Janak Parekh
03-08-2003, 03:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.com.com/2100-1041-991545.html?tag=fd_nbs_ptech' target='_blank'>http://news.com.com/2100-1041-99154...ag=fd_nbs_ptech</a><br /><br /></div>"A Taiwanese electronics maker plans this year to begin selling a portable device that's half digital audio-video player and half cell phone. 'Movie playback is one of our major targets with this device,' said Rick Lei, general manager of sales at Benq, which spun off from computer giant Acer a year ago to concentrate on high-tech consumer products. The device will sport Microsoft's as-yet-unreleased Media To Go operating system. The OS is designed for multimedia on mobile devices, said Lei, and is a good fit for Benq's upcoming product."<br /><br />Ahh... I love convergence. That is, if this unit has more than 30 minutes of battery life. 8)