Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Microsoft: Why Not Use Your Phone as a Cheap PC?
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "ARTICLE" @ 09:00 PM
http://www.physorg.com/news98525702.html
"While the PDA has existed as a sort of mini-PC for years, Microsoft said it would encourage phone manufacturers to formalize the transition of the phone to a mobile PC through a research initiative called "Fone+". Microsoft Research chief Craig Mundie said that Microsoft has a research project called "Fone+" that would allow the phone to work with a TV as a secondary display, and one that could allow video stored on the device to be played back on the television."
There was no indication in the article if Windows Mobile would be the platform for Fone+ or if it would be something else entirely.
"While the PDA has existed as a sort of mini-PC for years, Microsoft said it would encourage phone manufacturers to formalize the transition of the phone to a mobile PC through a research initiative called "Fone+". Microsoft Research chief Craig Mundie said that Microsoft has a research project called "Fone+" that would allow the phone to work with a TV as a secondary display, and one that could allow video stored on the device to be played back on the television."
There was no indication in the article if Windows Mobile would be the platform for Fone+ or if it would be something else entirely.
