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Rusty Shackleford
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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 Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: Iphone+this= |
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| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
http://gizmodo.com/5366034/kensington-hd-universal-dock-converts-laptops-into-desktops-with-one-single-connection
the way of the future. There is no reason why you couldn't use one of these to output your iphone/Touch or other smart phone to a monitor and use it like any other computer. Massive tower, desk top computers just seem so over kill to me. |
I love my 75lb full tower. Wouldn't have it any other way. |
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eamo
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Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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Until devices like that can outperform desktops.......does an iphone have the processing power of a quadcore?...........then people will still want desktops. You can't do much more than surf the net on those things.
Why do people insist on smaller and smaller? I suppose if you live in a 2 pyeong goshiwon then it makes sense.
I got lots of room to put my desktop. And it rocks! |
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Rusty Shackleford
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
Until devices like that can outperform desktops.......does an iphone have the processing power of a quadcore?...........then people will still want desktops. You can't do much more than surf the net on those things.
Why do people insist on smaller and smaller? I suppose if you live in a 2 pyeong goshiwon then it makes sense.
I got lots of room to put my desktop. And it rocks! |
The thing is most people don't need all that power. Most people only surf the net anyway. In my opinion, the Iphone does 90% of what 75% of people need a computer for. I'm not saying you won't be allowed to have your hog of a rig, I'm saying this will cover a sizeable niche. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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The iphone doesn't have flash in the browser, or javascript, so I don't think it remotely does 90% of what 75% of the people do.
Checking email and browsing the web is a much more involved task than simply opening an email client or a web browser. |
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Rusty Shackleford
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
The iphone doesn't have flash in the browser, or javascript, so I don't think it remotely does 90% of what 75% of the people do.
Checking email and browsing the web is a much more involved task than simply opening an email client or a web browser. |
Granted. I'm speaking hypothetically. There is no reason why the Iphone can't do this. Or some similarly specced smart phone. You can't edit Google Docs on it either. I don't see why they couldn't make that possible. It's not like you can't watch youtube videos on it though. |
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Xuanzang
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Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Probably shorten the battery and processor life with all the work it would have to do. |
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Rusty Shackleford
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Probably shorten the battery and processor life with all the work it would have to do. |
It would be powered by the dock. Internet should run through the dock as well, but it doesn't in the product I linked to. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
Granted. I'm speaking hypothetically. There is no reason why the Iphone can't do this. Or some similarly specced smart phone. You can't edit Google Docs on it either. I don't see why they couldn't make that possible. It's not like you can't watch youtube videos on it though. |
Probably because it doesn't have the power to embed those in an already running web browser. There are also a multitude of other plug-ins and apps people use. Multi-tasking is also pretty big. I wouldn't want to have to keep closing my browser to open my instant messenger. |
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Xuanzang
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| In 20 years, nanotech will have shrunken desktops to the size of the iPhone. Or quantum processing, blah blah. We won't always have massive towers beside us. CRTs have been replaced by these 1/5 the size LCDs. The tower's time is next. |
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Rusty Shackleford
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
| In 20 years, nanotech will have shrunken desktops to the size of the iPhone. Or quantum processing, blah blah. We won't always have massive towers beside us. CRTs have been replaced by these 1/5 the size LCDs. The tower's time is next. |
It won't take twenty years. I believe we are pretty close with smart phones. It's all about convergence. |
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