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Microsoft Says Your Phone is Your Next PC

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-swiss-army-phone dept.

eldavojohn writes "While other companies are marrying the obvious functionalities to cell phones (calendar, MP3 player, GPS, etc.), Microsoft is aiming for it to be your next computer. 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.""

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  1. Vista sucks so bad WinCE is the next version? LoL by Locutus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    WTF, WinV is already slow enough on a dualcore desktop CPU and Microsoft wants your MS Windows based phone to be your next computer? THAT could only mean that they plan on WinCE being the base for the next version of MS Windows. ;-)

    Who are these Microsoft clowns and where in the world do they keep coming up with this material?

    LoB

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  2. Re:Gee.. by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    What proven products? NOBODY uses a "SmartPhone."

    What does Apple have to show? A promise and nothing more.


    Uh, they gave a full demo of a real device.

    Even when the iPhone is released to market it will have less functionality then SmartPhones that are a few years old.


    What other phone has virtual touch technology, random access voicemail, a fully-featured web browser, and all the functionality of a video iPod, etc.?

    My, the MS fanboys are out in full force after the patent announcement.
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