Will the smartphone eventually replace our desktop?

Friday, September 17, 2010

Will the computing capability of smartphones reach the point where these mobile devices will replace our desktop?

Right now, you can get smartphones that are running 1GHz processors. That's faster than some of my laptops! So many of us are computing when we're mobile. If you're mainly checking e-mail or browsing websites, you can easily do this on a mobile device. Attach that mobile device to a large monitor and if you add a keyboard and a mouse, then maybe you'll be set!

Whether you're mainly computing on a smartphone or a slate like the iPad, you may find yourself using your desktop less and less. As this trend continues, maybe the desktop will server primarily as a storage device and less as a computing device.

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Dr. Joseph Kim is the founder of MobileHealthComputing.com, an independent website owned and operated by Dr. Kim. He is also the President of Medical Communications Media, Inc. (MCM). MCM is an education and publishing company that develops continuing medical education activities in joint sponsorship with medical universities, hospitals, and medical associations. Dr. Kim is a digital entrepreneur and technologist who has a passion for health information technology, mobile health, and social media. He frequently speaks at conferences about non-clinical careers for physicians, continuing medical education, mobile health technology, and social media in medicine. Dr. Kim holds a bachelor of science in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a doctorate of medicine from the University of Arkansas College of Medicine, and a master of public health from the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health.
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