 7 add some Zune-like features for use with a tablet?

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