The smart phones are darn amazing. Just got one. First time having anything but a flip phone. The smart phone is amazing.
My Droid-X is the best electronic equipment I’ve ever owned. I’ve even posted to FR from it.
crowning mobile devices as the computing platform of choice
Let's wait with this crowning thing until people can routinely reencode a DVD on their smartphones, to begin with. Until then these smartphones will remain nothing but toys. Useful ones, perhaps, but toys nevertheless.
Not to show how clueless I am, but does smart phone mean it can answer and communicate for me? If so, I want one.
Do they make them in a full sized laptop, so I wouldn’t have to strain my eyes?
I saw somewhere the claim that PCs are on their way out, being replaced by smartphones and such, and that the only use for PCs would be in businesses where features such as spreadsheets are needed.
I dunno; I have no real interest in a phone that does anything besides make a phone call. I can’t see going to an online data center for storage of my personal files. The only way a smartphone could replace all of the functions of my computer would be if it were a computer. In which case, that tiny screen and keyboard and low resolution graphics would make it nearly impossible to use.
Let’s wait till smart phones saturate the market like desktops. Everyone has a PC. You only buy a new one when the old one breaks. People are still getting turned on to these phones. People get rid of old phones all the time to upgrade or because of a deal. Why don’t we wait about 5 years when smartphones are everywhere and see how brisk sales are. By then a new widget will be out to outpace the phones.
as for the DVD work, with flash memory, DVDs are going out too. I get irritated daily by the DVD drive on my laptop, cause I will accidentally hit the button and open it. I cannot remember the last time I used it. I purchase and download my software via the web. I buy my music as digital files on the web. I plug my smartphone jack into the AUX input on my car and home stereo to listen to music or radio.
PCs will always be around, but for most people, mobile computing will replace their need for a computer.
Smartphone technology is changing a lot faster than desktop PC. I bought a good (near top end) PC back in 2006. It's still good enough to do CAD, image editing, video (NTSC/DVD quality) editing, etc. Why should I replace it?
I buy a new phone every two years. Why? Because the batteries go bad, because they get beat up, because the new phones are much more capable than the old.
I've seen a couple of bills for iphone and droid use.....the startup sound ought to be a "Cha-ching!!"
And what happens when the carrier starts clamping down on bandwidth and imposing surcharges for "over use"??
Think I'll stick with my prepaid dumb phone for a while longer.