Microsoft SideShow Device will cost only $80
We shared with you about Microsoft SideShow HERE, Microsoft basically adds Windows SideShow architecture allowing small PDA like devices that are attached to bags, Media Center remotes, laptop cases, in Windows Mobile Phone devices, etc, that provide snips of data from the parent computer like email, calendar, contacts, media, RSS, etc.
According to a developer that demonstrated prototypes to Texyt.com today, he states. Windows SideShow devices will start from about $80. The touchscreen handheld gadgets share many of the features of PDAs, smartphones, and media players like Apple’s iPod, but they connect wirelessly to a PC to send or receive data.
A high-end SideShow device with a slide-out Qwerty keyboard will cost approximately $150, said staff of Taiwan-based chip manufacturer, Winbond, which makes CPUs and other chips for the devices. A smaller device with a square 3.5-inch touch screen will cost ‘about $80′, they predicted.
While both Palm Foleo and SideShow devices are lightweight devices. The Palm Foleo tethers to a Smartphone. The SideShow Device tethers to the Laptop.
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