> Is it really unthinkable that smart phones that you carry around in your pocket are the dominant platform for the next 50+ years? Nobody knows the future, an

> Is it really unthinkable that smart phones that you carry around in your pocket are the dominant platform for the next 50+ years? Nobody knows the future, and maybe phones really are the end of the line for computing form factors, but I doubt it - there are too many problems with phones. Tiny, hard to read screens; poor battery life; fragile and easy to break, etc. They certainly won't go away, because not even mainframes have completely disappeared, but they're already not the hot new thing, and the more time goes by the more people will be looking for shiny new devices.