Is Microsofts Mira technology the kick start the handheld Internet appliance market needs?
Mira devices (the name comes from the Spanish for “to watch”) are detachable wireless monitors that can be used up to 100 meters from a PC, letting users work in any room around the house. At the CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany, last week, Microsoft announced four new partners that will make display devices based on the Mira design. Royal Philips Electronics and LG Electronics are both building devices, while TriGem Computer of Korea and Tatung of Taiwan will develop designs for other companies to manufacture, Microsoft says. Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect, launched the Mira technology at a keynote speech on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.
