Comments on: The desktop smartphone http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/09/the-desktop-smartphone/ Intelligent Mobile Discussion Mon, 23 May 2011 18:43:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: xpPhone: Windows XP on a phone | PDA-247 http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/09/the-desktop-smartphone/#comment-4682 xpPhone: Windows XP on a phone | PDA-247 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:09:11 +0000 http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/?p=8038#comment-4682 [...] few days ago I wrote The desktop smartphone and guess what? There is one. The xpPhone looks great on paper, but can it perform in the real [...] [...] few days ago I wrote The desktop smartphone and guess what? There is one. The xpPhone looks great on paper, but can it perform in the real [...]

]]> By: vboelema http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/09/the-desktop-smartphone/#comment-4561 vboelema Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:07:02 +0000 http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/?p=8038#comment-4561 @ sidthebad I've been wanting that since forever. Or a central unit I carry around, and then dock to a keyboard, large screen etc. when I move from one place to another. So there's no need to sync... maybe just to back-up! @ sidthebad
I’ve been wanting that since forever. Or a central unit I carry around, and then dock to a keyboard, large screen etc. when I move from one place to another. So there’s no need to sync… maybe just to back-up!

]]> By: sidthebad http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/09/the-desktop-smartphone/#comment-4547 sidthebad Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:12:12 +0000 http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/?p=8038#comment-4547 People have always wanted PDA's to replace laptops. Me especially. I still can't see the CPU of your home computer being your phone. It'd be nice but unlikely. You'll always be able to get more power/speed etc in a larger unit and people will still buy the powerful unit for home. I think we'll just continue to see a growth in sync'ing programs and enhanced sync. If you have bluetooth in your car, as soon as you get it, your phone connects and there you go. Why can't the same happen with sync software. As soon as I'm in range of my home wifi then the PC and phone communicate and sync files/docs etc based upon my profiles and preferences. Not 23 diff sync programs to run but one master sync software. Kind of like Microsoft's synctoy. This could even be done via 3G/Edge etc perhaps if there was enough bandwith. Masses of storage space on the phone so that I have everything with me - all my music, all my movies, all my word/excel docs. If the phone even runs the same OS as the PC then you can run the exact same programs. So you have the most powerful and larger unit at home, the exact same abilities (albeit slower) when mobile, everything sync'ed and of course everything is backed up on another unit in case you damage or lose one. Cloud computing is a move towards this but I still want to run the exact same programs on my phone as I do on my PC and to have faith in my sync software. Sid People have always wanted PDA’s to replace laptops. Me especially.
I still can’t see the CPU of your home computer being your phone. It’d be nice but unlikely. You’ll always be able to get more power/speed etc in a larger unit and people will still buy the powerful unit for home. I think we’ll just continue to see a growth in sync’ing programs and enhanced sync.

If you have bluetooth in your car, as soon as you get it, your phone connects and there you go. Why can’t the same happen with sync software. As soon as I’m in range of my home wifi then the PC and phone communicate and sync files/docs etc based upon my profiles and preferences. Not 23 diff sync programs to run but one master sync software. Kind of like Microsoft’s synctoy. This could even be done via 3G/Edge etc perhaps if there was enough bandwith. Masses of storage space on the phone so that I have everything with me – all my music, all my movies, all my word/excel docs. If the phone even runs the same OS as the PC then you can run the exact same programs.

So you have the most powerful and larger unit at home, the exact same abilities (albeit slower) when mobile, everything sync’ed and of course everything is backed up on another unit in case you damage or lose one.

Cloud computing is a move towards this but I still want to run the exact same programs on my phone as I do on my PC and to have faith in my sync software.

Sid

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