Alexey Miller, the chief executive officer of Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom, seemed to be having a megalomaniacal moment when he took over the company's website on July 16 and demanded a tablet computer that could mimic all of the functions of a PC. While Tweeps were quick to rib Miller when he said he would pay $ 3.7 million for the device, that's nothing compared with Mark Shuttleworth's offer.
Shuttleworth, a South African software billionaire looking to break into the mobile operating system market, is pursuing a $ 32 million effort to develop a smartphone that can replace a desktop computer. Unlike Miller, he's not paying for the project himself; instead, he's asking other people to contribute on crowdfunding website Indiegogo. Shuttleworth says he wants to push developers to test the limits of processing power, storage and screen technology. "It's sort of like a concept car," he says. "But instead of waiting three years to see if something like it gets built, we're going to try and build it now." Read more...
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