I said I was a phone geek, or maybe just a geek... and this isn't a tech blog. But mark my words, this is the future.
Today AT&T (why them?) and Motorola announced the Atrix 4g. Put simply it's using a phone as a computer, but done right. They have a laptop dock, with a battery, screen & keyboard... the phone acts as the processor, storage, and modem. Similarly it can mount via another doc to a standard monitor, mouse and keyboard.
Seriously, this is it. So many of us have smart phones, that have supplanted our standard computers to a huge degree, while the movement to cloud computing is interesting, I think it will meet resistance from those who value the shred of privacy we have left. This brings the best of the netbook/cloud model, ala ChromeOS, and a 'real' computer.
So AT&T, I know you have problems, I know you're greedy SOBs, but please don't screw this up.
Video:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/motorola-atrix-4g-hd-multimedia-dock-and-laptop-dock-hands-on/
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