Comments on: Uh-oh, PC: Half of computing device sales are mobile

By: James Ng

James Ng — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:46:52 +0000

How so? iPhone and iPad are more like that – the user cannot do anything without Apple permission. With PC, you have the freedom to do whatever, include trash the system.

By: daniel

daniel — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:31:03 +0000

Omg, I can smell the sounding of irrelevancy to the original argument fueled by jealousness of a fanboi.

First it was the touch. Then the number of apps… then the quality, and now it’sbrowser share. Oh boy, oh boy….

By: tomatoTomAto

tomatoTomAto — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:53:44 +0000

PC’s will become more useful the more people learn to code. Coding could become so important that it be made a general education requirement in the same vein that math and social sciences are.

By: ag4it

ag4it — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:05:25 +0000

As you mentioned, solutions that provide access to Windows applications from mobile devices can help fuel the trend of such devices replacing traditional PCs and laptops.

Ericom AccessNow, a pure HTML5 RDP client that enables users of iPad/iPhone/Android devices to connect to any RDP host, including Terminal Server (RDS Session Host), physical desktops or VDI virtual desktops – and run their applications and desktops in a browser.

Ericom‘s AccessNow does not require Java, Flash, Silverlight, ActiveX, or any other underlying technology to be installed on end-user devices – an HTML5 browser is all that is required.

You can choose to run a full Windows desktop or just a specific Windows app, and that desktop or Windows app will appear within a browser tab.

For more info, and to download a demo, visit:
http://www.ericom.com/html5_rdp_client.asp?URL_ID=708

Note: I work for Ericom

By: guest

guest — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:46:36 +0000

Exactly. It’s about the software and the user interface. People don’t actually care about the hardware. It’s just a matter of time before you can drop your mobile device near a screen and keyboard. Pure device manufacturers will be pushed to commodity. Who’s going to control the ecosystems and rake in most of the profit. Amazon, Apple, etc. are just starting to experiment with using large server farms to offload some of the processing. What will this look like in 5 years, 10 years?

It’s still up for grabs but who has sustainable business models. It would be interesting to see other statistics like % profit as in the following link. Unit sales don’t tell the whole story.
http://www.onlinemarketing-trends.com/2011/02/top-5-mobile-manufacturers-vs-top-5.html

By: Andre Goulet

Andre Goulet — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:26:03 +0000

It would be interesting to dock my iPad to my 26″ monitor and bluetooth keyboard and see if I can really replace my Mac Pro for most of what I do. I think the iPad works great as a computer, it’s just input and screen that make me want to go back to my desktop. Other than major video editing, the iPad would actually work 100 percent for everything else I do. I think. Hmmm…

By: Tech-Squawkers

Tech-Squawkers — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:56:12 +0000

I will agree that mobile devices are indeed taking some of the market share from PC. There are by far more casual surfers over the hardcore or professional’s who require high end laptops/desktops. Even if you are a profession, a mobile device such as a tablet provides quick access to notes, project information, remote desktops, email and the like without being cumbersome. Also as you said PC’s are far from dead. Mobile devices just aren’t refined enough to take their place yet if ever.

By: tommy

tommy — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:26:02 +0000

All these prognostications about the death of the PC ignore that fact that almost every single worker in the industrialized word spends 40+ hours a week siting at a desk with working on a PC/Mac/whatever. All day, every day. Just because people are buying phones and tablets does’t change this fundamental fact, that most time spend on a computer will be work related and probably on a PC-ish device.

By: knowNothing

knowNothing — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:59:35 +0000

Hmmm… this week at BestBuy $380 for Core i3 laptop (15.6″ screen) or $400 for a 10″ tablet? Rememebr, the laptop can do everything that a tablet can, plus much, much more. Tablet, especially without outrageous 3G data plan is nothing but a glorified toy that can play youtube videos and porn. And, that’s sufficient for most of the computer users.

Where I absolutely disagree is that tables are “cheaper starting investment” and that 24 months of $30+ monthly fees are somehow “more manageable than spending $700 to $1000 or more at one time.” First, BestBuy and others offers 18 months of 0% financing. What, bad credit? Wireless carriers also check for bad credit. So, you won’t get a subsidized ($700 vs $200) wireless device with bad credit either.
As far as “cheaper starting investment” – a very nice and powerful laptop cost LESS than a tablet. Without 3G. And the one that’s not even called i-whatever.

By: Jeff Kibuule

Jeff Kibuule — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:37:31 +0000

Even the $100 Android phone counts in this graph, but based on the latest web browsing statistics, Mobile Safari far outweighs Android browser marketshare. If a device isn’t connected to the Internet, then I really don’t count it in this modern world of devices.