You have to go throug some hassle to make your pone display pdf/ppt/xls/whatnot files, let alone it's a pleasant experience on a small screen. But you cannot (e

You have to go throug some hassle to make your pone display pdf/ppt/xls/whatnot files, let alone it's a pleasant experience on a small screen. But you cannot (easily) hook up your phone to a bigger screen. You cannot add all kinds of common usb devices to your phone. You cannot quickly start an ssh session to your server. Etcetera. These are all valid use cases for netbooks. Not for phones, no matter how smart they are. Face it, your phone OS is kinda limited compared to whatever OS running on a pc. .