Smart Phones Compete With Laptops
According to recent surveys, the trend of using smartphones to replace laptop functions is growing. 52% of respondents to the In-Stat survey said they could envision using a smart phone in the future as their sole computing device, provided handset companies make improvements like better keyboards, expandable screens and applications that work as well as they do on PCs. And it’s clear that a sizable number of users already are starting to see their smart phone as a replacement for their laptop for at least some of their needs. Still, the number of people ditching their laptops completely in favor of smart phones is small. The survey included Individuals, road warriors, sales force and other business users.
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Many travelers are now using smart phones the way they once used laptops — and laptops the way they once used desktop computers. Mobile workers rely on their laptops to create PowerPoint presentations and do other heavy-duty computing. But then they leave the laptops in their offices, homes or hotel rooms and take their smart phones out into the world — to client meetings, say, or factory visits.
In some cases, road warriors are going even further, ditching their laptops entirely and doing all their mobile work from smart phones. And many travelers say they’d be willing to take the same step as technology improves — which it’s been doing by leaps and bounds lately.
The credit for the change in attitude lies, in many respects, in the iPhone’s combination of cutting-edge hardware and software, which is based on Apple’s Mac operating system. Reviewers have praised the device’s Web browser, which lets users zoom in on text with simple finger strokes. And there’s a huge library of iPhone software on Apple’s App Store, from games to physicians’ reference guides.
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