Monday, January 30, 2006
Bill Gates: Turn Cell Phones Into Computers
Microsoft is proposing an inexpensive technology to bring computing to the developing world – turning a cell phone into a computer by connecting it to a TV and a keyboard.
The company’s Chairman Bill Gates demonstrated a mockup of the proposed cellular PC at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January.
And he cited the technology as a cheaper alternative to PCs and laptops during a discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"Everyone is going to have a cell phone,” said Microsoft’s Vice President Craig J. Mundie.
In locales where television sets are already common, "turning a phone into a computer could simply require adding a cheap adaptor and keyboard,” the New York Times reports.
Mundie said there is no timetable for marketing the cell phone technology, and Microsoft has not said how much the devices would cost.
Microsoft is proposing an inexpensive technology to bring computing to the developing world – turning a cell phone into a computer by connecting it to a TV and a keyboard.
The company’s Chairman Bill Gates demonstrated a mockup of the proposed cellular PC at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January.
And he cited the technology as a cheaper alternative to PCs and laptops during a discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"Everyone is going to have a cell phone,” said Microsoft’s Vice President Craig J. Mundie.
In locales where television sets are already common, "turning a phone into a computer could simply require adding a cheap adaptor and keyboard,” the New York Times reports.
Mundie said there is no timetable for marketing the cell phone technology, and Microsoft has not said how much the devices would cost.
