Smartphones: Where do we go from here?
What should we expect from the next generation of smartphone?
What should we expect from the next generation of smartphone?
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Smartphones: What does the future hold?
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Synaesthesia
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Interesting view of the future: a pocket computer powerful enough to be all your main computers, and constantly connected to the cloud.
Next step: building them into your body.
Next step: building them into your body.
iCubed.Saajid
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Just love the closing line:
Excellent synopsis, I couldn't have said it better. To the people that hate Apple products - Apple pioneered what we have today in our smartphones, and we have a lot to be grateful for. It was a quantum leap forward that they made with the touchscreen technology. My bet, is to keep watching Apple, they will continue to innovate, and bring new technology and concepts to our smartphones
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kingrob
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I definitely see a bright future, where we will be spoilt for choice.
All the phones have the same hardware specs, so expect to see people dual-booting their Android phone with Windows Phone 7, hey, even Blackberry OS 6?
All the phones have the same hardware specs, so expect to see people dual-booting their Android phone with Windows Phone 7, hey, even Blackberry OS 6?
CrazYmonkeY159
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people keep saying this. but the only thing i can of is that apple defined what a mainstream smartphone is supposed to be like. in terms of the technologies they used in their devices they weren't certainly first in using them.
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They were the first with super responsive flick style scrolling and mulititouch on a capacitive screen, as far as I know.
like multi tasking
They were quite able to bring out multi tasking from the getgo, but they wanted it perfected first. They didn't want to bring it out and have the multi tasking feature slow the whole OS down to an almost grinding halt, and use up the battery in a few hours - which is what happened with other phones and operating systems
murraybiscuit
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those are minor ui improvements imo. i mean, it's great if they rock your world, i just don't see that as massive innovation.
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What the author is saying is that: Had Apple not launched their devices, regardless of who used what first, there would be no competition in the market. It was just a matter of take it or leave it. Apple created that competition and set their bar way above what was out there. It was their package combination that rocked. Who cared that there was no multi-tasking!
UnUnOctium
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I think author should stop assuming everyone is an idiot like him who doesn't know how to use windows mobile or symbian.
murraybiscuit
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my prediction:
virtualise the os and move more processing to the cloud.
see connectivity as the primary function of the handheld device.
use nas, and sd onboard for storage.
allow greater io compatibility via bluetooth and usb.
introduce more virtualised input devices like keyboard and gesture sensing / recognition.
up the gpu on handhelds.
i want to be able to move from office to work to public area with one device in my pocket, sit in communal areas to interact with data, or at home and use the same device for everything.
i want to move seamlessly from my car to my house playing audio from one to the other, be able to hook in to video at home and work simultaneously on another monitor if need be.
i don't want redundant peripherals, or the inability to access certain data depending on my location.
i'd also like to be able to just leave the handheld in my kitchen and be able to control it from whatever device i'm currently at.
i don't want another proprietary charger and transformer or cable under my desk, bedside, kitchen, office. i want a globally supported effective (quick-charging) induced current pad which can be shared.
i think we need to get over the concept of a dock and move on to wireless protocols with better throughput which are standards based.
virtualise the os and move more processing to the cloud.
see connectivity as the primary function of the handheld device.
use nas, and sd onboard for storage.
allow greater io compatibility via bluetooth and usb.
introduce more virtualised input devices like keyboard and gesture sensing / recognition.
up the gpu on handhelds.
i want to be able to move from office to work to public area with one device in my pocket, sit in communal areas to interact with data, or at home and use the same device for everything.
i want to move seamlessly from my car to my house playing audio from one to the other, be able to hook in to video at home and work simultaneously on another monitor if need be.
i don't want redundant peripherals, or the inability to access certain data depending on my location.
i'd also like to be able to just leave the handheld in my kitchen and be able to control it from whatever device i'm currently at.
i don't want another proprietary charger and transformer or cable under my desk, bedside, kitchen, office. i want a globally supported effective (quick-charging) induced current pad which can be shared.
i think we need to get over the concept of a dock and move on to wireless protocols with better throughput which are standards based.
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UnUnOctium
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At R2/MB, definitely the future Vodacom wants.
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kingrob
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No dude! Buy yourself a data bundle, then it's more like 17c/MB.
Moshidi
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you can't be serious, sure its tolerable with all those add-ons, but its primitive compared to apples os and android.
Have you used Spb Mobile Shell on Windows Mobile?