KILLER smartphones coming!

[GreyGeek]

A few days ago I posted about the coming Asus PadFone, which features a smartphone nestled inside a tablet which can be docked onto a keypad. Among its other features is over 500 HOURS of talk time.

Well, there appears to be several more killer smartphones on the way.

http://www.datamation.com/mobile-wir...-phones-1.html

This is competition that Apple never dreamed of. Not that some of these phones will appeal to everyone, but the smartphone that lets you project a 50" spreadsheet or a movie onto a wall using 15 Lumens may appeal to a LOT students or sales presenters. Talk about being able to eat up your 8GB/month in less than a day .... A real 50" TV may be cheaper in the long run!

[SecretCode]

Interesting phones. Not sure any of them will kill the iPhone ... but we are in for some exciting innovations over the next few years!

[SteveRiley]

Hardware keyboard = dinosaur

Sad day. Guess I better get really comfy with my G2, 'cause I suspect it'll be my last phone for a good long while.

[SecretCode]

See my post in ... some other thread ... about no one caring about full-size screen and full-size keyboard users any more.

[GreyGeek]

Hardware keyboard = dinosaur

Sad day. Guess I better get really comfy with my G2, 'cause I suspect it'll be my last phone for a good long while.

My hope is that the hardware keyboard will last at least as long as I do. My dad lived to 93. My biological mom smoked herself to death. I don't smoke. Hopfully, my dad's genes will prevail. My wife's mom lived to 93 and my wife looks every bit like she will last that long too.

[SteveRiley]

my wife looks every bit like she will last that long too

I'm left wondering whether there might be a better way to phrase what you really mean

[NickStone]

When you talk about "smart phones" I am assuming your talking about those devices that have touch screens? There're not really phones but pocket sized tablet pc's. I do wish people would start referring them as a tablet pc not phone. If you call them phones because you can make phone calls with them, well you can do the same thing on desktop/laptop pc's but you don't call them phones!

[GreyGeek]

Personally, I call any device that is 4.7" or smaller which allows for 2G/3G/4G cell tower connections, has a touch sensitive display, and loads and runs "apps" a smartphone.

Devices that are 4.7", use a touch display, has only a wifi connection to the web and no cell tower connection, can download and run apps, and needs VOIP or SIP to make person to person calls, I call a pocket pc, because that is where I keep mine.

Devices that have more than a 4.7" touch display but are like Pocket PCs in every respect except size, I call a tablet.

IOW, 10" iPad tablets are too big to fit into a pocket like an iPod 4 Touch can.

[SecretCode]

If you call them phones because you can make phone calls with them, well you can do the same thing on desktop/laptop pc's but you don't call them phones!

That can change. I use my notebook phone as a desktop phone as well. See ... easy!

[GreyGeek]

I have Skype, Blink and Ekiga installed. I have accounts with Blink and Ekiga, but stopped using Skype for PC to phone calls.
I also use Google's Hangout, which is fantastic when one wants to talk face-to-face with more than one other person at the same time.