In today’s
world, technology is advancing faster than it ever has before. It seems like
there is a new and improved tablet or smart phone hitting the market almost
every month. With this type of quick advancement, it seems like it’s only a
matter of time before tablets and phones become our primary use of technology,
ahead of laptops and desktops. I find this topic very interesting, so I decided
to try to find out more about it for my research project.
Right now, there are still many tasks
a laptop can perform better than a tablet or smart phone can.
The purpose
of the tablet and smart phone, as of now, is for people to be able to receive
updates (emails, Facebook posts, tweets, etc.) conveniently and quickly, even
while casually playing around with a game, such as Angry Birds or Doodle Jump.
However, when authors, computer scientists, or journalists want to get some
actual work done, they most likely turn to their laptop. The fact is that
writing a book or even a short story on an iPad, especially one with no
keyboard, is much more inconvenient than typing it up on a laptop. And even
with a keyboard, the applications used for writing aren’t nearly as convenient
as Microsoft Word.
Will handheld devices ever be able to
substitute completely for a laptop?
For the most
part, the answer I’ve been hearing is no, but the main goal of my project is to
continue looking for experts’ opinions on the issue. In my opinion, the slightly
higher convenience of tablets and smart phones will not counteract the ease of
writing a paper or story on a laptop. These computers are not much bigger and
they are so simple to use. Some people become frustrated when trying to do
things on a tablet, so I think it will be hard for that industry to completely
replace the computer industry.
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