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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
PC paradigm considers local storage to be paramount, hence the demand for built-in SD readers. The cell phone paradigm considers them to be basically useless, data access should be by streaming. Hence the unconcern for local storage. Of course the cell phone paradigm has conceded that some local storage is handy, but it should be internal to the machine for convenience. The PC paradigm also can use streaming, but considers it a secondary source of data.
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I am firmly in the PC camp, for now, but not because I believe it is the best way. I would be more than happy to take my mobile device and travel the world, and access my movies and books and songs from the cloud. But there are still two things which hold me back. The first is the lack of wifi availability in some (lots of) places. This is partially solved by 3G/4G capabilities, but that, unfortunately, leads to the second, and greater problem: data limitations. As long as the wireless providers are capping monthly data usage and throttling heavy users, my cloud oriented device becomes an Angry Birds-playing paperweight. My content is absolutely useless to me if I can't access it. Therefore, I want my 32GB SD (or microSD) cards to load up with content so I know I will have access to it.
Additionally, the quality of the 3G/4G coverage is a concern. I travel around the US to teach, and carry a 4G modem with me. I rarely see 4G performance from it, and the speeds are never dazzling.
I dream of nationwide 4G coverage with no data limits. Now I'm going to go sit in the corner and hold my breath, waiting.