Microsoft "Smart Displays" begin shipping
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft's plan to let people access their PCs from wireless "Smart Displays" located about the home draws closer to reality this week. After a slight delay, ViewSonic Corp. on Wednesday will release the first product based on Microsoft's new software, with a similar device from Philips Consumer Electronics Co. due out at the start of February.
The "Windows Powered Smart Displays," known previously by the code name Mira, allow users to access their PC through a touch-screen display that can be carried about the home. The display communicates with the PC via the 802.11b Wi-Fi networking standard and allows users to read e-mail, surf the Web, play music and use other applications as if they were sitting at the PC.