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The end of the general purpose laptop?
2 comments- TAGS:Blackberry, iPhone, iPod, Kindle, laptop, mobile computing, netbook
- IT TOPICS:Hardware, Laptops & Netbooks, Mobile & Wireless, Personal Technology
The general purpose laptop is headed to the same cruel fate as other one size fits all products.
Yesterday's introduction of Kindle version 2 has made believers out of those who didn't think a digital reader would ever catch on. It seems to me that specific purpose, fairly low cost devices with a service subscription plan are pushing aside the one size fits all general purpose laptop.
If you want a device for downloading and reading books, get a Kindle. If you want music: iPod. If you want a way to stay attached to the office without lugging around a big, honking laptop go with a Blackberry. A mobile device that you can carry and add services to match your personality? That would be an iPhone. If you really want to carry a laptop-like product that isn't too heavy, but is a good product for Google searches and fast typing, grab a netbook.
The laptop was orginally designed as a way to carry around a desktop computer. The new generation of niche devices are designed from the ground up to be mobile from the start.
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