Mobile phones to kill off the desktop PC?29.10.2007 00:02 Computers A growing number of people have multiple mobile phones but that's actually a failure, not a success of the industry, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Speaking during a keynote speech at the CTIA Fall 2007 trade show in San Francisco, Ballmer said people are finding they need one phone for work and another for home, or one phone for email and another for making phone calls. "That strikes me as incredibly odd," he said.
The goal of the industry - and of Microsoft - should be to create devices that work for both home and work and are capable of handling business applications, unified messaging and gaming, said Ballmer. He said: "In a sense we have to think about the phone as almost a universal remote control for your life." Ballmer even conceded that the phone is taking on a more central role than the computer for many people. "The phone has a unique role," he said. "While the PC is the most powerful device, the phone is most popular device." Full story: silicon.com Source: msfn.orgwww.alllee.com |
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