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Re:I don't use my iPhone as a computer by mattmaroon on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @04:44AM (#313319)
They're the future of ubiquitous web surfing, not computing. There's still lots that you can do on a laptop that you cannot on a phone (and will be for quite some time) and much, much more than you maybe could do on a phone but it would be so uncomfortable that you'd rather stick a fork in your eye.
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Re:I don't use my iPhone as a computer by stcredzero on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @12:28PM (#313689)
Seems to me that the issue here is input method. If someone comes up with an input method better than a keyboard, then the form-factor large enough for a keyboard looks far less attractive.
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Re:I don't use my iPhone as a computer by mattmaroon on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @05:22PM (#314098)
And the screen. Editing XLS files on a phone is brutal. I've done it. There are a lot of websites that I like being much larger than on an iPhone too.
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Re:I don't use my iPhone as a computer by stcredzero on Friday October 17, 2008 @11:01AM (#335655)
There are already goggles that give you a virtual 30" screen. If they can figure out why some people get a headache and solve that, then "big enough for a keyboard" goes out the window.
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Re:I don't use my iPhone as a computer by DabAsteroid on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @12:54PM (#313734)
How about a one-handed, wearable chording keyboard?

http://www.handykey.com

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