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2007-09-24 , 16:57
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
But this is the scenario I envision: your main computer is small, iPod Touch small. On one end is access to say a card edge connector (or mini usb) that lets you plug this little thing into a laptop form... or a desktop form... or a car dash form... so basically you tote around an engine that has at least what the N800 + iPhone offer now in accessibility and the processing power of a decent laptop.
We were having this exact same discussion in work about the future of mobile devices. I was suggesting that in 5-10 years time, when wimax (or whatever) is promiscuous, we'll be carrying a portable device the size of the n800, but probably with the equivalent processing to a p4 4ghz. Out and about it will have a decent screen for checking email, browsing the interweb or whatever, but take it into your office and it will wirelessly bond with the monitor and keyboard/mouse on your desk (NFC maybe?) giving you full screen usability. Pick it up, take it home and put it by your TV and it will again bond allowing you to watch the movies on your 8terabyte SD card in full glory, or link to your hifi for wall-shaking volume.

Damn, I'm drooling again But in all seriousness, we're sooooo close. we've got bluetooth keyboards, and pdas with mobile graphics processors (HTC released a windows device with an nvidia chip in it). One little push and we're they're.