Guest ClintEastman Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 Microsoft's next conquest could be your telephone The Redmond, Wash.-based computing giant is working on future versions of its Windows operating system that will better interoperate with the telephone and other communications devices, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday. In future versions of Windows, phone calls will be routed through the PC, while voice messages will be turned into e-mails that can be read. E-mail also will serve as an application for delivering voice messages, Gates said in a keynote speech delivered at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here. "In Windows you are going to see a lot of enhancements in real-time communication," he said. Meanwhile, Gates reiterated his assertion that the PC is the most advanced technology for delivering new applications. "There is no way anyone can say that the PC isn't the highest-performing platform for any application," he said. Gates said the combination of computing and communications devices will make it easier for people to screen calls. In an application demonstrated on the Athens PC prototype during his speech, Gates showed how a picture of a caller, e-mails on the PC from that caller, and a history of interaction with that caller could all be displayed on a PC. The PC owner could then decide to take the call or, after looking at who is calling, send it to voice mail. Gates said that Windows devices in the future will likely come with a new navigational tool he called Xeel. Xeel is a series of navigation buttons, stacked vertically, that will execute commands when pushed in or when shifted toward one of four compass points. Full Story
Guest Vector Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 Are you sure that you haven't taken over from the News Poster Clint :), nice job anyways :wink:
Guest ClintEastman Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 The news poster has got nowt on me mate!! :)
Guest Vector Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 The news poster has got nowt on me mate!! :( And the news poster probably hasn't got any Lexi :)
Guest adam Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 In future versions of Windows, phone calls will be routed through the PC, while voice messages will be turned into e-mails that can be read. This is a massage from your bone. You were knot hear to answer a fall.
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