Smartphones to Replace Laptops

Recently there was a news show on that had the two anchors discussing the smartphones. They were comparing the new cell phones to laptops. In their opinions, the new phones were capable of doing much of what a laptop can do.

I can understand their points – to some extent. If you are carrying around a laptop or notebook to check emails when you are traveling or other simple computer tasks then one of the smartphones would work just as well. The problem is that few people who carry around a laptop or notebook are limiting their work to simple tasks.

For many of the people who have a entire bad devoted to their mobile computer needs a cell phone just doesn’t have the capabilities to do what needs to be done. Even if it did have the power and storage, the keypad is just not large enough to accomplish complicated tasks.

Although one of the two anchors predicted that the newer smartphones would eliminate the need for laptop and notebook computers, I think that day is a long way off. There are too many tasks that need to be done that require the larger and stronger laptop.

Still, it will be interesting to see what how small technology will be able to get in the future.