Define Computer
By jmoorhead on January 12th, 2009
As I sat in a coffee shop last week for a meeting, all 3 of us pulled out laptops and 3 smart phones. We had 2 MacBook Pros and 1 MacBook Air. Yet, each of us were constantly using our smart phones too. We had 2 Blackberries and 1 Motorola Q.
What amazes me about this “mobile office” is the pure number of technologies that each of us carry around with us when we travel. For me, my laptop is my security blanket. It is my refuge for the late nights in the hotel room when nothing is on the tube and the only interaction that I have with another human being is room service.
Yet, some people pack even more… One of the guys that showed up at the coffee shop had his MacBook Pro, a Laptop stand that weighed 10 pounds and full size keyboard for his laptop.
When I was on the road quite a bit, I’d actually pack a PC and a Mac when I needed… Most companies choose to go the route of a PC because the laptops are typically cheaper, but rarely are they as useful.
That is why, the new Acer Aspire One “netbook” is so interesting to me. It is cheap, at under $400 and yet small enough that if you HAVE to have a PC laptop, then you can use this.
My real question is, when are we going to get to the point of doing everything on our Mobile Phones? Is there ever going to be a phone that is as powerful and useful as a laptop? Will we have an infrared keyboard that is full sized that we shine on our hotel desk, and the camera on the phone shoots an image onto the wall so you have a full sized screen being projected?
That has to be the future!
