Microsoft Says Your Phone is Your Next PC

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.""

Shhhhhh! Everyone be quiet!

[Anonymous Coward]

Microsoft is talking....

Lovely... A phone with DRM..

[the_rajah]

Just what I want.... NOT!

"Sorry, Dave, I can't let you take that call from a non-Microsoft phone. Accept or Deny?"

Re:Shhhhhh! Everyone be quiet!

[blankaBrew]

Will it come in brown?

Vacuum cleaners?

[Anonymous Coward]

My guess is that they'll make vacuum cleaners next, just so they can have at least one new product that's guaranteed not to suck.

Re:Shhhhhh! Everyone be quiet!

[JonathanR]

And will it squirt?

Re:The Phone that runs Windows Vista

[LDoggg_]

Found it. [mobilementalism.com]

Re:The Phone that runs Windows Vista

[Anonymous Coward]

640 GB should be enough for any phone.

Re:Gee..

[Anonymous Coward]

But unlike Apple's product that you can't buy anywhere and that doesn't have a QUERTY and that doesn't have a the possibility of getting third party developers, WM has had all of that for several years.

I hope for your sake you dont have an english layout keyboard, because otherwise you look like a fucking moron for misspelling qwerty

They're waiting for their research lab...

[skurtz]

... in Cupertino.

Re:Gee..

[Max Littlemore]

...doesn't have a QUERTY...

Uell maybe some people don't uant a querty. I knou all it does for me is rwin my typing and enswre I have to wse the spell checker.

Re:Shhhhhh! Everyone be quiet!

[blackicye]

I think you all are completely missing the point.

This is meant to be a portable pornography portal.

Re:Shhhhhh! Everyone be quiet!

[bdjacobson]

And will it squirt?

But will it blend? That is the question.

What the FSCK?

[SanityInAnarchy]

I'm trying to parse that, and I honestly can't figure out whether he wants the iPhone to be more general purpose (like Windows Mobile is, with its ability to download 3rd-party apps) or more special-purpose (like my cell phone is -- even with all the bells and whistles, I only really have to know how to dial a number and hit "send", just like any other cell phone).

I'm assuming he's slamming the iPhone, because you said so. Maybe it makes more sense in context, but... Seriously, what the fsck? It seems like there's some law of nature that as you get higher on the corporate ladder, you must learn to make statements and speeches that:

• Are long
• Sound intelligent/important if you don't bother to try to understand it
• Don't actually say anything at all, or
• Make no fucking sense

Re:Gee..

[SanityInAnarchy]

This is going to sound horrible, so maybe someone has a link to a better version, but here goes:

Three women are talking about their sex lives.

First woman: "My husband's in construction, so he just pounds me like a jackhammer all night long."
Second woman: "My husband's a doctor, so he's always slow, methodical, and compassionate."
Third woman: "My husband works for Microsoft. He just sits on the edge of the bed and tells me how good it's going to be when I get it."