Conjuring a Superphone, With 3 Formulas to Choose

[Guest salad_tosser]

I guess a lot of you have already seen this, but I thought I would post it just in case:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/11/technolo...its/11stat.html

IN the beginning, operating systems were only for computers. Who would have guessed that one day you'd require an operating system for your watch, TV and car? Heck, before long, you'll need an operating system for your operating system.

In any case, the most visible battleground for OS dominance, after computers, is the cellphone. Microsoft, Palm and a European alliance called Symbian have each devised a software engine that's supposed to manage all the functions of the modern superphone: taking photos, processing e-mail, surfing the Web, synchronizing your calendar and phone book with your computer, playing games, showing video clips, listening to MP3 music files, and - wasn't there one more? Oh, right: making phone calls.

In this corner, wearing the shorts with the Microsoft Windows for Smartphones 2002 logo: the Motorola MPx200. In this corner, wearing the Palm OS logo: the Treo 600. And in this corner, wearing the Symbian logo: the Sony Ericsson P900 (an upgrade from last year's P800).