Life without a smart phone

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187. I admit...

The little tiny screen of the smart phones is its biggest disadvantage. They are working on displays that are paper thin and you put them away by rolling them up. It may get to the point where someone pulls their monitor out of their purse and reads it like a newspaper.

The thing about the iPhone that I like so much is the constant access to the Internet.

I've done quite a bit of work on dual 20" monitors; so I know how nice it is to have all your information right there in front of you, but you can't tote that around with you.

I don't expect that everything we are currently doing on computers will be practical on our smart phones, but the ability to do some of your work while you are getting from point A to point B is already happening. It's nice to be able to respond to an email when you are out at lunch.

I'm merely suggesting that over time more people will do more things on mobile devices and less on desktop computers. We're at the point where everyone has pretty much had a computer and some have switched over to a smart phone for all of their computing needs; I expect that trend to continue.

I can type this post on an iPhone, but I still need a desktop (or at least a laptop) to make CAD drawings or develop an elaborate spreadsheet. The state of the art is not such that I can completely eliminate a PC, but it is getting there.