So I keep reading in the tech blogs that I follow that the prices oflaptops and notebooks are falling through the floor. This in addition to the drop in size that has become evident everywhere but in the "bigbox" technology stores that I frequent. It seems that in your largerstores the consumer is still faced with having to pay a premium for asmaller sized laptop.Anyhow, that's a side point. Thepoint I really want to talk about is how this is going to change theway that Americans use technology to "do business".I just read a report on the blog post on jkOnTheRun that the company Gigabyte has introduced a new Tablet PC for $699. That is incredible. For those of you who don't know what a "Tablet PC" is, it is like a notebook (laptop) computer that has a swivel screen that folds down on top of the keyboard. With the unit arranged like this you can write on the computer with a stylus and it's a lot like writing on a tablet of paper.So if anyone has seen the Star Trek episodes where they are writing and reading information off of a little slate computer, we are getting pretty close to that.So how is this going to change the way we do business? Will there come a day when paper tablets fall by the wayside and everyone is producing, consuming and sharing information in the "cloud" on a real time basis?I think the future is right around the corner on this one. Think about it, all of the elements are, or soon will be, in place to make this happen. It is possible to fully connected to the Internet "cloud" at all times. Kevin Tofel at jkOnTheRun has blogged about his experiences with running all of his life out of his browser.I believe this is the future. I remember when rumblings began in the tech world ten years ago when folks were talking about having computers with now resident software just connections to the internet where the software would reside. I think we are almost there.Thoughts?
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Mini Tablet PC - "The Future is Now"?
So I keep reading in the tech blogs that I follow that the prices oflaptops and notebooks are falling through the floor. This in addition to the drop in size that has become evident everywhere but in the "bigbox" technology stores that I frequent. It seems that in your largerstores the consumer is still faced with having to pay a premium for asmaller sized laptop.Anyhow, that's a side point. Thepoint I really want to talk about is how this is going to change theway that Americans use technology to "do business".I just read a report on the blog post on jkOnTheRun that the company Gigabyte has introduced a new Tablet PC for $699. That is incredible. For those of you who don't know what a "Tablet PC" is, it is like a notebook (laptop) computer that has a swivel screen that folds down on top of the keyboard. With the unit arranged like this you can write on the computer with a stylus and it's a lot like writing on a tablet of paper.So if anyone has seen the Star Trek episodes where they are writing and reading information off of a little slate computer, we are getting pretty close to that.So how is this going to change the way we do business? Will there come a day when paper tablets fall by the wayside and everyone is producing, consuming and sharing information in the "cloud" on a real time basis?I think the future is right around the corner on this one. Think about it, all of the elements are, or soon will be, in place to make this happen. It is possible to fully connected to the Internet "cloud" at all times. Kevin Tofel at jkOnTheRun has blogged about his experiences with running all of his life out of his browser.I believe this is the future. I remember when rumblings began in the tech world ten years ago when folks were talking about having computers with now resident software just connections to the internet where the software would reside. I think we are almost there.Thoughts?
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