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Smartphones to replace computers soon

moevillini said:
Maybe some people prefer laptops. Maybe some people prefer to keep various functions separate from each other.

I think most people will still have more than one device. A phone for calling, texting, and a few other functions and some sort of a computer for work/school functions. That is my prediction for the next four years.

Salty, you're the one who keeps missing the points of anyone who doesn't have the same opinion as you.

Besides, you and TIS never answered my question about tablets and how you would categorize them. To me, they're more like a laptop than a phone, plain and simple. At any rate, I still say most folks will keep two devices.

Have you given up your laptop/desktop? Simple question - yes or no?
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A tablet is a smartphone. I posted that before anyone asked, and later agreed with TIS when he said it too. They run the same OS as smartphones, have the same form factor, and can even make calls if they have cell service and a dialer app installed.

No, I haven't given up my laptop. Why would I? None of the smartphones for sale today were designed to replace my laptop.


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KrazeeEyezKilla said:
That's interesting. I gave you reasons like people prefer having options and convenience (I really wouldn't feel like plugging the phone into the laptop, excuse me laptop docking station, or carrying everything with me where ever I go for it to be fully functioning) but you're as usual choosing to ignore rationale reasons. Reasons many human beings will have.
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So let me make sure I understand....

You're saying you wouldn't want to carry the phone and dock (or the phone in the dock, which would make it like a single device). Instead, you'd want to buy the same smartphone, spend several hundred more on a laptop, and then carry them both anyway?

And this, even though the phone is significantly faster than a laptop and requires only a second or so boot time?

I'm being serious here, that is about what I'm getting from your post. Please correct me if that is not it...


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Just an update...

Looks like the Atrix will be $150, the laptop dock will be $150, and the HD dock $60. So $360 for the total package.

Pretty cheap considering it can replace a laptop, google tv, and desktop computer.
 
I have 4 terrabytes of data on my home PC and can carry a full TB on my laptop, and when I travel I often take it about full: pictures to share with relatives, games, programs of various sorts, movies, music, etc. How do you solve this with a phone? The very best and biggest solid state (read: small form-factor) drives are 250 gb to 500 gb and cost about the same in dollars. Don't tell me online storage because that has been hit and miss for years now, with security and stability issues that keep it from taking over home-based hard drives.
 
SaltyDawg said:
A tablet is a smartphone. I posted that before anyone asked, and later agreed with TIS when he said it too. They run the same OS as smartphones, have the same form factor, and can even make calls if they have cell service and a dialer app installed.

No, I haven't given up my laptop. Why would I? None of the smartphones for sale today were designed to replace my laptop.


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Except the iPad has no phone capability.
 
SaltyDawg said:
So let me make sure I understand....

You're saying you wouldn't want to carry the phone and dock (or the phone in the dock, which would make it like a single device). Instead, you'd want to buy the same smartphone, spend several hundred more on a laptop, and then carry them both anyway?

And this, even though the phone is significantly faster than a laptop and requires only a second or so boot time?

I'm being serious here, that is about what I'm getting from your post. Please correct me if that is not it...


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How is a dual core phone with limited ram faster than a quad core laptop with 6 gig of ram?
 
LogGrad98 said:
I have 4 terrabytes of data on my home PC and can carry a full TB on my laptop, and when I travel I often take it about full: pictures to share with relatives, games, programs of various sorts, movies, music, etc. How do you solve this with a phone? The very best and biggest solid state (read: small form-factor) drives are 250 gb to 500 gb and cost about the same in dollars. Don't tell me online storage because that has been hit and miss for years now, with security and stability issues that keep it from taking over home-based hard drives.
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1: Most people don't carry a TB around with them.

2: Cloud storage has been fine for quite a while now. It's not hit or miss, it works fine.

3: You could put your old laptop hard drive on your home network and make it a network drive accessible from anywhere.
 
LogGrad98 said:
How is a dual core phone with limited ram faster than a quad core laptop with 6 gig of ram?
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Because it's not wasting most of its resources just running the bloated OS.

The same way an ancient linux box destroys a newer pc in performance.

Similar to how a sports car has less horsepower but is faster than a semi.

I'd put my Evo up against your laptop any day and see how much faster my single core phone is.
 
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