On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Tom Piwowar wrote:
"Smart phones that can access on-demand Web-based applications
have the potential to reshape the business landscape forever."
"This isn't just about the iPhone. Information-technology
departments are already supporting BlackBerrys and other smart
phones. These devices will get better as manufacturers try to fend
off Apple. There is an ever-increasing number of Web applications
and a rising demand for these handheld Internet access devices. We
may soon be seeing a real, fundamental shift in the way workers
work. Are you ready? "
iPhone is said to be running the complete OSX. Perhaps, it is the
OSX kernel + a stripped down set of apps. Does anyone here know?
In a perfect world, I'd like to dream of ...
The handheld devices that have a standard set of dock interfaces.
The docking station can provide it a full screen, a keyboard, wired
broadband, speakers, etc. The handheld provides the full OS + apps
+ data. So, you carry around your entire machine in your pocket and
whenever you want to use it as a full desktop with __your__ OS,
apps, data, etc., just plug it into the nearest docking stating.
In other words, any application or content that you purchase,
therefore licensed only to your device, is now available to you
"anywhere anytime" the way _you_ like it.
When you want to use the handheld as a mobile device, you can again
use it that way (ie phone, music player, etc.).
Until this standardization comes around, I think, a whole new set
of gadgets and apps will spring up for the iPhone to use it, as much
as it can, like a full featured computer.
A lot of the handhelds these days run various other OSes (mostly
stripped down versions) like Linux, Windows CE, plus Java. So,
what's needed is a standard to allow the consumers to pick a device
they like, then pick the OS they like, etc.
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