Matt’s 2008 List of Predictions
I’ll add my thoughts into the 2008 guessing game:
- We will still be waiting at the end of 2008 for another Tablet PC with dedicated graphics card (I really hope this one is wrong)
- InkSeine will jump up to the top of many ‘must have’ Tablet PC application
- Apple will come out with a Newton replacement
- Eee PC style machine will be coming out of the woodwork
- More laptops will incorporate ‘touch’ without a swiveling screen – just touch on a normal laptop
- With the move of more people on Mac’s, there will be an increase in virus attacks on that platform
- Slate UMPC and Slate Tablet PC’s will become fewer in number of offerings as more with keyboards are introduced
- Kindle will be forgotten about soon into 2008
- iPhone will get 3G and Exchange Sync
- I will purchase an iPhone after 3G and Exchange support
- There will be 8 new Tablet PC’s released this year
- Most new Tablet PC releases will be a refresh with a new Intel package
- N-Trig will be a contender in the Tablet PC space after positive reviews of their offerings
- MID will become the new UMPC
- Linux will be offered on more systems from OEM’s
- We will still be complaining about battery life
- Google will come out with more cool ‘cloud’ applications
- Something will happen, either an Internet outage, data loss… something for people to question the idea of not having a local copy of their data/photos/information
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