Thread: real (future) competition
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2007-09-24 , 13:18
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#22
Originally Posted by YoDude View Post
Before long people may begin to drop the desk/laptop altogether. Much like landlines are being dropped by cell customers who no longer see the need for both services.
It will take a long time to cut into laptop sales (desktops will not happen that much), and it will not happen until after the handhelds have video out, TV-out or a projector type large display. I expect it would be TV-out first because it's already supported by TI arm and Nokia did it on the N95. I believe the largest effect of a big MID market would be to reduce the trend towards larger and more powerful cell phones. You will see some cell phones be smaller and designed to be used for voice only and to be tethered to a MID when computer type processing is desired.