Thread: Mobile computing - What is "mobile" anyway?
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Old 03-28-2007, 03:50 PM   #5
Bob Russell
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That's a great point... our expectations are shaped a lot by what is possible, and that changes over time. Without such realism, we could just talk about a device on a keychain with full desktop capabilities, perfect virtual keyboard and display, and infinite battery life!

I like James Kendrick's tag line on JKOTR , a great site with him and Kevin Tofel -- "...using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs." And, believe it or not, that refers to an Osborne computer that he used. What a clunker!

But I think you guys exaggerate! According to Wikipedia, it "only" weighed 23.5 lbs!
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