The Mobile Phone: The Most Important Invention Ever?

 By 
Pete Cashmore
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The Mobile Phone: The Most Important Invention Ever?

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So maybe that title is a tad hyperbolic (OK, so it's totally over the top), but I guarantee you'll find this idea as exciting as I do. See that grainy picture above? That's a Nokia phone attached to a wireless keyboard. The benefit is only slight: it lets you use a querty keyboard when you're at home. But if a phone can plug into a keyboard, why not a widescreen monitor? And while we're at it, how about a touchpad, a mouse and a printer? What about storage? Well, why not store all your data on the internet, doing away with local storage altogether? And your applications? You can run those on the net, too! But if your phone can do all this, do you even need a PC? Perhaps not.

This Mobhappy post from back in March explores this incredibly cool future, where the mobile is a single, convergent device. Your applications and files would all be stored on the internet, while you walk around town with your mobile, plugging it in to "docking stations" (printer, mouse, large screen, maybe even some computing power) when you need to play widescreen solitaire get down to work.

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