Sep 21

RE: Trash Your Computer   Posted by sharps, tagged with bray crackberry sunray treo

Tim Bray asks whether the mobile / PDA / Crackbery / Palm is the future. Having come from Europe where mobile technology has been better utilized for much longer (reasons available on demand) - the answer is clearly No - it's not the future - it's the now for many people. But I'm a relative laggard, I've been a laptop wielding road-warrior for much of my working life but only very recently do I feel comfortable leaving my laptop at home (it hasn't left my Wifi radius in about six months). If I know I'm only travelling to Sun offices then this is all I need :

That said I'll often lug a laptop around if I know a) I'm going to be on a long flight - I can catch up on some Tivo or do some work; b) I'll be catching up with work at night in my hotel room; c) will have little or no access to a SunRay.

I'm travelling next week - and seriously considering whether to lug my laptop (and associated paraphenalia). If planes and hotels deployed some secure thin client technology with a decent internet connection then I'd be happy.

If you are stuck with your laptop - it's hard to let go - a Treo / Blackberry isn't a complete replacement - but it satisifies a whole different set of use cases. A more interesting question (I often ask myself) is - if I had to take just one gadget with me - which would it be ? - in my case - my Treo is the only possible answer.