A cross between “a mini PC” and “the telephone of the future” is what British Telecom is touting as their new iPad contender-to-be. Although you’d have to take BT’s statement at face value when they say that they don’t consider it to be such a thing. According to them, the device is designed to be used in domestic households and not as a mobile computing device ala the iPad.
The device is rumoured to have a screen that is smaller than that of the iPad. Call receiving/speaking will be accomplished via Bluetooth headset or through an integrated speaker, and features like email, web surfing and text messaging capabilities come as standard. Apps might include weather, news feeds, events and possibly a whole lot more. BT maintain that they’ve conducted surveys over what consumers want from this as yet unnamed device, so I’m guessing they might hit the bull’s eye the first time around.
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