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DHagar
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Friday January 11, 2013 12:16:21 PM
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Sound like a good invention to me, Kim.  The ability to access and project for virtualization makes more sense than a physical device.  That would deliver a total virtual access.

DHagar

Kim Davis
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Friday January 11, 2013 11:22:03 AM
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As I've said before, the only thing holding back mobility from...well, ubiquity... is our desire for good-sized keyboards and screens for certain purposes.  Figure out the pocket keyboard/screen which unfurls to required dimensions, and you've solved it.  (I still think a keyboard or screen which can be projected onto a suitable, flat service might be the solution.  But I am not an inventor.)

DHagar
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Thursday January 10, 2013 5:52:37 PM
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Well, there you go, Mr. Roques.  That is a good design!  The comparable virtual connection to the device, with multiple functions would make the mobility metamorphosis a true improvement. 

I think mobility opens the door to virtual content and will change the lines of demarcation among devices.

DHagar

Mr. Roques
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Thursday January 10, 2013 5:44:25 PM
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Well, not quite. I read that RIM had submitted a patent for a "mobile smartphone docking station that comes in the form of a netbook". What I see is your normal phone and when you get home you only have a dock (with display and keyboard/mouse) and you connect your phone and "voila", you have a PC.

Kim Davis
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Tuesday January 8, 2013 5:14:54 PM
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Is the phablet the answer to your prayers?

Mr. Roques
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Tuesday January 8, 2013 4:38:37 PM
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I hadn't seen this report before, saw it on your twitter account and caught my eye.

My main desire for 2013 is for a more seamless integration between all my devices, also to close the gap between my mobile device and my PC (in the amount of things I can't do in one, that I can do in the other). 

I think there's room for a powerful-enough mobile that can be the "brains" of a desktop, helping smaller economies to close the digital divide gap.

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