Now that's what I'm talking about!! ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Fri, 5/31/13, Ted Gould wrote: From: Ted Gould Subject: Re: bye bye M$ and Apple. To: plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org Date: Friday, May 31, 2013, 11:35 AM On Fri, 2013-05-31 at 11:08 -0700, joe@actionline.com wrote: Android is also on a path to take over desktops and laptops. A new Galaxy Smart Dock allows your Android phone to become a desktop computer by connecting an HD monitor, external storage, USB keyboard and mouse for just $99. Now an Android phone can also be your entire desktop computer. Hardware will only get better and cheaper and the Android OS is free. I think that phones are powerful enough to do what most people need.  And I say that as I'm checking e-mail because I'm waiting for packages to build on my phone.  I'm not sure that Android will be the winner there, it's a big transition to go to desktop use-cases, just like it's hard to go the other way as well.  The trend to convergence is clear though. Here's a nice video on it that you can send to non-technical friends: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iv1Z7bf4jXY Ted -----Inline Attachment Follows----- --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss