PC - R.I.P

[www.sitepal.co.uk]

Hi,

Someone said to me today that the pc will die out and all web surfing will be through mob/phone with info that projects onto a wall

Surfing the web for information will be a thing of the past and users will pay for this to be done for them.

Do we really need graphic designed websites to view text information. Ask 10 people to look at the same site and at least 3-5 will say they dont like the design, they just go to the site for the info.

Is the look of a site really important if we all have different tastes?

Most people i talk to admit it is uncertain, but everyone
must agree that it will certainly be interesting ...

What do you think?

Regards

Tony

www.sitepal.co.uk

[epiphany]

I think even some of us tech-heads will be surprised at how far reaching the internet is going to become.

[Webstuff]

Yes, and noone could "...ever need more than 56kb of memory". It'll change, but providing you don't fall asleep under a rock somewhere, it won't be a problem keeping up. I for one like to keep my PC and TV/phones/etc seperate, and will continue to do so. Imagine having a windows TV/PC (don't tell me theres already one, it'll spoil it);

"Your TV has become unstable. Press any key to return to a blurred static picture and wait. Unplug the wall socket to get any real results."

The problem with smaller devices (palm tops, mobiles) is of course the minute size of the keyboards. I'm sure we'll migrate to wireless PC's with flat monitors, tiny PC units, and hopefully more comfortable keyboards and mice that don't break so often, but besides this I think the PC is here to stay.

[Desmond Brambley]

"Your TV has become unstable. Press any key to return to a blurred static picture and wait. Unplug the wall socket to get any real results."


Hmmm, sounds like my digi-box...

With the pace of technology today almost anything is possible, however, I'm still suffering from the dispointment of us getting to the twenty-first century and there weren't hovver cars!

In terms of design, well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

[Top Hat]

Imagine having a windows TV/PC (don't tell me theres already one, it'll spoil it);

There is its a Media Center PC, I have one and its great.

All my music, stored, loads of recorded TV, that I can then put on DVD if requred. i can even copy DVDs (not that would ever :wink: )

[SillyJokes]

Ah, but you don't watch the TV shows on the PC - you watch them through on the big telly.

And the DVDs you can copy are of photoslide shows and your own film.

[Rob Holmes]

Ah, but you don't watch the TV shows on the PC - you watch them through on the big telly.

And the DVDs you can copy are of photoslide shows and your own film.

Maybe they'll all just work on a plasma wall.

Rob

[Ozzy]

I have seen a demo of an "intercative wall" which is basically a projector which uses motion to control it. You then use special pens to write on the wall or point and things to surf the web or work if necessary. When done you just open up the TV applications and wtahc TV on your wall.

I see things like implants and/or HUD's in your contact lens and/or glasses to view the web, TV, videophone and work.

For my mobile phone I just like the bog basic smallest little phone that can sit in my pocket and I only use it to make calls and text messaging. I have no interest in a mobile phone for streaming media or browsing the Internet.

I do like the idea of combined TV/PC and have seen a few around, but nothing fancy enough to make me part with my cash yet.

I woudl consider a tablet PC at some point and lose my desktop PC and laptop, only because gone are the days when I used to play computer games! Now all I need my PC for is web access, IM and email.

I would love to experience VR web though, but expect that to be many many years away. Although apparently DNA processors are only about 7-8 years away (use animal DNA to process information instead of sylicone microchips).

[Rob Holmes]

Hmm - I wonder if we'll ever get to the stage of robots that cold call, win business, chase accounts and just manage the whole business !

Rob

[Ozzy]

Its already here, its called outsourcing all call centre services to India :)

[Rob Holmes]

lol - I heard alot of the call centres were going to start moving back to the UK!

[Ozzy]

Yeah, and the most important reason for that is the offshore centres just didn't get the british humour on the phone.
For example, the "Quote me happy". Loads of people rang up for insurance quotes and would say "Quote me happy" like the TV ad and the person at the end of the phone when "Uh?" :)

[graham]

Hmm - I wonder if we'll ever get to the stage of robots that cold call, win business, chase accounts and just manage the whole business !

Rob

I've already had computers telephone me to inform me I won something. Lets hope they record what the customer says while they are speaking.

[Webstuff]

What about all the research into hologramatic visuals? And 'paper' screens (screens that can be folded, bent, etc, by using a plyable plastic projector)? A newspaper with a single page that you could change through touchscreen would be fun ;)