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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. Doesn't Microsoft get it? Will they ever get it? by QuietLagoon · · Score: 1, Redundant

    One can carry around a $100 laptop computer. One cannot carry around a TV to attach to the cellphone.