TECHcast: Listen to Donnie Jenkins’ podcast on a great new technology featured in the movie Minority Report
Today, I’ll answer some questions from the in-box.
Q: I enjoyed your recent article on mobile devices, but I must disagree with you that these devices are all that important compared to desktop computers. You seemed to imply that cell phones and tablets could replace PCs, and I don’t see that ever happening. Your thoughts?
A: Actually I stated in the article you mention that I also don’t believe computers are leaving us anytime soon. However, there is no doubt that cell phones and tablets such as the Apple iPad are enabling small devices to take the place of some computers.
Each device will evolve to fit the task or use it is best suited for. Mobile is great for texting, e-mail and limited conferencing. Desktops remain the best choice for time-intensive work such as word processing. Finally, we may see a completely new and unexpected solution at some point that combines the best of each.