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The indifferent future of laptops

ComputerWorld takes a look at the laptop of the future. Sadly all that seems to be considered in this article is the form factor and moving keyboards on-screen. The computers seem to be hamstrung with the same poor interaction paradigms that we’re dealing with today; inappropriate in a world where mobile computing is getting smaller [...]

Posted 27 March 2008 § mobile ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

OLPC “Sugar” UI on your PC

It’s possible to get the OLPC “Sugar” UI running on your Windows / Mac through an emulator. Have a play with a very different UI paradigm.

Link: OS images for emulation (laptop.org)

Posted 29 March 2007 § mobile ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Laptops as mobile device

A simple, interesting thought:
“Something I’ve been wondering about is why laptops aren’t really treated as mobile devices, in any interesting way. Laptop manufacturers tend to treat them as portable desktops, and people interested in “mobile device design” focus on PDAs, cell phones, and the like.
“Now that laptops outsell desktops, it’s worth treating them as interesting [...]

Posted 20 November 2005 § uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,