Remember that 1970’s song, “Video Killed the Radio Star,” about how the new video technology made the radio outdated and less useful?
The song relates to concerns about mixed attitudes towards 20th-century inventions and machines – specifically how movies and video were destroying the radio industry. In this same vein, are smartphones pushing out the need for a home computer? Are phones making desktop computers less useful? How exactly is this evolution happening?
Just last year, the online magazine Wired asked the question, “Could the Smartphone Eventually be your only Computer?” while the answer to this remains to be seen, it is plausible as wave after wave of mobile devices become more capable and powerful as the generation before it. The article in Wired explains how businesses are now at the tipping point of using smartphones and mobile devices just as much as they use desktop computers.
A few years ago the smartphones were not powerful enough to handle all the business needs of small and medium size companies. Now they are closing in on being powerful enough to handle just about any business need you may have. In addition battery life, networking speeds and larger screen sizes are making mobile devices seem a lot like a computer we keep in our pocket.
The global personal computer industry seems to be on a downward trend while smartphones and other mobile devices like tablets and watches are definitely more popular. Today in 2020, it’s less likely to have a desktop computer in your home. Most people use laptops for everything, and the smartphone for everything else. Does this necessarily mean that traditional computers are a thing of the past? Most definitely not. Many businesses will continue to need the computers they currently have while supplementing with mobile devices. To work on a computer, its still most definitely easier to use a desktop.
Mobile Chipmaker ARMs leading strategist James Bruce explained that while PCs are not gone they are slowly becoming a secondary computer device as each year passes.
What are your thoughts on this? How are mobile devices playing a role in your company? If you want more information about these growing trends call M&H Consulting for a complete examination of your businesses computer needs.
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