Mary Jo Foley says Windows 10 for mobile will be released on January 20

Hints and rumors continue to surface about the highly anticipated mobile version of Windows 10, which will succeed the current Windows Phone 8.1 on our phones. This time the information comes from Mary Jo Foley, who has a good reputation for leaking accurate facts about the future of Microsoft. She tells us that, according to her sources, Microsoft would be preparingan event for next January 20 or 21in which they would reveal more details about what it will offer Windows 10 for mobile. This event would take place at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond.

According to Foley, it is unlikely that a trial version of Windows 10 for mobile will be released during that date, as Microsoft expects to conduct more internal testing before allowing outside users to play with the future version of Windows Phone. Once the public testing phase begins, users are expected to receive updates on a monthly basis

But Foley reveals another rumor that is as or more important than the previous one: the mobile edition of Windows 10 would work not only on ARM devices, such as smartphones and tablets, but also also on small tablets with Intel processors At the moment we don't know what implications this could bring, does it mean that these tablets will not be able to run classic desktop applications? Or does it just mean that the said Windows 10 tablets and smartphones will share the same interface? For now we do not know, and we can only wait.

"Microsoft will release a January Tech Preview instead of a Consumer Preview"

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Returning to the level of PCs, the same sources that reveal the above say that Microsoft would have discarded using the name >it will be called simply January Tech Preview (JTP, January Tech Preview). After that there will be a February Tech Preview, a March one, and so on."

With this, Microsoft would seek to regulate the pace of updates, achieving a speed that allows them to work with fewer interruptions in improvements and new features, but also receive consistent feedback as Windows 10 development progresses.

And as we have been hearing for weeks, everything points to the January Tech Preview including Cortana and the expected support for Continuum , which will allow for a clean and easy transition between a touch interface and a desktop-based interface.

Via | Mary Jo Foley