On 01/03/16 15:56, David Boxall wrote:
Can you substantiate your implication that the only demand that's
increasing is mobile? ...
The intended implication was that mobile demand would make fixed data
demand largely irrelevant.
ACAM reported that in December 2014, 21% of adult Australians were
mobile-only Internet users, up 2% from the previous year. Younger
Australians are more mobile and I suggest as they get older they will
stay mobile and fixed Internet use will decline in importance:
http://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/engage-blogs/engage-blogs/Research-snapshots/Australians-get-mobile
Think of oldo "car" phones: you got in the car and inserted a credit
card sized SIM into a slot to make calls. Now you get in the car and
your mobile phone interfaces with the in-car entertainment system. The
same I suggest will happen at home: the desktop computer will be
replaced with a large screen in the home which interfaces to your phone.
If you have higher speed, lower cost Internet access at home that will
be useful, but not very important, as you will have wireless access
everywhere.
An interesting new product is the HP Elite x3 Smartphone. This has a
relatively large 5.96-inch screen and runs Windows 10 Mobile. With an
optional "HP Desk Dock" it becomes a desktop computer and with the "HP
Mobile Extender" it becomes a laptop:
http://www.cnet.com/au/products/hp-elite-x3/
There are already generic docking stations for connecting smart phones
to external displays and keyboards (you need a phone with MHL socket).
Also there is the odd "NexDoc": a crowd funding project to make a laptop
dock for smart phones (essentially a cheap generic laptop with the
processor left out and a MHL cable added):
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/nexdock-the-world-s-most-affordable-laptop--2#/
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