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To: Gottfried who wrote (55354)	1/30/2012 9:09:38 PM
From: Woody_Nickels	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 95574

Electronic gadgets are "inexpensive luxury", and also serve as entertainment for some. So far I'm not impressed with the computing 'power' of my new Android phone/PDA, but I'm still on a learning curve with smartphones. Not sure if they'll ramp like PCs, or hit a wall. IMHO, they're roughly at the IBM PC/XT 'power' stage, at best. Limited main memory and mass storage(16/32GB) and efficient programming is ignored, I suspect. We'll have to see if hardware can compensate for these deficiencies, or whether physical limits rule, ala Moore's Law. The smartphone is a somewhat useful tool, but not sure if it can replace standard PC/laptops. Is it a phone with PDA capability or a PDA with a phone add-on? Woody