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Smartphones to replace computers soon

bordelais7 said:
https://wtop.com/256/3072867/Tablet-apps-fill-in-gap-wont-replace-PCs

Get 'er, Salty
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She spent the entire article talking about how these apps could easily replace the laptop programs, even saying her husband wished his company made the switch because it was better for business, and then at the end says she doesn't think it will replace a laptop, lol

She missed a few important facts though that would probably change her opinion.

1: That MS Office that she was so fond of is coming to Android and iPhone/iPad. The rumored launch date for the Android version is in March. You will then be able to use it on any phone/tablet. If her only beef with it was the tablet it happened to be installed on (was too big), then this point will be soon be moot.

2: The Microsoft Surface tablet that will be launching soon has a keyboard built into the case. Similar cases are available for every other tablet out there. She also mentioned that you can get a wireless keyboard if you want. If her only concern for tablets in general is typing works different than on a laptop, this is already a non issue.

3: These apps are still relatively new and have already improved a lot over time. They will continue to get better. Even though her husband, a business user, said it's already good enough and he hopes his company makes the switch, you can absolutely expect these apps to get a lot better in the coming months.

4: Some tablets will be running the same Windows 8, with the same MS Office, as a desktop computer. There will literally be no difference. And they will come in all shapes and sizes. They won't all be as big and clunky as the one she tried. Her only concern with that tablet was she thought it was too big, and that point is moot.

5: The old man that said the screen was too small on his phone could have either got a phone with a bigger screen, connected his phone to his tv or a monitor, or tried a tablet. Just because he thought the screen was too small on that particular phone doesn't mean the laptop is the only alternative.
 
Smartphones/tablets are replacing desktops/laptops. It will just take a time for them to die out. When my desktop dies I am not replacing it. I will have a tablet and my iphone by then.
 
Stoked said:
Smartphones/tablets are replacing desktops/laptops. It will just take a time for them to die out. When my desktop dies I am not replacing it. I will have a tablet and my iphone by then.
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I rarely use even my laptop anymore.
The only thing I see the need for using it is downloading illegal torrents, and burning CD's from FLAC files for which I still believe sound 10 times better than compressed MP3's.
 
Getting close to the four year threshold... I'd like to read Vinylone's thoughts.

I'm sending this from my iPad, which I hate, and I just bought a new desktop computer, which I love.
 
Still way too many things I can do on my desktop/laptop I still cannot do on my phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 3). As cool as my phone is, and considering at release it was the most powerful portable device on the market that was not a laptop, it is still extraordinarily weak in many regards.

Interesting article about this.

https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247218/_PC_sales_to_drop_by_6_in_2014

Gartner expects 276.7 million PCs to ship to retailers in 2014, a figure that will slip further to 263 million units in 2015. In recent years, two-thirds of laptop and desktop owners have replaced their hardware with updated models; of the remaining third, most replaced their old machines with tablets and tablet hybrids, with a smaller number not buying replacements of any kind, said Ranjit Atwal, a Gartner analyst.
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So what it seems is happening is that more people are adding mobile devices, not replacing, and most people are working on the best tool for the task. No big surprise there. A PC/laptop is a much better tool for gaming, spreadsheets, browsing, watching videos, etc. A smartphone/tablet is a much better tool for quick reference, communication (voice only being part of this), social media, and anything on the go. I think it will be a very long time before one single device replaces all of the above. Specialization will keep the PC alive for a long time, especially considering we are pushing the limits of miniaturized processing power (the newest processors in phones are not following Moore's Law), and are still years away from approximating the power of a PC or laptop.

I think we can pretty much call this myth busted[SUP]®[/SUP].
 
4 years on the dot today. Anyone throw out their computer in favor of their cell phone recently?
 
LogGrad98 said:
4 years on the dot today. Anyone throw out their computer in favor of their cell phone recently?
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I use my smartphone (note4) for 95% of all the things I need a computer for. So yes, it's pretty much replaced my regular computer. In fact, my desktop isn't even hooked up anymore. I have a laptop, but it's a work laptop so I use it for that, but nothing else.
 
You and I clearly have different computing needs. My Note 3 complements my computer, but there is virtually nothing besides a few games and my kindle app that I use my Note 3 for exclusively.

Just curious hack, where did you post your last post from? Phone or computer?


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I will give the smartphone and free google maps full credit for just about destroying the GPS market, at least for consumer vehicle GPS units.
 
I've got a new cell phone and I let Verizon talk me into a tablet for 10 bucks a month. Can't stand trying to post on jazzfanz with the phone or tablet. I type way too much to use the phone or tablet much. Keeping my laptop and taking the tablet back to Verizon.
 
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