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Question

Do you think that information appliances like PDAs will replace personal
computers (PCs) in business applications? Explain.

Answer 1

No: still need large storage devices and processing power to coordinate databases on a corporate level or a grand scale (e.g., payroll, sales, planning, highway drawings and construction, government, worldwide natural resource protection, space travel). Not possible with PDAs

Answer 2

I don't think so. I have tried using a Handspring Visor (PDA) in college and wasn't able to type documents and battery life was horrible. I tried using a Palm PDA and again, no internet connection and no use of MS Office applications. I now have a "smartphone" (Blackberry Pearl) and while this does email, surf the net, I really still can't edit documents, work on power point or print things. Eventually, the new line of Ultra Micro PC (UMPC) or sub-notebooks will probably be able to replace desktop/laptops and smartphones. I'll probably be getting a UMPC soon (they have about 7" screens, full keyboards, basically a shrunk down notebook).

Answer 3

Absolutely not! I do not see the small appliances like PDAs ever replacing the desktop systems at the business level. While the laptop is gaining ground in mobile work forces, it is not used in everyday situations where an employee does not travel.

Also, it is becoming more popular and efficeint for employee's to be able to use Remote Desktop Connections while at home or at work, to access needed items at either location while working. When an individual is at home and needs access to a document or program on the office machine, s/he can simply login a remote session and have that access as though sitting in front of the machine at the office, and vice versa, if a document is accidently left on the home computer, the employee can simply login a remote session, grab the document and be back working in moments.

These small PDAs serve a purpose, but will never replace the PC, in business. I also seriously doubt they would replace home computers.

While technology is growing at a tremendous rate, and devices are getting ever smaller, there still is a need for the larger more powerful devices. In addition, the Servers these machines must access can't provide the same level of company policy as for laptops and desktop PCs. I do not see anytime soon when security will be at a point privacy issues would allow such devices free reign in company files, programs and services. Group Policy has to sync to the machines and many companies enforce such policies via links to server machines. Roaming Profiles are difficult enough to sync with such policy, let alone attempting to do so for these tiny devices. They simply do not have the capacity in hard drive space or memory to accomadate such data.

I do think smaller tasks can and will become more widely available on such small devices. However, businesses are tasked with keeping sensitive data, protected. Situations of lost laptops and cellphones which hold sensitive data are already of huge concern and much effort is put into keeping as much of this information off of portable devices. With that in mind, it would be nearly impossible for companies to confidently place such information on ever smaller devices.

With advancing technology come advancing methods of breaching and hacking said technology. Because each area keeps pace with the other, it would never be a comfortable situation in allowing such information to be freely distributed on these small devices.

Answer 4

totally