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The march towards One Microsoft continues: Dell's webpage for Microsoft's Xbox One console suggests that it can run and sync data from Windows 8 modern UI apps. "With all your favorite Windows 8 apps able to be run on and synced to your Xbox One, now your phone, desktop, tablet and TV can all give you a unified web and entertainment experience," a promotional page on Dell's site reads.
The only problem: Microsoft hasn't said anything about the Windows Store coming to the Xbox One. More to the point, previous reports have said that while the Xbox One has some underpinnings from Windows, they aren't perfectly cross compatible. In other words, developers would need to tweak their Windows 8 apps to run on the Xbox One as far as we know.
So while tantalizing, it's not very practical to surprise everyone on Xbox launch day with an announcement like this—unless, of course, Microsoft has lined up some mainstream apps to be Xbox One-ready for the console's November 22 launch.
Assuming Dell hasn't let the cat out of the bag— we've dropped a line to Dell and will update this post should the company respond—the company could simply be under a misunderstanding about what the Xbox One can do. Given Microsoft's close relationship with Dell, however, that seems unlikely.
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