Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Random Question

Mobile phones today are getting smarter and smarter and people (like me) are doing more and more with them. It isn't just a phone for me, and I use it for more than just calls and text messages (which all mobile phones do)! They can (if you buy the right model), do oh so much more. For me?


For me it gives me access to my email (work & personal), calendar (work & personal), contacts (work & personal - there is a theme developing here),  tasks & journals (work & personal), instant messaging (work & personal), navigation (thankyou Google maps), music, podcasts, social networks (Twitter, LinkedIN, TripIt, Lotus Connections, Facebook, etc), the Internet, games (when you're delayed somewhere), and many other things.

Add to this the fact it is a camera (still & video) that lets me share the photos instantly (well as quickly as the Internet connection uploads them) on Flickr, Picassa, my blog, and Facebook.

So after all that rambling (no surprise there I'm sure), my random question for the day is IF mobile phones are getting smarter and increasingly simply mini-computers (and they are), then what is going to happen to the traditional mobile devices (laptops and ... well laptops)?

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