Microsoft's Windows 8 hardware certification requirements call for five-finger multi-touch, 720p cameras and 1366-by-768 resolution screens.



From PCWorld:

Rafael Rivera, who blogs at Within Windows, picked through Microsoft's Windows 8 hardware certification requirements and reported some key findings.

Notably, all Windows 8 tablets and tablet-laptop hybrids must have five hardware buttons: power, rotation lock, volume up, volume down and a Windows key. These tablets must support five touch points at a time, and include an ambient light sensor (for auto brightness adjustments, most likely), magnetometer (for compass applications), accelerometer and gyroscope (for motion controls).

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