On 5/19/07, MB Software Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your thoughts on UMPC's future?
A while ago, I dug up a presentation from the Boston Computer Society on Pen Computing - pre-Newton days - and it said the same things [1]. Dead on arrival. BillG is just hawking whatever they are selling this month. The only prediction he ever got right was "a computer on every desktop." Phones should become ubiquitous and tiny - iPod sized. A bluetooth earbud and a body you stash somewhere. A PIM application can rock on a Palm sized device: calendar, notes, phone number lookup. If you want to do more, you want 10x7 or better, Flash, YouTube and office applications. Trying to beat the capabilities of a laptop is a fools venture. Would you use one to develop applications? That's a key question. It's the sure sign of a dud that everyone thinks that _someone_else_ would want to use one of them, but not them. [1] http://users.erols.com/rwservices/pens/penhist.html - Fifteen years ago! [2] http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~TabletPC~VFP - Four years ago -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
