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It is a lot easier to lump a phone and folding keyboard..
than to lump a laptop. The amount fo data that can be stored on a phone keeps going up, besides which some can do Word and Excel, and fit almost completely in your hand. This can be a lot better than lumping a laptop to some place, having it stolen or misplaced and not being able to work. A small device about the size of a phone, a folding keyboard or perhaps a Blackberry or a Nokia 9x00 can be more useful and convenient than a full machine.

Some people love to haul 5lbs of hardware with them everwhere they go, my graphics workstation (an IBM ThinkPad with a 1600x1200 screen, Wi-Fi, RJ-11 and RJ45) weighs in at about 10lbs (2nd battery or spindle installed). A smartphone or Blackbery fits in my pocket, is at or less than 8 oz, lasts for hours on a charge and is easier to store (unless you are into lumping computer bags).

As per Unix or Linux, my laptop boots boot Linux and Windows (maybe BSD one of these days), but that does not mean that I want to be lumping it or some other laptop with me when a phone is just more convenient! The only problem that may come up (because Americans love to live far from cell towers) is coverage, but the data can be stored on chips (SD or CF) which is also more convenient!
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Tiny keyboard  3D0G | 09/24/05
The PC as we know it is changing.  DonnieBoy | 09/24/05
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Network computer are decades old technology  osreinstall | 09/23/05
Voting "No"  IT_User | 09/23/05
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Clarification  osreinstall | 09/23/05
True, and that was a problem  IT_User | 09/25/05
It will always be a symbol of freedom  osreinstall | 09/25/05
It is a lot easier to lump a phone and folding keyboard..  B.O.F.H. | 09/23/05
Bah  CobraA1 | 09/23/05
I want my PC to do anything I want.  osreinstall | 09/24/05
The article is about smartphones, not thin clients (NC).  B.O.F.H. | 09/24/05
Whatever Dude  osreinstall | 09/24/05
You don't get it, do you?  B.O.F.H. | 09/24/05
You never have.  osreinstall | 09/24/05
osreinstall, is AutoCAD the only application that you know/use?  B.O.F.H. | 09/24/05
Is receptionist programs the only ones you know about.  osreinstall | 09/24/05
osreinstall, this has nothing to do with the old NCs!  B.O.F.H. | 09/24/05
The article was not very specific  osreinstall | 09/25/05
You are ignoring advancing technology.  DonnieBoy | 09/24/05
You are ignoring retreating prices.  Knorthern Knight | 09/24/05
You are ignoring administration and backup costs.  DonnieBoy | 09/24/05
Technology is advancing there also  CobraA1 | 09/24/05
i agree  netrayder | 09/26/05
what do network cozthat can fit in yourmputer have to do with smartphones?  B.O.F.H. | 09/24/05
Subject line got hammered....  B.O.F.H. | 09/24/05
Schwartz is talking about elimination of the PC  osreinstall | 09/24/05
Taking care of a PC is NOT easy. And they have limited storage and power.  DonnieBoy | 09/24/05
I think you are confused, NC's are gone!  B.O.F.H. | 09/24/05
Maybe for you it isn't.  osreinstall | 09/24/05
There is no bandwidth BOFH.  osreinstall | 09/24/05
The network is getting more reliable and faster and cheaper every day  DonnieBoy | 09/24/05
Tried a few  osreinstall | 09/24/05
osreinstall, do you know how to sue a phone?  B.O.F.H. | 09/24/05
BOFH, Do you know how to tunafish?  osreinstall | 09/24/05
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Her new HP laptop has not crashed yet, 3 months and counting.  DonnieBoy | 09/25/05
so cellphone/comps are going to be unreliable  netrayder | 09/26/05
Terminals were very expensive also  osreinstall | 09/24/05
With LTSP, terminals are dirt cheap now, even with new hardware.  DonnieBoy | 09/24/05
Not enough bandwith on LAN for heavy engineering  osreinstall | 09/24/05
LTSP words extremely well for all common applications.  DonnieBoy | 09/25/05
No it doesn't  osreinstall | 09/25/05
Sure.......  tslocum7 | 09/26/05
or leave in the hard drive  netrayder | 09/26/05
That works too  IT_User | 09/26/05
PCs are very expensive  IT_User | 09/25/05
And so is the Mainframe to connect to.  osreinstall | 09/25/05
Mainframe?  IT_User | 09/25/05
Or a cluster  osreinstall | 09/25/05
Sounds reasonable  IT_User | 09/26/05
i've used nc's, they suck  netrayder | 09/26/05
Fit to the situation  IT_User | 09/26/05
You are way wrong  osreinstall | 09/24/05
We will have cached applications. So it all works ofline.  DonnieBoy | 09/24/05
There isn't enough bandwidth period.  osreinstall | 09/24/05
My network connection keeps getting faster and more reliable.  DonnieBoy | 09/24/05
Let me know when you hit 1000 mbs then well talk.  osreinstall | 09/24/05
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You must have stock in Sun only.  osreinstall | 09/24/05
terabytes of online storage  netrayder | 09/26/05
no 404 errors?  netrayder | 09/26/05
He's SOME wrong  IT_User | 09/26/05
He wasn't too technically specific  osreinstall | 09/26/05
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Perhaps  3D0G | 09/24/05
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Spreadsheets?  3D0G | 09/24/05
You should look at more phones!  B.O.F.H. | 09/24/05
Point taken  3D0G | 09/25/05
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hear hear  netrayder | 09/26/05
google search taxing your computer?  netrayder | 09/26/05
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Servers can run on PCs and phones  Casandro | 09/25/05
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Sun is so pathetic  andyhayes1 | 09/24/05
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Heard this before.  tslocum7 | 09/26/05

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