Casey et al: Cell Phone Display Issue Moves a Step Closer
Microsoft launches Web-based phone
By Jim Davis
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
March 17, 1999, 5:45 p.m. PT
Microsoft, Alcatel, and Sun Microsystems are among those pushing the design envelope of the once-staidtelephone, unveiling new products and services at the CeBit trade show in Germany and underlining movement toward a world where voice and data networks converge.
Microsoft today launched an Internet-enabled telephone called Hermes, based on its Windows CE operating system and initially to be produced by Matsushita Electric Industrial's Panasonic, Philips, Acer, and others.
The next-generation phones will meld a traditional receiver with a display and smallish keyboard, and will be aimed both at consumers without PCs and those who have a PC but want more convenient access to Internet-based services, Microsoft said. Email and full Internet browsing are a few of the services planned in conjunction with address book and caller ID functions. <snip>
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