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Turn Flight Mode on the BlackBerry - If at some point you get into the cabin, and in real time begin moving craft for takeoff. however if truth be told you forgot to show off the wireless association on the BlackBerry. And as if he had a footing on the globe of aviation, all devices that emit signals needed to shut down the association, particularly once before takeoff and simply before landing. If the instruction was neglected, the potential safety of craft navigation may well be at stake.

As the illustration higher than, youre featured with a state of affairs that ought to be fast, its unlikely you even be confused on what to try and do, particularly if it seems that not solely active on the BlackBerry cellular association, however conjointly WiFi and even Bluetooth. once that happens to you, dont got to worry, RIM (Research In Motion) has designed a spread of procedures disabling wireless connections quickly in a very door. In different terms, you may similarly activate flight mode facility, wherever the smartphone will still used for restricted functions throughout the flight. This procedure includes the BlackBerry smartphone and BlackBerry PlayBook,

Many a desktop user has complained about Microsofts Windows 8 operating system migrating to a user interface more suitable to a smartphone or tablet. They do not see the big picture.

If you are old enough to remember the days before the internet, the personal computer was a tool for work and than a gaming device. When the internet became part of our daily lives, computer sales took off. One day, everyone would have a personal computer. This is still true today, but the definition of what is a personal computer has changed. 

For some people, a smartphone alone will be enough to meet their personal computing needs. Others, finding a smartphone insufficient, would select or add a tablet to their stable of devices. Desktops and laptops will eventually be relegated to their status of prior to the advent of the Internet age: machines for work.  

IDC estimates that this year tablets will outsell traditional desktops. By the end of 2014, tablet sales will surpass laptop sales. Nearly three smartphones are sold today, per desktop of laptop sold. All this means, is in two years time, desktops and laptops will make up just about one in every five computers sold.

In what has been dubbed as the Post-PC era, you find Microsoft which once held a 90% share in personal computers, now looking at holding a 90% share in one in five personal computers sold within two years tie. That is really just an 18% share of all personal computers. Holding on to that 18% share is going to be harder in the Post-PC era.

Microsofts stranglehold on the personal computer market, was secured by the fact that is was the center of application development. Pretty much all software developed was Windows compatible, with only a fraction of the software developed for Windows also being released for Mac OS and Linux. If you wanted a computer that could run your work related applications, and your entertainment applications, a Windows computer was the ultimate jack-of-all-trades. This is the raison dêtre for Windows 8 is to maintain this status. With Windows Phone 8, Windows RT and Windows 8, Microsoft is hoping to get a substantial share of the smartphone and tablet market. the segment which will soon comprise four in every five computers sold. With a substantial share of the smartphone and tablet market, apps would be created for Windows Phones and Windows Tablets, could be easily ported for Windows desktops and laptops. 

 If Microsoft is unable to break into the smartphone and tablet market, it will find itself holding on to the lions share of the traditional desktop market, but stagnating app development for desktops in general would further threaten its postion. The app ecosystem that has made Windows dominant for so long, would cease to exist. As the traditional personal computer retreats to becoming a work device, consumer software development will focus on Apples iOS and Google Android. Less and less consumer software will be developed for desktops. In this environment, operating systems like Mac OS, Chrome OS and the various Linux distributions will find it easier to compete with Windows. When desktops and laptops are no longer expected to be multi-faceted devices but rather dedicated business machines, it is of little importance whether or not you laptop can run Starcraft III. Those claiming that Windows 8 tablet centric interface will be the death of Windows on the traditional desktop are missing the point. The failure of Windows Phone and Windows 8 on the tablet is what would sound the death knell for Microsofts desktop operating system.

The Lapdock is a device which is basically a dumb screen and keyboard terminal which mates to your smartphone to create a laptop. Motorola released Lapdocks for its Atrix phone in 2010. These Mototola devices were failures, mainly due to the absence of a proper desktop operating system and high cost of the Lapdock accessory. The Asus Padfone series converts you phone into a tablet, and from tablet it can morph into a laptop.

  

Canonical had a similar concept in mind with its Ubuntu for Android initiative announced in 2012. 

Tim Bajarin in his article, Will Your Smartphone Be Your Next PC thinks the lapdock may be the future of the PC. I think he is right.

I think Chrome for Android could be a viable Lapdock operating system. Basically, the concept would consist of:

Basically, an Android phone would be converted to a Google Chromebook.

As a counterpoint, Chromebooks are cheap, starting at US$199, and can sync with your Android phone and hence a lapdock may not be all that much cheaper.

There are advantages to the Lapdock. Chromebooks with 3G are a lot more expensive, starting at US$349. A lLapdock would use your phone 3G modem. The Lapdock would also serve as a phone charger. Useful on long trips. 

What do you think? As Lapdocks viable next generation computing platforms.