Mobile phones to replace the PC?
October 2, 2005 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Unwired Oddities
This is a little whacked. A few days ago, Philip Greenspun had this idea that mobile phones can become perconal computers. Compared to the fragboxes and Macs we got on our desktops, he claims that mobile phones have a stronger acceptance rate in the public’s view. Let’s say you put a mobile phone and a computer beside your grandma. She’ll most obviously choose the phone for its utility.
Whacked? Or utter genius?
If you are an architect and want to run a computer-aided design program, the PC is great. If you are an electrical engineer and want to design circuits, a PC is great. If you are a filmmaker and want to edit video, a PC is great. For all of these customers it would be difficult indeed to supplant the PC. For a large segment of the market, however, the PC represents confusion, misery, and wasted hours.
