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To: goldworldnet who wrote (104559)	10/14/2019 4:35:37 PM
From: Sun Tzu	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110582

Tech companies are hoping that the future is folding -- they think the next big trend will be for devices with foldable screens, somewhere in size between a tablet and a smartphone. I have problem with the underlined part. I think that is the thinking that says I can have my pie and eat it too. This comes from years of personal experience and from myself really wanting to have as few devices are possible while meeting the minimum performance requirements. Ultimately the answer has always been that no - you can't have portability and performance...at least not until the technology evolves to overcome performance hurdles. As proof, I predict that MS Surface Duo will flop due to its idiotic form factor. It is too big to hold comfortably in your hand, but not big enough to replace a laptop. Here is what is feasible in near future, if the companies were to stop their pipe dreams: (1) you could have a smart phone that can plug into a tablet (even a large one) and replace your laptop. I envision this as literally having slot at the back of the tablet that the phone plugs/clips into. The tablet will provide the extra battery and pen interface and the phone becomes the brain. Eventually, instead of having an all-in-one desktop, you will just have a powerful enough smart phone that will plug in the back of your all-in-one. This way you will have all your data and key apps on your pocket. Presumably, you could have one of these all-in-one docking stations at work and one at home. (2) Samsung Note has very good software and pen interface for connecting to PC and for making presentations. It should be trivial to put 2 of them together with a hinge and have them share some resources for better battery life and performance while keeping the weight down. The Note's pen will go a long way to solve a lot of practical problems. (3) In a slightly more distance future, improvements to "personal network" technologies, be it Bluetooth 5.x/6 or other ultra wideband techs will allow us to mesh the devices and get the best of both (1) and (2). If history is to be a guide, companies will forego the above pragmatic solutions in favor or gimmicks that will not sell. That disillusionment will freeze work on the real solutions until a 2nd or 3rd tier company makes the cheap and practical device that actually solve the problem at reasonable cost.