I know the eee doesn't have BT, nor the 1024x768. It's probably a bad example, but it's the first small (jacket-pocketable) low-processor thing that came to mind. The N810 would be great, but is too small. Just a little bigger, and the laptop-like 1024x768 screen becomes workable. I'm just thinking that, with the way laptop/tablet/palmtop-ish things are shrinking, there doesn't seem to be much point in it being one device -- I don't see much to sync, as you can keep all contacts, etc. in the big device. It just seems to me that, if you always carry a jacket-pocket sized device (computer or shell), you may as well step back from the smart-phone and put the smarts in the computer, leaving the phone functioning merely as a radio-modem, and when needed, voice phone. And, while I guess I didn't say as much, the reason I was thinking a computer would be _better_ than the shell was indeed the OS issue. Even with the same processing power limitations, the move to some sort of tablet OS will enable better use of the screen, and (likely) better office, etc. apps. Then again, perhaps my thinking and phone usage are atypical. If you actually use your phone a lot as a voice phone, maybe it is more convenient keeping everything that's practical in a phone form-factor in the phone for convenience. Then the ability to use the phone in the shell with no syncing would be great when you need it.
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I know the eee doesn't have BT, nor the 1024x768. It's probably a bad example, but it's the first small (jacket-pocketable) low-processor thing that came to mind. The N810 would be great, but is too small. Just a little bigger, and the laptop-like 1024x768 screen becomes workable.
I'm just thinking that, with the way laptop/tablet/palmtop-ish things are shrinking, there doesn't seem to be much point in it being one device -- I don't see much to sync, as you can keep all contacts, etc. in the big device.
It just seems to me that, if you always carry a jacket-pocket sized device (computer or shell), you may as well step back from the smart-phone and put the smarts in the computer, leaving the phone functioning merely as a radio-modem, and when needed, voice phone.
And, while I guess I didn't say as much, the reason I was thinking a computer would be _better_ than the shell was indeed the OS issue. Even with the same processing power limitations, the move to some sort of tablet OS will enable better use of the screen, and (likely) better office, etc. apps.
Then again, perhaps my thinking and phone usage are atypical. If you actually use your phone a lot as a voice phone, maybe it is more convenient keeping everything that's practical in a phone form-factor in the phone for convenience. Then the ability to use the phone in the shell with no syncing would be great when you need it.