Originally published November 29 2005
Cell phones could eventually replace PCs and more
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Cell phones have become the electronic device of choice with 65.4 percent of the U.S. population. Analysts predict that phones will eventually have all the functions of a personal computer and more.
That cell phone in your pocket is well on its way to becoming a remote control for your life.
"Smart" handsets are already being used by busy executives to retrieve important documents from office computers halfway across the globe.
They're handling e-mail, programming set-top boxes and keeping an eye on the home surveillance system.
Tourists lost in some foreign capitals can now, with a GPS-equipped cell phone, get their bearings using on-screen maps.
"The phone is rapidly becoming a window to the world," said Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group research firm.
A number of mobile applications making their debut at the DEMOfall conference, a showcase of tech innovation that begins Monday in Huntington Beach, Calif., point the way to a world where the cell phone is a key to greater efficiency.
One such program comes from EasyReach, a Campbell, Calif.-based startup that is jumping into the remote document-retrieval space.
EasyReach founder John Stossel says it is the first software that enables users of smartphones such as Palm Inc.'s Treo, which boast computer-like operating systems, to search their PCs by keyword.
Punch a few more buttons and EasyReach users can e-mail retrieved documents to whatever address they choose.
In addition, EasyReach enables a user to search multiple desktop PCs on which EasyReach's software has been installed.
Services such as pcAnywhere and GoToMyPC allow a user to control a PC remotely, but most offer PC-to-PC access only.
Other software packages try to give handheld users virtual control of their PC, but that can be unwieldy, says Stossel.
Since most handhelds already efficiently display document and e-mail lists, trying to replicate the PC's interface on a handheld doesn't make sense, Stossel said.
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