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Mobile? Who Are We Kidding?

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Re: Mobile? Who Are We Kidding?

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Hm, now that we have wireless charging actually marketed as a product (for mobiles and tablets anyway, I assume a "full" laptop might still be tricky? Maybe not if the goal is simply to not use the battery while docket (rather than charging it)?) -- we should be able to do usb1.1+ speeds via some kind of NFC interface -- and hdmi is possible to wirelessly -- so how long before we get docking basins/plates rather than…

IMO docking stations are the "faster horse". We could've used better docks a few years ago, but now the idea seems silly for most use cases. Why carry around a big ol' laptop when your data is available everywhere, is largely device-agnostic, on-demand? You don't need to carry around an email or spreadsheet or word processing machine - everything is an email, spreadsheet, word processing machine. You don't need to ca…

I partially agree with most of your point -- at the same thime I like the idea of using some trusted hardware as the "heart" of my computing experience. I might store various encrypted data in the cloud, but my decryption keys and password need to stay on a device that is "mine". Maybe a laptop, maybe a smartphone. They both need some external input/output for some workloads - a 24"+ screen (or two) - a proper keyboard - maybe a proper mouse. And both needs charging.

While it is certainly is possible (easy even) to tap the i/o points (screens less so than a keyboard) -- rationaly or irrationaly -- I think dockingstations in some form wil serve a function for some time.

But yes, this is more of a "true roadwarrior" problem than a general problem. A business can probably afford to keep two pcs per employee - I can't. And I do occationally work on trains or airplanes.

Re: Mobile? Who Are We Kidding?

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I have college textbooks that aren't available as ebooks yet that I need to carry around for school .

If you have something to "e-read" them on, and you're comfortable reading on that thing -- why not just scan the books yourself? Pretty quick on a multi-copier/scanner/printer-thing (the industrial size ones -- like you might find at your library or a copy shop (if you can find one).

Because it might be illegal. The legality of it unclear at best, I would rather not take a chance.
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