I don't think it needs to stop there.You could use your smart phone for home (and office?) automation as well.
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:32 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Three words; Bluetooth, Wireless HDMI. > > To expand a bit; If you want to get really excited, imagine walking into > your office with your G-whatever, putting it down on your desk, turning > your monitor on and seeing the Android desktop appear from your G1 via > wireless HDMI, start to work with it using your monitors touch screen > facilities, and switching to your bluetooth keyboard when you want to > type something long.... > > No mode changes, no fancy OS switches, just the phone saying "switch to > known HDMI-Montor?" on it's screen and you saying "Yes please". > > I've been getting people to think about the day when this would happen > for about a decade (initially with the Nokia 9000), and we're sooo > nearly there.... > > Al. > http://andappstore.com/ > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > I have had this idea for a few years now. Its to do with the usability > > limitations of the phone due to its hardware size. > > > > If you look at any of the new generation of smartphones, you can do > > almost all the thing you would do using a PC and more. In fact the > > hardware spec for a phone is much higher in terms of different tech > > than PCs and even laptops. For example, how many PCs, laptops do you > > know which come built in with camera, gps, accelerometers, etc. in > > addition to network connection (gsm, 3g, wifi). Also, most smartphones > > have applications which enable you to write emails, browse the > > internet, write documents, show presentations, play songs, movies, > > games, make audio/video calls, take photos/videos, instant messaging, > > the list goes on... and you can install 3rd party applications, just > > like PCs. > > > > But even though we have had all these features on smartphones for some > > years for now, they are no replacement for PCs. We still prefer to use > > our desktops/laptops to for most of the above tasks and use > > smartphones as a backup when we are away form our desktops/laptops. I > > think the main reason for this is the size limitations of the screen > > and keypads. Now if we remove this limitations I think smartphones can > > start challenging the laptops/netbooks/desktops. And I don't think the > > way forward is to stick a bigger screen and keypad into phones, but > > enable them to use external screens, keyboards, mouse, etc. This has > > been done to a certain extent at a very simplistic level by some > > manufacturers by enabling the us of bigger addon keypads, but thats > > just too basic. What I am suggesting is a smartphone should at an OS > > level have two modes of operation - one in which it acts like a normal > > smartphone running within the limitations of its immediate hardware > > shell and second when it is connected to a "docking station", just > > like laptops. When it is connected to the docking station, the UI > > scales to make use of the higher screen resolutions (not just a dumb > > scaling to make things look bigger), the applications themselves might > > show more features to take advantage of the extra screen space. Just > > as on laptops, we connect mouse, bigger screens to improve their > > usability the same applies to smartphones. The OS should handle these > > new hardware devices. > > > > I know some of you might say, smartphones will never replace PCs. To a > > certain extent that might be true. But I am sure the iPhones and Nokia > > E71's of today are much more powerful than my 486/586 based PC I had a > > few years back and I could do quite a lot on those old PCs! Also, > > technology improves constantly and I would like to see a more > > intelligent evolution of the phones, than just making them slimmer, > > ligheter adding more memory, better camera, etc. And this is where > > Andriod and other open OS can make a difference. > > > > > > > > > > -- > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
