Will Cell Phones Replace Computers?
Leilanni
05-06-2004, 18:07
I recently got a new cell phone. Not only can I e-mail people from it, but I have yahoo IM, as well as AOL. Just 20 years ago the concept of a phone not needing to be placed on a wire for service was astounding. Now we can do pretty much anything with it.
I can take notes or even voice notes, something computers can't do. I can e-mail and chat with friends with either text messages or IMs. I can friggin' do pretty much anything!!!
So what do you think? Will cell phones ever replace computers?
The Great Leveller
05-06-2004, 18:10
No, because I doubt that games like Deus Ex or the popular multiplayer games would work on such a small screen.
Leilanni
05-06-2004, 18:10
Not all screens are small ... But maybe one day they will make it holographic and 3-D ...
Fluffywuffy
05-06-2004, 18:12
it's still too small and you really can't play on a very small screen such as that, regardless of if the graphics are awesome or not. Plus, I'd prefer an Xbox/Gamecube/PS2 controler type thing to a cell phone numberpad.
Not cellphones but maybe portable devices. Nothing can repace sitting at your computer. But they have Adequate Portable visual tecnolgy to see, but its not that small or cheap yet. And you need a good way of enterring input. Maybe on your wrists or belt or something.
Leilanni
05-06-2004, 18:15
Maybe they will make devices like the virtual machienes. And who says the 3-D screens have to be small? Hell, one day they may be life-sized.
Angelicpeople
05-06-2004, 19:18
Maybe one day, but right now cellphones are to small.
They must combine with a portable gaming device even more powerful than the newly unveiled PSP and DS.
But they cannot be a fluke like the N-Gage
People just like their god-like gaming experiance.
This seems like a silly argument to me -- if a device can carry out all the functions of the modern devices called cell phones and computers, who's to say it must be or is categorized as one or the other device?