Qualcomm is moving in other directions as well. In addition to its historic strength in mobile phones, the company is working to get Snapdragon into PC-like products running on Windows. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ran onto the stage Monday night to help Jacobs introduce new tablets from Dell Inc. DELL +0.82% and Samsung Electronics Co. KR:005930 -1.12% SSNLF 0.00% that are running a specialized version of Windows 8 called Windows RT.