12-11-2003, 04:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Phones, Handhelds May Replace Laptops
"Psst... How about a souped-up handheld computer cell phone combination that not only boasts a camera, surfs the Web, does e-mail, can play digital music and has a calendar, but also makes your toast in the morning? You can have all of that right now. Well, all but the toaster part.
The point is, handheld computers and smartphones, even digital music players like the very popular Apple iPod, are getting ever more powerful, smaller, and can perform a dizzying array of functions. These powerful gizmos are even starting to raise questions among electronics makers over how much longer it will be before you can leave your laptop at home as a doorstop and hit the road with only your uber-handheld..."
A good read, if only to show that most of the people reading this site are already living the scenario this CNN article describes. :wink:
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12-11-2003, 04:17 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
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It goes a long way to debunking the theory that handhelds are a dying breed. And if you've seen some of the new subnotebooks, they're starting to look an awful lot like large clamshell PDAs.
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12-11-2003, 04:30 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,398
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I read this article a few days ago and felt a little angry. If you're going to write a technology article, at least know what's out in the market. Both the XDA II and SPH-i700 have all of the capabilities (sans toaster)!
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12-11-2003, 04:34 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 439
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That's what I did. I got a big tax refund last year and was trying to decide between a PocketPC and a laptop. I could have gotten either but chose the PPC.
"A laptop is good because you can take it with you, but a Pocket PC is better because you WILL take it with you."
Portability is extremely important for me. And with my h2215 and T610 phone, I can do just about everything I need to.
Robb
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12-11-2003, 04:34 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 153
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Wait, I thought handhelds are suppose to be dead? :mrgreen:
now laptops are dead too?
okay the first person who can make a credible story how phone is going to be dead wins the prize.
I for one think the universe is going to die!
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12-11-2003, 04:37 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 258
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I predict that the standalone Pocket PC platform (non-phone edition) will fade away 
Very soon Smartphones will be able to do virtually everything a Pocket PC can do. So then, what would a Pocket PC have over the Smartphone? Screen size and faster UI navigation?
The same reason why most people accept the reduced functionality of a Pocket PC vs. a Notebook PC (because of the size savings), I think, will be the similair analogy of why most people will end up wanting to carry around just one device (Smartphone or PocketPC-Phone edition), instead of a cell phone and a Pocket PC (with most leaning towards a Smartphone because of it's reduced size as compared to the PocketPC-PE).
For the people who need the larger screen (viewing documents often), they will choose the Pocket PC-Phone edition, and those who don't need the screen size or faster UI, they will choose a Smartphone. When either of these two groups need to get "real" work done, then they will take along a notebook PC.
Just a thought...
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12-11-2003, 05:12 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Dec 2003
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In my case, my Thinkpad has replaced my desktop so is my stationary PC. My Axim has replaced the Thinkpad as my mobile device.
I gave away my last Windows desktop a while ago because I never used it and it was just taking up space, have not missed it at all. I do still have an Imac which I never use. My daughter uses it for homework and as her internet computer.
I'm sure that the Axim and my phone will be replaced by a single device in the next few months as well.
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12-11-2003, 05:28 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,479
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Originally Posted by SandersP
Wait, I thought handhelds are suppose to be dead? :mrgreen:
now laptops are dead too?
okay the first person who can make a credible story how phone is going to be dead wins the prize.
I for one think the universe is going to die!
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Easy, vodaphone finaly rolled out 3G in select markets in Europe.
here is the kicker tough, its not for cellphones but for laptops and PDA�s.
A technology developed for cellphones wich was to boost data usage like ooh 4 years or so ago finaly being used but for computers.
If that doesnt spell death for the cellphone what does?
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12-11-2003, 05:29 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 172
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I just upgraded my personal technology with an h4350 and SE T610 phone coupled with new T-Mobile GSM service and a Bluetooth PC card. Now I'm set.
My point is that I took a hard look at making the plunge to a smartphone and the product just isn't there yet. What choices do I have if I want a PPC OS with a keyboard? None. I've been leery of all-in-one devices anyway. They have all the characteristics of three-yeard old PPCs: too big and poor battery life (Treo 600 excluded; keyboard too small though). That's why I was against PPC back then, and that's why I'm against the phones right now. I figure I'll be ready to go to one device in a few years. Until then, gimme two gadgets!
As a side note, I have no idea if I'll bring my laptop on my trips anymore. It'll be interesting to see if my new gear replaces it. I can backup my PDA w/o it, surf the web in my hotel w/o it, and I can do my work w/o it. 2004 should be interesting for me!
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12-11-2003, 05:52 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 734
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Originally Posted by SandersP
Wait, I thought handhelds are suppose to be dead? :mrgreen:
now laptops are dead too?
okay the first person who can make a credible story how phone is going to be dead wins the prize.
I for one think the universe is going to die!
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If this mass electronic necrophilia is wrong, I don't want to be right! 
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