Infinite Path

Buying habits are changing when it comes to personal computers. Smart phone sales are set to overtake those of laptops and netbooks which could mean that the computer giants of today will be gone tomorrow.

However, the likes of Dell, Toshiba and Acer are now choosing to innovate to stay in the race. All three companies are looking to develop a number of mobile products but whether they will be able to fight off the heavy competition from smart phone experts is yet to be seen.

In the UK, the smart phone market has been dominated by Apple and Blackberry. Mobile operator o2 has had exclusivity on sales of the iphone for a long time but this is now set to change when Orange and Vodafone get in on the action too. With all the main companies now offering the iphone, it is expected that sales of the revolutionary device will grow exponentially.

Many speculators and industry professionals suggest that large – not really truly portable – computers will become obsolete within time. If a mobile phone can do everything that a computer can, there will be no need to have multiple devices. Technology improvements have meant that processing power of mobile phones has moved on significantly.

As people become more educated in mobile technology, and mobile internet use is adopted on a larger scale, the need to have a personal computer will no doubt become a thing of the past.

Price comes into the equation also. There are still places around the world where having a computer in the home is not the norm. And even though netbooks and computers on-the-whole are getting cheaper, they are still too expensive for many. Mobile phones, with internet capability and even more processing power, will be much cheaper and more accessible to those who have not been part of the technology revolution of the past twenty years.