According to IDC, laptops will replace desktops as the dominant "large" computing platform by 2011. To quote the BBC story about the new forecast:
"The gradual shift away from fixed machines may reflect the needs of an increasingly mobile workforce and the ubiquity of wireless networks."
Surely nothing new there, but the falling cost of laptops, better design, and the spread of wireless networking (first WLAN, now WiMax and flavors beyond) are changing where and how we compute and communicate to be sure.
Nokia, for one, is putting some of its Marbles on the evolution of the tablet computer, a topic I have digressed on here before. They recently stopped round Om Malik's shack to talk up the future prospects of tablet computing, and seem to be getting it more right as they iterate designs and technology. The N800 seems that much more user-friendly than the 770, if smaller. Lots of prototypes of smartphone/tablet/laptop designs are making the rounds, and one could argue that devices such as Blackberries and Hiptops are pointing the future directions of tablety-laptop computing.
The question is, how fast and how soon will this category develop? The speed with which consumers have adopted smartphones for personal use in the US accelerates the timeline a little, for my money. Outside the US, evolution seems to be tracking more toward multimedia players with rich communication capabilities. But, who said evolution was a straight line?
March 25th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Take your applications, settings and data with you on any device, and run on any PC. How? Use Mojopac!
MojoPac is a technology that transforms your iPod or USB Hard Drive or Flash drive into a portable and private PC. Just install MojoPac on any USB 2.0 compliant storage device, upload your applications and files, modify your user settings and environment preferences, and take it with you everywhere.
Every time you plug your MojoPac-enabled device into any Windows XP PC , MojoPac automatically launches your environment on the host PC. Your communications, music, games, applications, and files are all local and accessible. And when you unplug the MojoPac device, no trace is left behind – your information is not cached on the host PC..
Benefits:
Privacy
Portability
Playability
Protection of IT Policies
Power Supply
Personal Preferences
iPod Liberation
Painless PC Sharing
PC Resurrection
The Mojo Experience
Using MojoPac is exactly as if your MojoPac iPod or USB storage device is an ultra portable Windows XP PC.
Your experience using Mojopac is exactly as if you are using an ultra portable PC (your MojoPac device) and docking it to a computer (the Host PC you are plugged into).
Your MojoPac PC is running from your portable device, but it is borrowing the resources (screen, processor, CD/DVD drives, internet connection, printers, etc.) of the Host PC. In other words, MojoPac is your real PC (your applications, settings, data), and any computer it is connected to is being used as a utility to run MojoPac.
Who is it for? Everyone!!
MojoPac delivers portable, private and personal computing to everyone!
Depending upon your daily life and work, you will have different uses for MojoPac, if you are a Professional, a Parent, a Student or a Gamer, we have got the Mojo for you!
ake your your applications, settings and data with you on any device, and run on any PC. How? Use Mojopac!
MojoPac is a technology that transforms your iPod or USB Hard Drive or Flash drive into a portable and private PC. Just install MojoPac on any USB 2.0 compliant storage device, upload your applications and files, modify your user settings and environment preferences, and take it with you everywhere.
Every time you plug your MojoPac-enabled device into any Windows XP PC , MojoPac automatically launches your environment on the host PC. Your communications, music, games, applications, and files are all local and accessible. And when you unplug the MojoPac device, no trace is left behind – your information is not cached on the host PC..
Benefits:
Privacy
Portability
Playability
Protection of IT Policies
Power Supply
Personal Preferences
iPod Liberation
Painless PC Sharing
PC Resurrection
The Mojo Experience
Using MojoPac is exactly as if your MojoPac iPod or USB storage device is an ultra portable Windows XP PC.
Your experience using Mojopac is exactly as if you are using an ultra portable PC (your MojoPac device) and docking it to a computer (the Host PC you are plugged into).
Your MojoPac PC is running from your portable device, but it is borrowing the resources (screen, processor, CD/DVD drives, internet connection, printers, etc.) of the Host PC. In other words, MojoPac is your real PC (your applications, settings, data), and any computer it is connected to is being used as a utility to run MojoPac.
Who is it for? Everyone!!
MojoPac delivers portable, private and personal computing to everyone!
Depending upon your daily life and work, you will have different uses for MojoPac, if you are a Professional, a Parent, a Student or a Gamer, we have got the Mojo for you!
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September 21st, 2007 at 7:10 am
I am looking forward to have one of these for my own. These wonderful product make you be more selfish and egocentric, don’t you think?
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:32 am
Selfish and egocentric??probably..probably not..But what portable devices like I-flapp do is that they make you more independent and confident.since you can share PC’s without any hassles of leaving any trace of your data behind,they make you more innovative and creative as you can carry your desktop without having to lose your work because of unavailability of programmes on the shared PC.
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Technology nowadays is evolving at a rapid pace.Once the PC was the coolest thing to have and next the laptop,now it’s portable applications..technology rapidly progresses from one stage to another..especially in a world where everything has to be faster and quicker.these products like the I-Flapp and scan disk help you to carry your desk top in your pocket..literally!So I think products like these are going to be the next generation’s blackberries
November 29th, 2007 at 3:07 am
I use a portable application called I-flapp for all of my business presentations. By installing I-flapp on my current USB storage device, I am able to take all my Power Point presentations to any computer anywhere! They are always upgrading their applications, so it is easy to stay current in the technology world! Not only am I able to upgrade, but since I am a current user, my upgrading is free! Can’t beat that!