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Will you ever completely abandon your desktop for mobile devices? Is mobile the new desktop?
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If we think about mobile as a style of use, versus a consideration that describes what a device looks like, then i think mobile train has already left the station.
In terms of the user experience created "at" the desktop, then its tough to see how that would go away, but it is controlled and utility derived by devices which can easily carried, like smart-phones or tablets.
The bottom line:
The desktop is already like Cinderella's stepsisters: loud, ugly and unwanted. Mobile is like Lady Gaga, inventive, surprising and talented...
Great analogy Bob! Today's Dilbert cartoon was pretty cool too - the Gen-Xer (or is it Y or Z or have we started over with A now...) calling Dilbert's desktop machine a "grandpa box".
Some people won't have to abandon the desktop because they'll never have one. Others will rely primarily on a mobile platform and use the desktop (laptop) for a few specific functions. Then there will be a group that reverses that model - people who are deep into certain roles that mobile can't yet support, and probably won't ever be practical for anyway, such as heavy graphics design, modeling/analytics that require those ginormous spreadsheets, etc. It's going to be a fun ride for IT people over the next few years as we sort out how to manage the variety of devices.
Like the mainframe, the desktop will never totally disappear, but it's probably wise to stock up on spare parts just in case...
I think that's Lady Gaga I hear singing in the background.
I imagine that I'll eventually ditch desktops and laptops for mobile devices. Maybe.
But not within the next 18-24 months, likely. I do an increasing amount of computing on my phone, but it is not the best place for me to do all the things I like or need to do with technology, particularly when it comes to content creation and systems administration. (The awesomeness of being surrounded by 2 or more 22" wide screens is way too much to give up anytime soon!)
The mobile devices need to get a bit more power and provide ease of major input.
Mobile might be the new desktop for some, but not for me. Even today, I'm not at the place where my laptop is my primary computing device, and they're much more powerful than their more portable mobile cousins.
The biggest boon to mobile computing will be real battery life improvements -- you know, days to weeks between charges.
i agree to your point Mr. Baker, since i have been using BB for more than 6 yrs and i cannot think of throwing away my laptop for BB or for any mobile device. All i feel in case of mobile device we will tend to loose our English because we "stop words" rather than long and well communicated mail. till date i only use BB for sending short mails not for sending any communication mails.
considering the battery life is low in most of the mobile device and kind of application we tend to use.
I've got the last desktop I think I'll ever own up for sale on Craigslist right now! It's not moving even though I keep dropping the price and reposting the item moving it to the front of the line... I've become a big proponent of mobile first and have even developed my own concept about the the death of the desktop and all other static Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). I refer to this decade as Generation-M!
I've started writing a blog entitled "It's Generation-M!" on new entrant Mobile Payments Today. In the first post "Welcome to Generation M" I defined my concept for the readers so they could understand my viewpoint and assertions. I've provided the link to the first post here: http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com/blog/5738/Welcome-to-Generation-M
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Possibly, and it's a matter of finding a suitable replacement of both hardware and Cloud services to make the transition complete.
As Bob says, "the mobile train has left the station." However, here I am typing from the station. My laptop has Wi-Fi, but I'm tethered to my desk because all my work material is here. I own a 3G smartphone through which I read and respond to email--as nimbly as my fingers will allow.
CNN on my tablet feeds my morning news fix. My smartphone's QR reader satisfies my need for instant gratification when trying to decipher a mysterious-looking square.
I own a desktop, laptop, netbook, tablet and smartphone. (Have yet to invest in an eReader.)
Bottom line: One-size doesn't fit all. (and, yes, I still have my landline.)
I view it more as a continuum than an either or. My son in high school lived with mobile devices (Ipod touch and phone). PC was for papers or research but not as a regular need. As he's moved to college laptop is more part of his need for research/papers, communication that mobile devices can't support. I see tablet in his future real soon, too, as he moves along the continuum to more mobile. If a mobile device had an expandable screen we'd see consolidation. I'd expect him to drop the laptop and go table with minimal keyboard for those typing needs.
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