How will the Desktop work on a Smartphone

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I wonder whether there will be a Desktop App for the ARM devices. I would think that fishing a document out of the explorer folder on a 4" screen can be pretty finagly.
 

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I was wondering about that myself, I think that's were pinning stuff to the Metro start screen will be used the most.

This will certainly be a big operating system to be stuffed into a smart phone.
 

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If I remember correctly, Windows 8 on ARM will have no Desktop, just the Metro System (Basically you can only use Metro Apps with the exception of I think Microsoft Office.)
 

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