This is a question I pondered during my six hour drive home from Anaheim yesterday. While I was there my smartphone (Motorola Droid-X) kept me connected and gave me sufficient features to fully work online. There are restrictions but I’m wondering how close we are go just dumping the desktop. This is not the same NO-PC initiative that some companies are backing for developing countries (or is it)?
Do you have thoughts on this?
What do you see as challenges? I think if I could generate a mostly-complete list of my challenges, and identify solutions (or potential solutions), it may be something I can work with.
Some items I’ve found to be limiting:
- Video
- Watching Video
- For limiting eye strain, I would need an HDMI television and to carry my HDMI (with a mini adapter) around, so I could output to that device.
- Editing Video
- Video upload (web)
- Requires WiFi connection, which I setup in the room but on in the park
- Transferring photos/video from my camera to my media server
- Use the computer as an intermediary, to connect to camera and transfer to Raid device
- Watching Video
- Photo
- Editing
- Transferring photos/video from my camera to my media server
- Use the computer as an intermediary, to connect to camera and transfer to Raid device
- Typing
- Yes, even with swype, I still end up using the wrong word, and get in such a rush I don’t spell reread before post
- On second read, this is really a human issue, not a tool issue
- Printing documents
What I’ve been able to successfully do so far:
- Photo (take, edit, post)
- Contact Management
- Navigation (map and turn-by-turn)
- Motorola has a nifty dock, which makes it nice to just drop and use while driving
- Replaced my separate GPS for our last trip
- Also used to stream music (with Pandora), while traveling to Mexico2
- Web Browsing
- Buy/Sell items (ebay)
- News
- Social Networks
- Plane tracking, reservations, pre-boarding
- Social Media (chat, blog, stream)
- Phone (so simple, but overlooked when compared to a PC)
