>>>Re Android, that operates in an entirely different space from enterprise solutions. I understand your position that mobile apps will rule the world within a few years. We're not there yet, nor are all enterprise architectures Rube Goldberg.
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>Within a few years, you say? Why so pessimistic? ;-)
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>Suspend disbelief for a moment and imagine that mobiles can and soon will cast images bigger than their own screen. Is there still a distinction between mobile and traditional apps? Keyboard? You can be sure that very smart people out there are looking for ways to cater for every such objection asap. If people are wondering whether larger pad devices have a long-term future or are a stop-gap solution, think about it in the above context.
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>IMHO it won't just be "the personal device" used as the universal interface, it may well be the user's own device, not something supplied by work. If this is true then there has been a brief opportunity for telephony providers to determine who will win the race. you could argue that in the US it was the telephony providers who tanked Symbian by only offering one option while they propelled Android to the top. Perhaps MS can pay a whole lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$ to claim that for itself.

I'm not sure I follow. Do you mean smartphones, tablets, or some mutant hybrid? To me the basic quandary is the smaller the device, the less satisfying the display. As someone said here the other day, I don't want to watch a ballgame on a cell phone screen.

Tablets, led by the iPad, have certainly found a sweet spot in the market. But I wouldn't want a tablet to be all I had, and I sure as heck wouldn't want a smartphone to be all I had.