From MS Watch
But for the poorest people - individuals located primarily in developing nations who own almost no electronic devices beyond TVs, and, increasingly, cell phones - PCs are not within their budgets.
That's where FonePlus fits in, according to Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer. FonePlus is a Microsoft Research project at this point. It currently consists of WebTV technology running on a cell phone.
"Could this be your first computer?" Mundie asked rhetorically.
Such a device, whether running Windows CE or some other Microsoft operating environment, would be able to open and read e-mail, run a suite of productivity applications akin to the PocketOffice suite that runs on Windows Mobile phones today, surf the Web, and access online video content, Mundie said.
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Do these bozos have any idea what a smartphone cost these days??? and that would be without the broadband connection monthly cost, and additional built in hardware, like the video card and drivers for a TV set.
Sometimes I wonder about Microsoft, and then I remember BOB... Nuff said.
Posted by David A at July 29, 2006 04:51 PM
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