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Smartphones to replace computers soon

Gameface said:
I don't know, If I've got my smartphone sitting on my desk, plugged into a full-sized keyboard and monitor I don't think that smartphones have really replaced PCs, they will just be the new smaller version of a PC without the ability to customize internal hardware to meet the user's needs.
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You could say that. Semantics I guess. Will smartphones technically replace PC's, or will PC's turn into smartphones? Same thing in the end.
 
and as far as I'm concerned, tablets are a different category all together - - I definitely wouldn't call them a bigger version of a smart phone, even though there may be many similarities in operating systems and what-not.

and you say it's all semantics now, eh Salty? So are you conceding defeat?

just kidding.... I know you're not :-)
 
moevillini said:
and as far as I'm concerned, tablets are a different category all together - - I definitely wouldn't call them a bigger version of a smart phone, even though there may be many similarities in operating systems and what-not.

and you say it's all semantics now, eh Salty? So are you conceding defeat?

just kidding.... I know you're not :-)
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Tablets are definitely bigger smartphones (actually not all of them are bigger). It's not that they have many similarities like you say, it's more like they are the exact same thing.
 
SaltyDawg said:
Tablets are definitely bigger smartphones (actually not all of them are bigger). It's not that they have many similarities like you say, it's more like they are the exact same thing.
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and yet I think people would tend to have both, rather than purchasing a tablet to replace their phone
 
moevillini said:
and yet I think people would tend to have both, rather than purchasing a tablet to replace their phone
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People may buy both. But that doesn't mean the functionality, form factor, and OS isn't the exact same with only the screen size being different.

I have a car and an SUV. It doesn't mean they aren't both automobiles just because I own both.
 
SaltyDawg said:
People may buy both. But that doesn't mean the functionality, form factor, and OS isn't the exact same with only the screen size being different.

I have a car and an SUV. It doesn't mean they aren't both automobiles just because I own both.
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I was thinking more in terms of one thing replacing another, as referenced in the thread title.
My position is that folks will still tend to have multiple devices - just as folks find a need to have multiple vehicles.

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moevillini said:
I was thinking more in terms of one thing replacing another, as referenced in the thread title.
My position is that folks will still tend to have multiple devices - just as folks find a need to have multiple vehicles.

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Well the thread title is referring to smartphones replacing computers. It doesn't have anything to do with whether or not a tablet is considered a smartphone.

Just so you know though, the companies making the tablets and the people making apps for them consider them the same. So do the phone companies that sell them.
 
SaltyDawg said:
Well the thread title is referring to smartphones replacing computers. It doesn't have anything to do with whether or not a tablet is considered a smartphone.

Just so you know though, the companies making the tablets and the people making apps for them consider them the same. So do the phone companies that sell them.
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Then why are there apps we can get on my wife's iPhone that we cannot get on my son's iPad, if they are considered the same?
 
https://mashable.com/2011/08/24/acer-first-loss-in-a-decade/

Further proof, if you need it, that the consumer PC business is in the tank: Acer has posted its first loss in a decade.

The Taiwanese PC maker has also told analysts that a full-year profit will be “impossible.” Acer, which makes mid- to low-end consumer models, posted a net loss of $234 million in its second quarter vs. a $3.6 billion profit in Q2 2010. This was Acer’s first loss in a decade, but sales had been falling for the last four consecutive quarters. Second-quarter revenues fell 23% compared to the year-ago period.

Acer fell from number two (next to Hewlett-Packard) in Q2 2010 to number five, in terms of global units, for Q2 2011, according to researcher Canalys. Overall shipments rose 17.9% during that time, though much of that growth came from Apple’s iPad, which was included in the results. Apple went from number four to number two on that survey with a growth of 95.9% for the period. Nevertheless, Acer Chairman J.T. Wang downplayed the iPad’s effect on sales. “The fever for tablets is going down and the notebook is regaining the interest of the consumer,” he said. Acer introduced its own tablet, the Iconia Tab A500, in April.

The dismal state of the consumer PC industry, plus its inability to gain traction with its TouchPad tablet PC, prompted HP to announce last week that it planned to spin off its consumer PC unit.
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Wow, and this is BEFORE Microsoft launches Windows 8, which effectively kills the PC as we know it.
 
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