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Microsoft pushes Mobile Broadband PC

Posted on February 17, 2008

Swinging through the Microsoft booth on the last day of Mobile World Congress, I happened to catch sight of their display promoting the Mobile Broadband PC concept. The concept is pretty simple: take an ordinary laptop and sell it equipped with a 3G modem. Who wouldn't want always on connectivity plus mobility, right?Give Microsoft credit for this one, though. They've done a ton of research into consumer demand, built programs to allow the software to be leased on a monthly basis like cell phone service and more. And the vendors are sitting up and taking notice. At the booth they sho...

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