Is this what computers will look like?

[Brian Turner]

I have to admit, I've seen similar in dreams - the sort that inspire my sci-fi writing.

But is this really the future of computers?

And what Operating System will they use?

excerpt:

Nokia sees powerful mobile future

Within a decade mobiles will be so powerful that we may no longer need to be tied to desktop computers, Nokia chief Jorma Ollila has predicted.


With help of wireless technology, sending messages, files and images on the move will be easier and faster too.

But the influential mobile boss admitted he still preferred text messaging over e-mail.

Mr Ollila revealed his visions of the future in an interview with BBC World's technology programme ClickOnline.

"In 10 years, which is a very long time ahead to see, we really will have very powerful devices, which will enable us to send and receive pictures, files, or documents. "So what we do at our desks we can basically do through mobile devices which are easy to handle," Mr Ollila said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3495655.stm

[trevHCS]

This is what they keep telling us, but hang on, I seem to remember back in the 80's when the ZX Spectrum was up against the C64 they said by the 90's we'd all be wearing computers and walking round like the Borg from Star Trek.

OK, wearable computers exist although at several thousand each I don't think they'll be mainsteam for a while. However there is one major factor that all these people seem to forget...

....we're human and we ain't going to change shape in the next 20 years.

Although everything can get smaller, theres a limit to what a great lumbering beast like us can deal with. Windows on your mobile might be the perfect size for a gerbil (and ours did show some interest in Windows), but how do they expect we'll be able to use these things?

I have enough trouble trying to text message - yeah ok, I have to look at the keys sometimes....old geezer alert!

Trev