From: "Rich" 

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   I don't decry the phone.  I very much like my smartphone.  It's not a =
PC replacement and not even close.  That's not to say a future one =
couldn't be closer.  What is reported below is not the phone replacing =
the PC as much as being a portable media player.  The actual article =
describes other specialty applications not the general purpose =
functionality of a PC.

Rich

  "Ad"  wrote in message =
news:464bf527$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  http://www.physorg.com/news98525702.html

  Ah dear me...after all this time of Rich S decrying the phone.....his=20
  masters may be "thinking different".

  "While the PDA has existed as a sort of mini-PC for years, Microsoft=20
  said it would encourage phone manufacturers to formalize the =
transition=20
  of the phone to a mobile PC through a research initiative called =
"Fone+"."


  " Microsoft Research chief Craig Mundie said that Microsoft has a=20
  research project called "Fone+" that would allow the phone to work =
with=20
  a TV as a secondary display, and one that could allow video stored on=20
  the device to be played back on the television.

  For Microsoft, the challenge is extending the PC platform into new=20
  applications and form factors. For many years, the WinHEC confeerence=20
  here has served as the underlying foundation for hardware initiatives=20
  for the Tablet PC and the more recent UMPC, both of which have=20
  struggled. Microsoft's penetration into the smartphone market, =
however,=20
  has been more successful.

  "There's no reason that if this thing were hooked up to a large =
display=20
  that we couldn't watch video in this environment," Mundie said. "

  Gosh you mean display is the problem...?

  Go on mah son sort out smart phone displays for the rest of us.....


  Adam
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   I don't decry the =
phone.  I very=20
much like my smartphone.  It's not a PC replacement and not
even=20 close.  That's not to say a future one couldn't be
closer.  = What is=20
reported below is not the phone replacing the PC as much as being a = portable=20
media player.  The actual article describes other specialty =
applications=20
not the general purpose functionality of a PC.
 
Rich
 

  "Ad" <Dobbin{at}theStablesC=">mailto:Dobbin{at}theStablesCloseToTheAirport.com">Dobbin{at}theStablesC=
loseToTheAirport.com>=20
  wrote in message news:464bf527$1{at}w3.nls.net...http://www.physorg.com/" target="new">http://www.physorg.com/=">http://www.physorg.com/news98525702.html">http://www.physorg.com/=
news98525702.htmlAh=20
  dear me...after all this time of Rich S decrying the phone.....his =
masters=20
  may be "thinking different"."While the
PDA has existed as a =
sort of=20
  mini-PC for years, Microsoft said it would encourage phone =
manufacturers=20
  to formalize the transition of the phone to a mobile PC through a =
research=20
  initiative called
"Fone+"."" Microsoft
Research chief =
Craig Mundie=20
  said that Microsoft has a research project called
"Fone+" that =
would allow=20
  the phone to work with a TV as a secondary display, and one that =
could=20
  allow video stored on the device to be played back on the=20
  television.For Microsoft, the challenge is extending the PC =
platform=20
  into new applications and form factors. For many years, the WinHEC =

  confeerence here has served as the underlying foundation for =
hardware=20
  initiatives for the Tablet PC and the more recent UMPC, both of =
which have=20
  struggled. Microsoft's penetration into the smartphone market, =
however,=20
  has been more successful."There's no
reason that if this =
thing=20
  were hooked up to a large display that we couldn't watch video in =
this=20
  environment," Mundie said. "Gosh you mean
display is the=20
  problem...?Go on mah son sort out smart phone
displays for the =
rest of=20
 
us.....Adam

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