Morris says the Microsoft effort is currently just a research project, and in its earliest commercial incarnations would likely be a simple controller for a music player or cell phone.
Gamers can watch home movies from their Pogoplug connected external hard drive on their Xbox 360 or PS3, share slideshows or listen to their entire music library without ever putting down their game controller.
In the center console is the very appealing touch-screen navigation and audio controller, which will synch up with your phone and play your music library wirelessly through the bright, fearsome Fender audio system.