How do you guys think tablet computers are going to do in the next few years? You see some of them as accessories here and there but nobody (that I've seen) uses them as a primary computer. Do you think that if we figure out how to use voice and touch effectively that tablets could take off and become primary computers?
I forsee smart phones becoming more important than tablets.
i agree with townsbg although tablets have better capacity to run as primary computers now smart phones are moving so fast in advancement that there isnt gonna be the need to carry around a tablet other then to have a bigger screen which is wat most people get them for now anyway...
EDIT: Cant find the link but i just remembered xda-develpers bragging on thier facebook page about one of their members porting the 128 mb windows vista OS to the Samsung Galaxy Ace so theres the first step...
found the link but it kept sending me to a Page 404 but i took a screen shot of the post on their facebook page just to show a little proof...
I agree with smart phones, but do you see them becoming more important than desktops or laptops? I just wonder sometimes how long the desktop will last. To me they seem to be only a few generations of computers away from becoming rare.
I believe desktops will have life in a gamers world for a long time to come or at least until they put the power of a desktop graphics card into a 2 inch card that's affordable.
However for an everyday average consumer tablets and especially smart phones are the future of general computing. Even now a 200 GB hard drive for storing data isn't nessesary when everything can be digitally saved in the cloud
Well gamers will definitely go for them. I was just thinking that when people see the desktops of people like gamers etc. they might say "Wow, you have one of those?!? That's awesome... Feels like the 2000s all over again!" kind of like people might get excited over a Super Nintendo.
Granted, that will take some time.
Personally I've wondered if the future of phones might be in video. Smart phones are ok for that purpose, but if a phone had the larger display of the tablet, that would be cool. If hardware companies could figure out a convenient way to fold, flip, roll, or slide a screen so that it could be portable and have say a 10-12 inch screen, that would change things.
(01-26-2012 05:22 PM)s1imch4nc3 Wrote: [ -> ]I believe desktops will have life in a gamers world for a long time to come or at least until they put the power of a desktop graphics card into a 2 inch card that's affordable.
Couple of problems: desktop parts have always been (and IMO always will be ) more powerful and cheaper in desktops due to the size restriction. Two, such power would generate more heat and use up the battery faster, neither of which owners want especially when it comes to the battery. Laptops are best for portability and I don't think that will change.
(01-26-2012 05:31 PM)RWenger Wrote: [ -> ]If hardware companies could figure out a convenient way to fold, flip, roll, or slide a screen so that it could be portable and have say a 10-12 inch screen, that would change things.
I think that they are working on this.
Obviously there would be heating and power issues I guess I could've went into further detail I was just trying to be a little sarcastic. I'm not saying that it would never happen but desktops will be around as long as there's PC gamers to use them.
@RWenger I understand wat u mean thinking my son is going to grow up and look at crysis 1 as lame because crysis 12 is out and he plays it on a game room like on the movie gamer. I'm also sure eventually there will be fold down screen tablets to phones
(01-26-2012 09:44 PM)townsbg Wrote: [ -> ]desktop parts have always been (and IMO always will be ) more powerful and cheaper in desktops
Memristors. They're far off, but by the time I have kids (who am I kidding, I'm not going to have kids) who are using computers they'll start being implemented. They will probably greatly affect the size of our computers.
(01-26-2012 09:44 PM)townsbg Wrote: [ -> ]I think that they are working on this.
Yeah, I've heard of rollable displays which are projected onto that seem really cool. I could also imagine holographic displays as depicted in movies, but those just sound tougher to implement.
(01-26-2012 11:44 PM)s1imch4nc3 Wrote: [ -> ]I'm also sure eventually there will be fold down screen tablets to phones
I'm sure there will be something, but I just wonder if everything will eventually combine as processing power increases. For example you get one device and you can make phone calls, play some games, surf the internet, do graphic design, program, create websites, connect whatever peripheral you want like printers or projectors, and anything else you would do on a desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone, but all in one powerful, portable device. I'm probably oversimplifying things, plus businesses would probably not sell those because they can sell multiple products for more money in the long run, but I think it's cool to think about.
I understand what you mean and dont think its a far off probability as far as connecting peripherals goes there is already ways to remotely send info to printers and projectors to be controlled from a phone or tablet. For example an attached document in an email being sent to a fax number and printed through a fax machine aswell as remote connect to send info to other devices the way you can remote tether and control your PC from your phone. As far as playing games and things like web design will always rely on hardware which in time i believe the same power of a PC will get to tablet size. It is probably safe to say though that ur rite that companies dont want consumers to buy one item when now they can make more money by making it necessary to buy 3 or 4 products
Tablets are already starting to lose their schtick in my opinion. I knew once I saw a smart phone docking station, which allows you to use a standard usb keyboard & an LCD, the end of standard computing is growing near, & cloud computing is taking it's first step at overall market share.
That being said, it's hard to know for certain, as some home users still use dialup. So the latest & greatest isn't always 100%.
(01-27-2012 09:01 AM)no2pencil Wrote: [ -> ]the end of standard computing is growing near... ...That being said, it's hard to know for certain, as some home users still use dialup. So the latest & greatest isn't always 100%.
Here at VT, desktops are already extremely rare. The desktops here are usually either for in-class use or iMacs for general use in a computer lab or the library.
At home, it's a different story. Younger people tend to have laptops, but a huge number of people in my area still have desktops with a phone cord attached. I have a feeling it will be one of the last places to really see these effects.
(01-27-2012 09:01 AM)no2pencil Wrote: [ -> ]cloud computing is taking it's first step at overall market share.
I've never been that much of a fan of cloud computing. I like to have a saved copy of my documents, music, etc. I guess I don't trust online services that much. I'm not knocking it as a whole though - I just don't like the Chromebook idea where you have no storage whatsoever.