Americans really like smartphones that majority of them are leaving behind traditional computers altogether for their all-around iPhones, Androids and Blackberries which are easy and convenient to carry.
One in four smartphone owners ( a total of 22 million people) prefers to connect to the internet from their smartphone rather than using their computer and about a third of them are not really interested with high-speed home networking.
A July survey says that Sales of smartphones are through the roof. an 85 percent year over year increase in smartphone sales, noted by Gartner in the first quarter of 2011. PC sales were also decreasing in the second quarter of 2011, with shipments falling 5.6 percent. One reason is the rise of tablets, which are expected to help kill traditional PCs. As smartphone devotees show interest, the uncanny number of people still chooses the portability of their phone over other devices. A representative told FoxNews.com that majority of their interview subjects said that their first experience to the Internet is through a smartphone or cellphone, not a desktop or laptop. But if an option is to be given, why would anyone settle for computing on such a small device?
A comedian from New York, Dan Nainan told FoxNews.com. that a smartphone goes where a computer can’t he also mentioned that My phone guides him from place to place, informs him if his flight is delayed, has an application that lets him make free overseas phone, and it even has a guitar tuner told he also added that even if a laptop were able to do all this how may we be able to imagine how troublesome it would be to open it up, wait for it to boot, and then load the information?
A commercial artist from Chicago, Kurt Elster also mentioned in his interview that limiting his Internet usage only to his iPhone provides him clarity and focus that is said to be not available with traditional computers as told by FoxNews.com, he also enjoys to accquire a computer in his pocket — something that is not much available even to the smallest of laptops.
Some interviewed people also said that, iPhone is portable and convenient. It can be used for email and scheduling, reviewing art files, shopping, and converting dollars when abroad. Checking Facebook is easy too. Even at home, smartphones are simply handier when you are lazy to get up to set up your computer and internet connection.
To those computer users who write a lot, If there’s one thing smartphones aren’t good for, it’s inputting large amounts of text isn’t it? Then there’s where the external keyboard comes in.
If you need to update a document, you could just copy the text from the attachment and paste it into the phone’s notepad feature to edit Then at work the next day you could just paste it back into Word.
Abandoned her laptop a year and a half ago, Kate McGinly of Pittsburgh told FoxNews.com that with powerful apps and cloud storage, she can’t think of anything I’d need a laptop or desktop for.”
Still, there are some things that smartphones aren’t capable of. Not for now though. Presentations and spreadsheets are one of them, not to mention those host of other specialized software applications as well.
I too dream of having an iphone. I wish to have it this year.