The Ultimate Handheld

[DragonHunter]

Let's be honest, at least some of us, want the following....

21" screen.
Full-sized keyboard.
2GHz Processor
100GB HD
1GB RAM
Wireless, bluetooth, satellite
Native GPS
Phone
Run Windows/Mac/Palm/Linux simultaneously
DVD/CD support.
Surround sound
USB and Serial ports

Oh, and it needs to fit int he size of an Altoids tin, or preferrably a wristwatch, and cost under $500.




Don't we though? How far can technology take us toward this? Some one has to be out there in a lab somewhere trying to figure out how to make very small huge displays. It's the tension in laptops right now. You've got some the size of movie posters so they can have a big screen and some the size of a small book for portability. Who is going to figure out how to do both?

[NetBrakr]

Whoa, that will take like 10 years to develope.

In the mean time, I suggest you get a tablet PC.

JC

[AKAJohnDoe]

Screen? Keyboard? How quaint. Aim higher, folks. How about a quantuum holodeck?

[PDA Bach]

Originally posted by AKAJohnDoe
Screen? Keyboard? How quaint. Aim higher, folks. How about a quantuum holodeck?

You looking for any venture capital, there, AKA? I KNEW I was born too early.

[DragonHunter]

Holodeck and native biometric interface. Yeah!

Quasi-seriously, I can see Bluetooth "glasses" coming maybe? It would be like a bigger screen....maybe integrate an earpiece sort of like the Oakley "Thump" MP3 players....

You know, I always wondered why the crew on Star Trek ever could get time in the Holodeck...I would think all of the time would be booked up with crew members wanting do, um, do some, um, well, hmmmm, primary native interfacing?