Had something crunching on the back of my mind for the last few days about the next step in the PC / Mobile revolution…
Social networking on the mobile and more specifically twitter I thought of back in college, unfortunately I wasn’t the one that made it, even if I did, the timing wasn’t right and it wouldn’t have been successful like it is now. I’ve used Windows Mobile for a few years now but have always felt that there’s something “missing” but never been able to put my hand on it. Windows Mobile is POWERFUL and I mean that in the largest sense, even now the iPhone is getting all the hype Windows Mobile if utilised with the enthusiasm of the iPhone would make the iPhone look like a 90s mobile.
Anyhow, back to the “missing” thing..
My mind has always been large on the number of things Windows Mobile is capable of, it can do this and do that and do this like any mobile can but there’s such a large development platform that I've always felt Windows mobile should have more of a flow and large applications than it currently has. Ok this sounds like a babble but maybe if you’re a developer with a very open mind to what can be done on the phone you might understand.
After using my phone a lot lately with a few apps that are out there such as pocketwit, facebook, email, the phone is awesome with great communication tools but while I'm on twitter on my pc and want to switch to my mobile I can easily pick my mobile up and carry on somewhat… but where I think the next big step for Windows mobile can come from is a form of application sharing. Imagine if you could have an application on another pc/computer or a Windows app running on your desktop, then you pick up your mobile and carry on using that application as if it were running on your phone.. EPIC.
I’ve always felt windows mobile hasn’t allowed me to start one thing on the pc and then carry it on with my mobile, I've found that to be a bit fiddly and by the time I start and get going on my mobile I can then carry on with it on my pc and the time is lost.
I wish there was a better interaction between the PC and the Mobile. If I start writing a document on my PC I should be able to instantly pick up my phone, walk away and carry on typing on my phone. Or if i’m on my phone on for e.g myfavsite.com , I can stand up, walk away with my phone and still carry on reading the article or post or whatever page was on my PC. The simplest way I can think of which is similar to terminal services is to be able to share an application window with my mobile device, that way no applications need loading and such like, state stays the same as the PC and we can finally utilise these huge networks we’re building.
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