Microsoft Patent Details Module-Based Smartphone

We know Microsoft for its software chops, but the company is tinkering with some innovative hardware design concepts on the side. A recent Microsoft patent describes a smartphone with a slide-out section that can house one of several modules, including a QWERTY keyboard, a gaming pad, a second display or a battery pack.

Multimedia distribution mechanism SYBASE Source: SUN MICROSYSTEMS information database STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS Programming Language SRA INTERNATIONAL

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/microsoft-patent-modular-phone/