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To: neolib who wrote (149360)	1/28/2013 1:24:59 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

There will always be some people who don't mind hopping between devices at each stage of their day. I found that an interesting comment. I've noticed lately that I'm gravitating more and more to a rather small number of applications that let me work on the same "stuff" from whatever computing device I happen to be using at the time. Eg, something like Evernote, where my laptop, S3 and tablets all have the same app, and the documents I create/edit all live somewhere-I-have-never-traveled. Google Drive and Google Docs is part of this - Apple has nothing equivalent. I also believe that OS dominance in mobile computing will last only a fraction of the time that dominance in desktop OS lasted. Partly because it's all moving so fast, but mostly because the most natural interface is one that minimized use of the screen as an input device, which effectively makes the UI invisible, and nobody gives a flying fig about the plumbing underneath anyway.

To: neolib who wrote (149360)	1/31/2013 9:42:35 AM
From: JP Sullivan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

The key will be to watch teens and young adults. Don't watch geezers, they aren't a good leading indicator. I'm going to stick my neck out and guess that those teens and young adults will someday become geezers -- magic number is 40 when reading glasses start becoming a necessity -- and will want larger screens on which to enjoy their media. A 5" or 6" phone just won't cut it. Can you realistically expect to have a good experience reading Car & Driver or Architectural Digest on even the largest mobile phone or phablet? I doubt it. And textbooks? Forget about it. One size fits all? I don't think so. That said, it might still be possible to end up with only one device, most likely with a foldable display or some sort. But that's a ways off, lots of issues to iron out before we get there, IMO. And no, I don't think projecting a large image on a wall or some other surface is going to be the answer.