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The era of 'webtop' computer has just begun!

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The past few years we have seen how the mid-range notebook market has been sweeped away by the NETBOOK cost and innovation.

Now, seems the same will happen to the desktop. Some computer vendor -- for example -- start to announce NETTOP computers (and perhaps later on NETHOME 'servers' ??) which cost around $250 - $299. (ps: That's even 60% cheaper than my Bold Blackberry!).

Seems another great, exciting cost innovation will soon sweep the market! This time it would be in the form of a 'desktop' computer (and -- probably -- eventually -- desktop server??).

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The Nokia N97's touch computing interface looks cool! Combined with Androids and iPhone touch interfaces approach that are also simultaneously entering the marketplace, the future of touch mobile computing seems would be truly awesome!

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Touch vs KFC! :-)
 
Soon we will find "touch" everywhere: in our handphones, in our computers, in our portable players.

While this would be truly awesome, most likely there'd be one "horrible" consequence:

May be we will need to "redesign" how we would eat KFC while working with those gadgets!

Those oily licking finger would become as harmful to these new computers and gadgets interface, the same way 'coffee' was considered 'harmful' to computer keyboard in the past!

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It was told by Alex Patsay that somewhere in Moscow, they had one of the biggest collections of old Mac (and NeXT) hardware and software in the world.
Imagine if people around the world could collect their Apple, Mac, NeXT and iMacs that they no longer use in once place, and arrange it by time, ... then we will perhaps be able to see the fascinating 'history', 'story' and 'evolution' of hardware, software, and computer design -- of one the most iconic icon, in the great innovation history of computing -- across time! :-)

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We live increasingly connected, no doubt about it. And as we live increasingly connected, the internet become more central to our lives. It increasingly become the foundation of our interaction, social and work being.
In such circumstances, tablet form-factor (or slidephone form factor) might increasingly fit well into the new way we act, get connected, and interact.
 
I wish one day I can write, draw and annotate crisply also on it. With these, we got a "Perfect Tablet", where we can do so much things on it, and through it, in the most intuitive, effective, productive way, ever invented.

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Touch technology + Physical Keyboard seems to be the best combo .. for now. :-)

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I used to like handphone with candy-bar format since long time ago. Candy bar phone is simple, sleek, durable, quick, easy to use, and best of all, can be operated without hassle: you need to do something, you can immediately do it because the phone's screen and keyboard is right there open, to be operated.
 
But with the emergence of touch technology, and the need to see web pages on smartphones without the hassle of scrolling, I start to think that my favouritism for candy-bar smartphones might need to transform to other form factor that is more suitable for modern needs. 'Slidephone' come to my attention.
 
Compared to 'candy-bar' phone, slidephone has several advantages:

• It provides bigger screen-viewing area, which makes it more comfortable to browse internet pages, without having to zoom-in zoom-out nor scroll right and left, repeatedly.
• Such form factor also makes it easier to navigate the phone's menu system with touch interface, without being disturbed by physical keyboard whatsoever.
• Yet at the same time, when extensive typing is required, slidephone can provide physical keyboard that is comfortable to type in, with typing comfort, reliability and accuracy that is much better than what soft-keyboard today can provide.

 In that retrospect, I think I will start looking into 'slidephone' model into the future. Not only such seems to provide better capability to optimize the attractiveness of touch interface with the strength, proven-ness and durability of physical-keyboard, at the same time it also allow us to operate the system in the best form factor and in ways that is most suitable to the type of work or activities that needs to be conducted. Hence:

• Touch interface can be used in browsing mode.
• Physical keyboard interface can be used in extensive typing mode.

Looking into the future, as screen technology getting thinner, battery getting thinner, components and keyboard getting thinner, we might eventually have 'slidephone' that is as thin as an iPod today. When that happen, we would then have the best of all systems in our hand. Our phone would then become super thin to carry around, comfortable to use as a touch ready browsing device, at the same time also can provide the best tactile keyboard interface ever.
 
This might be the best and most optimum interface and form factor into the future. We shall see how things evolve. Probably as soft keyboard technology getting mature, we will the physical keyboard eventually disappear. But as of now, an attachment of a super accurate (and super reliable) physical tactile keyboard in addition to the powerful touch interface, is probably the best (and most optimum) form factor, for now.
 
In all, 'slidephone' probably provide the best interface, for now.
 
I plan to get one when I discover one that 'perfectly' fits my working chore. (Honesty, the G1 -- or the Nokia N97 -- is really now the 'one' that stays in my mind) :-P

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Imagine what would happen when smartphones increasingly becoming thinner, yet at the same time its entire screen become foldable, hence enabling us to browse and see more info in bigger space, at anytime, without scroll.
 
Such would be awesome!

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Nokia new smart-phone's design and form-factor seems getting increasingly perfect everyday.
Their product pricing is totally awesome too!
 
Thin Form Factor, comfortable 'tactile' keyboard, future touch capability, and pen draw/annotation capability in the future ?... these are things that I truly believe would resemble a 'perfect smartphone'.
 
Nokia seems to be on the right track to make such perfect 'smartphone' happen.
 
We'll see what the Android camp would soon come up with, ... after their great initial G1 appearance.
Would there be an Android based Samsung and LG coming up soon, in the marketplace?
 
Truly fascinating possibility.
 
We will see.

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