Here's a quiz for you: Do you see an iPhone or a Tablet PC/UMPC in this photo of a 1983 Apple prototype device?

[Found on Fudder via TechMeme]
I'd like to see more home phones have integrated Internet experiences. I realize I could use my personal smartphone instead, but even for my home (read that "public/shared") phone I'd like to have access to local search rather than having to pull out the Yellow Pages and guess at which category a company might be listed under. Google is much faster.
I'm thinking of something on par with a "UMPC" docked to the base station of a cordless phone, instantly ready to search the Net for a particular business or to jot down a quick note on while talking on the phone or to Google the company or phone number calling me right now:

This is something I've wanted for a long time.
Update: Here are some other things you could do with a UMPC-enabled "HomePhone":
* Integrate a webcam built into the UMPC with online services such as for sharing photos, live broadcasting, and the like.
* Speech driven dialing and searching via the UMPC
* Bluetooth to the phone so that you can use an onscreen keyboard on the UMPC when navigating through voice systems via the phone--rather than having to pull your phone away from your ear to do anything.
* Notes on the UMPC are synched with remote and online calendar and note-sharing services.
* Messages on the phone could include actual phone messages, IM/SMS messages, email, comments from friends via social networking sites, and so on.
OK. This could be getting expensive. Heh.


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