Found this little tidbit interesting.

[southkogs]

Re: Found this little tidbit interesting.

My ignorance on this topic trumps what I have to say, but - just what advantages do these devices offer over PC's...?

The only thing I'm aware of is mobility. (..And maybe being more "cool".)

Who wants to do his email or finances or research - much less design work or creation of presentations, etc. - while on the go? Those with their hands up are welcome to it, but personally until I see a real advantage in trading in my PC for a different piece, I'll stick with the PC.

Such advantage may exist, but if so I'm blind to it.

Y'know it's probably a little more simple than one would think: The bulk of the "users" out there in the general market place use a computer for communication (email, social media, Skype, etc.), media (music, photos & video) and news/information. To be honest that general use is pretty low impact - and is a great "time filler" while you're stuck sitting in the drive through, check out lane, etc. Folks like to be able to do that stuff on the go. So, mobile devices are changing how we use technology.

Businesses have been integrating their data by moving applications to networks in many different ways. You do your accounting on a secure server that allows the payables dude to withdraw at the same time the receivables gal is depositing. Again, email, accounting, databases, etc. - at the user end it's pretty low impact. You can do most of this stuff on a tablet really.

And while I wouldn't want to work on a presentation on the go ... I actually keep some study/research stuff on my iPhone. It's great filler when I have 15 minutes of waiting on something. I just pull out the gizmo and read for a bit.

The users who need a bunch of computing power (I do 3D graphics and large PhotoShop files) are a really small segment, like Bruce said. We'll be forced to conform to the market place over time ... but it's a bit hard to imagine what the next iteration will be.