A general computing platform for the developing world

“Craig J. Mundie…and Mr. Gates believed that cellphones were a better way than laptops to bring computing to the masses in developing nations. “Everyone is going to have a cellphone,” Mr. Mundie said, noting that in places where TV’s are already common, turning a phone into a computer could simply require adding a cheap adaptor and keyboard.”

Link: Microsoft Would Put Poor Online by Cellphone (nytimes.com)

Comments 1

  1. Gabriel wrote:

    Russell Beattie has some commentary on it here: http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008780.html

    Posted 04 Feb 2006 at 8:31 am

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