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Old 12-17-2008, 12:02 AM
sundown
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Hmmm, yeah maybe but I'm skeptical. While I absolutely use my iPhone as my primary portable Internet device, it simply cannot displace my laptop on business trips, even if it was 10 times more powerful and had a battery that lasted 10 times as long. I can't see myself spending a lot of time on "websites" small enough to view on the relatively tiny screen and writing email on my iPhone is better than doing it on my cell phone but still a lot harder than my laptop. That's for internet use. I still see laptop and desktop use remaining prevalent for photo editing, video editing and non-portable gaming. As powerful as they'll be making portable devices, I can't imagine them surpassing or coming close to the power of the equivalent contemporary home PC. I don't know about you guys but I'm going the other way with my PC - BIGGER screens, more of them and lots more power. My iPhone, Pocket PC and internet-enabled cell phone all have their utility but none of them come close to taking over for my home PC or laptop.
 
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