| I've been in the market for a laptop for the past | | | | really a situation where the biggest benefits to |
| couple of weeks, and doing some research, I | | | | having a smaller device are also some of the |
| stumbled upon some articles that claimed to have | | | | biggest drawbacks to efficiency. For one thing, |
| the world's smallest laptop. But doing even more | | | | the more portability a device has, the less |
| research, I discovered that some of the so called | | | | user-friendly it seems to be to get things done |
| smallest laptops were actually PDA's and some | | | | quickly. Have you ever tried typing on the touch |
| were actual legitimate laptops. Not only that, but | | | | screen of a Iphone? I'd go crazy. The lighter and |
| doing even more research, I began to get results | | | | more portable an item gets, usually the less |
| for cell phones with tiny, integrated keyboards, | | | | efficient it is in terms of getting work done on it. |
| that could do virtually all the same tasks that a | | | | So how does a device combine portability as well |
| computer can do. I don't know if I've been out of | | | | as efficiency? I leave that question to the |
| the technological loop for too long, but it seems to | | | | technical engineers. For one thing, roll out |
| me that the lines of technology are all starting to | | | | keyboards are definitely quite an invention. When I |
| blend together. But out of everything I've seen, | | | | first heard about those, I couldn't believe it was |
| the world's smallest laptop is somewhat of an | | | | possible, rubberized keyboards that could be rolled |
| ambiguous concept. | | | | up and carried around with ease, enhancing the |
| Having not bought a laptop in a really long time, | | | | efficiency of many handheld devices by a huge |
| and being generally out of the technological loop, | | | | amount for only and handful of dollars. It's pretty |
| it's difficult for me to tell what's what these days. | | | | incredible when you stop to think about it. Maybe |
| Phones can now do basically everything that | | | | that's the best solution we have for now. We'll |
| laptops do, and PDA's seem like they've been | | | | have to wait and see. |
| nearly equivalent to laptops for the better part of | | | | I know that bug business is definitely hammering |
| this decade. And laptops are continuing to get | | | | the idea of creating that one perfect device, the |
| smaller, and are beginning to take on more | | | | catch all of electronics that can do whatever its |
| functions. In my research, I even saw some | | | | user wants it to do at an efficiency equal to the |
| laptops that came with integrated cameras, much | | | | traditional systems. I'm definitely eager to find out |
| like cell phones. Some laptops even boast that | | | | what new gadgets science and engineering are |
| they only weigh a pound! A single pound! It seems | | | | going to come out with. It may be a long way |
| as though the day is very nearly here that one | | | | off, but it's coming. |
| single device will efficiently meet all our electronic | | | | Thanks for reading this article about the smallest |
| needs. Maybe I'm just behind the times. | | | | laptops and the future of handheld computer |
| I'm still skeptical that there will ever be a device | | | | devices that are beginning to integrate into |
| that can truly meet all the electronic demands | | | | modern society. I hope you enjoyed it. |
| that the average American has these days. It's | | | | |