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Google's Europe Boss Sees End of Desktops Rapidly Approaching
SiliconRepublic.com reports that Google Europe boss John Herlihy says desktops will be irrelevant in three years.
"In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs," Herlihy told a baffled audience, echoing comments by Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the recent GSM Association Mobile World Congress 2010 that everything the company will do going forward will be via a mobile lens, centring on the cloud, computing and connectivity.
"Mobile makes the world's information universally accessible. Because there's more information and because it will be hard to sift through it all, that's why search will become more and more important. This will create new opportunities for new entrepreneurs to create new business models – ubiquity first, revenue later."
Desktops being irrelevant in just three years would be extremely quick. With drives and other computer parts shrinking so quickly it does look like large desktops will no longer be necessary. However, consumers and businesses are unlikely to be in a hurry to completely swap out laptops and PCs for mobile devices. Mobile technology and cloud computing offers a lot of promise but the security needs to improved before corporations start trusting it with important data.
Posted on March 4, 2010
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Michael Dell Talks Smartphones, Desktops
 Dell CEO Michael Dell said at the FireGlobal conference that the company will be launching a smartphone in 2010. He said it will be built with Google's Android software but they are also looking at other platforms.
"That's a starting point for us. You'll probably see products next year in the U.S. that are family members of the things we started in China." He added it will be built on Android, but they may use other open platforms, too. "There are some other open platforms that are emerging that are similar to other businesses we participate in."
Michael Dell also said that he thinks people only buy desktops if they are concerned about the cost or power. He also doesn't think netbooks will get much bigger: "I think it's leveling off at 12 to 15 percent of the market. I would be surprised if it went massively higher."
Posted on October 18, 2009
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Dell Adds Eight Color Choices to Inspiron Desktops
Dell has unveiled a line of Inspiron desktops that come in several different colors. The eight colors include Piano Black, Pure White, True Blue, Formula Red, Tangerine Orange, Spring Green, Plum Purple and Flamingo Pink. The colors are an option when ordering one of Dell's slim and mini-tower Inspiron desktops. The new line of desktops was introduced on March 30, 2009. You can see more photos of the Inspiron desktops here on Dell's Flickr.
Posted on April 6, 2009
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