Mira Brings Computing to "Relaxed Settings"
WinInfo | at | by Mike
In Germany for the CeBIT trade show this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer underscored the importance of his company's Mira technology, which will enable a new generation of detachable, smart, tablet-like display devices which can be carried around the home. The Mira technology, which will ship as part of Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) this September, lets consumers experience XP away from their PCs, Ballmer says, and that will usher in a new era of more relaxed computing.
"Mira does for monitors what the cordless handset did for telephones," Ballmer says. "It frees consumers from their home offices and allows them to enjoy the complete Windows XP experience, including full Web browsing, sending and receiving e-mail messages, listening to music, and editing and displaying digital images, from any room in their homes."