Comments on: Ultra Portables to replace PPCs? Why I don’t think so. http://gigaom.com/2004/05/12/ultra_portables/ Tue, 21 May 2013 18:06:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jk http://gigaom.com/2004/05/12/ultra_portables/#comment-34918 Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:18:28 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2004/05/12/ultra_portables#comment-34918 Thanks for posting. I use a Sony U-70 UPC as a desktop replacement. Take a look around the site there are a lot of articles about how I use the Sony.

]]> By: Isaac http://gigaom.com/2004/05/12/ultra_portables/#comment-34919 Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:07:29 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2004/05/12/ultra_portables#comment-34919 One thing you might have missed … the desktop replacement.
Many people I know take their work home with them now (at least in my field).
- PDA (doesn’t work because it doesn’t have exact app replacements)
- Laptop. Yes, this works but most people I know here hook up their laptops to a “real” keyboard and monitor once they get to the office.
- The ultra-portables. This is basically a little brick that you stuff in your pocket and go home with. Not for using as a PDA (heavy, short battery life). It’s MUCH more convenient than a laptop, and it works IF you are going to use it just as that, a moveable brick. Oh, and you have the option of doing your work in transit, if necessary.

I’m not saying it _will_ happen, but it might. I generally agree with you. Too heavy, bulky and short battery life to supplant a PDA. If you’re doing a lot of work on the road, a laptop will be cheap, and much more workable.

But if you generally do NOT work on the road, and you’re carting files around, it’s nice to know that what you did at the office is EXACTLY the same computer you have in your pocket right now. You can’t forget anything.

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