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Intel soothsayers predict the end of tablets, laptops and netbooks
CRYSTAL BALL GAZERS at chipmaker Intel believe that the next decade will see the end of mobile machines like tablet computers, netbooks and laptops, and a world where people use indescribable smart computers.
Intel made the claims, which also included a prediction of the general population adopting new and more interesting devices, during a keynote address to the Semicon West conference in San Francisco.
"Tablets are disappearing", said Rama Skukla, VP of Chipzilla's architecture group, before adding that the machines that will replace them "could not be described".
"The lines between a netbook, laptop and tablet are disappearing faster than designers today realise," he added. "It's going to be very difficult to see where one device goes and the next one takes off."
V3.co.uk was at Semicon, and although Skukla struggled to explain what he thought was going to happen, our sister web site's hacks there have made some sense of his claims. µ
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I think it's a joke, all these smartphones, tablets and notebooks. None of them really work well. Apple make sure you can't upload your own media outside of iTunes control, Android is still an unfinished product of Google, prone to slowness, glitches and crashes. And notebooks were introduced because laptops were getting more like a desktop computer for size, yet a notebook is just a gimmick, with as much performance as a Casio calculator. Tablets will have their run, but they are just an extension of a smartphone. Once smartphones become something special, people will forget about tablets, as they don't fit into your pocket like a smartphone, and are viewed as an addition to a smartphone. A desktop works just fine for me, and a Galaxy Tab takes too long to add up maths.
I do not know weather it is the author of the article or the Intel nut who is more ignorant. Perhaps the author for thinking this dribble is new and important enough to write an article about. Certainly the source for bothering with such statements at a so called major conference.
E-book readers are much cheaper than the current crop of tablets. And some of them run Android, as well. That, combined with reports that Apple has seen a fall in Ipad sales in the last quarter, point to some truth in the idea that tablets are going to be replaced by something else.
And soon.
the machines that will replace (tablets, laptops and netbooks) "could not be described."
... right. "they'll all go away, but I don't know what will replace them." Seriously, this person gets PAID to utter this kind of nonsense? Who the hell hired this loop anyways?
Tablets are more flexible than laptops or smart phones, and they will be the last device standing.
Laptops and netbooks will go away because physical keyboards are too big for portable devices. Most people will find the touchscreen keyboard adequate, but if they don't, they can buy a bluetooth keyboard and treat a tablet like a laptop.
Smart phones will go away because the displays are too small for anything but toy applications. If you want to make phone calls, you can just buy a bluetooth headset and use Skype or the equivalent with a tablet. A smart phone is just a tablet that is too small.
I'm still waiting for Intel's 6 Ghz. Pentium III and 10 Ghz. Pentium IV that they "predicted"...
It's too bad AMD will long be out of business by then. They even have a CEO yet? Guess nobody wants to hafta to report out every quarter that they still haven't made a dime. That must get real old. LOL
Basically your portable computing device will have a display. On the face of it, that's a tablet, unless it has a keyboard - which you won't need when speech recognition gets useable at last.
The alternatives that come to mind are: flexible display (in development) that folds like a book or rolls like a scroll; video glasses; projector; and William Gibson brain-jack.
Whatever it is will probably be at least 3-D.
But I expect tablets to survive for a year or two. If there's a Bluetooth keyboard, I say that's still a tablet.
Quote: "Tablets are disappearing"
Sorry to burst your bubble, but they never really appeared. The only one with any degree of success has been the iPad, but it's nothing more than a fad people will look back at 10 years from now and muse "Can you believe I paid $600 for a giant cell phone that didn't make phone calls?"
How hard is it to describe a Dick Tracy Wrist Cray Implant w/ 3D Holographic Display ?
Intel soothsayers predict the end of tablets, laptops and netbooks should read:
Intel soothsayers predict the end of intel chips in tablets, laptops and netbooks.