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>>>>OK, let's set the date, what about 1-1-2015. If there are no desktops, laptops or media centers by then, and only handheld devices, then I am wrong. But seen history repeat itself over the last 50 years, I don't think I will be wrong.
>>>
>>>You bet u r right :)
>>>Maybe it is just me, but I absolutely hate mobiles/handhelds.
>>>I wrote in total not more then 100 text messages in my entire cellphone career/life and every and each was ultimate frustration.
>>>
>>>While on Travel I can understand, but for regular office chores handheld simply doesen't make any sense. Anything less then 15 inch in screen and 10 inch in keyboard is royal waste of time.
>>>Ever since PC revolution took place, Decrease in size is almost directly proportional to decrease in amount of work that can be done on them.
>>>
>>>As for 10-30 years from now;
>>>I remember as a kid watching that show called 'Beyond year 2000'.
>>>That were all darn lies & propaganda !!!
>>>They said cars will fly by now, and they still choke on a stinky old diesel !
>>>
>>>Cheers :))
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>>You see the trend on PCs and TVs, people always want bigger screens. No matter how fancy or "necessary" applications or appliances they make, nothing's gonna change that. A few years ago the cellphones should always be smaller and smaller, now they are getting bigger again to be able to hold a bigger screen. Not even Google will be able to stop the evolution.
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>It is all about comfort and practicality.
>Meny people connect their plasma TV's on PC nowdays to watch cheap
>movies downloaded from internet.
>My hint is that for home entertainment (and other) purposes TV+PC+INTERNET
>will eventually merge into one device and most of programs it will be broadcasted this way. Few internet revolutions from now we will be
>all part of BigBrother show :)

These TV+PC+Internet boxes are already here, they are usually called Media Centers. I was in Berlin in August this year, at the IFA fair which is the biggest audio/video fair in the world, and where "everybody" is present to show off their new hardware. The future home, as I see it, is as follows:

• A central unit, the Media Center, which includes tuners for TV, satelite, cable and radio, one or two big HDs, and a DVD recorder. The DVD revorder will be blueray, HD-DVD, a combination, or some new variant.
  
• A huge monitor, real High Definition off course
  
• A multimedia remote control
  
• A full size keyboard
  
• A number of active loudspeakers, meaning speaker with built-in power amplifiers

Except for the power and antenna connections, everything will be wireless. The media center will be able to
support multiple independent outputs, meaning that you can for instance listen to radio in the kitchen, some music in another room and watch TV in the livingroom. And if you want more storage space, you simply add one or more storage servers. I saw several of these setups in Berlin, it was really amazing.