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Microsoft OS Smart Phone for Developing Nations

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the red-line-to-pad-the-bottom-line dept.

YesSir writes "The New York Times is reporting that Microsoft CTO Craig J. Mundie and Bill Gates are talking about the idea of a specially designed cellphone that could be converted into a full-fledged computer through a connection to a TV and keyboard. They hope to use this product to bring computing to the masses in developing nations and be a Windows powerd alternative to Nicholas Negroponte's $100 free open-source powerd laptop."

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  1. Too Certain! by 16K+Ram+Pack · · Score: 5, Funny
    are talking about the idea of a specially designed cellphone that could be converted into a full-fledged computer?


    Hey, be careful of overpromising, Bill.

  2. Re:A Microsoft sticker on every hut! by IndigoZenith · · Score: 5, Funny

    You obviously aren't a student of the Rules of Aquisition...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition

    --
    "If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried"