@Maarten: Although I have not seen it yet, I would think that Apple would market a stand alone keyboard with an iPhone dock in it? The product could have the standard VGA output as part of it. This has to either exist or be in the works. The only remaining item to make it more useful as a PC is editing support for office docs. Even with the both of these, you would still need the main PC for awhile. - David via FriendFeed MT Plugin

I really like the FF plugin on the R/W Web blog! - David

Great article Alex, You're right on the money about iPhone style/size devices becoming the "new PC". What's fantastic about this type of technology, and its inherent benefits of (relatively) low cost and portability, is that it suggests that computers will be so much more affordable and available to those populations that previously never had access to information and resources. I'd like to see the iPhone and similar devices spread like wildfire in areas that are hit hardest by the "digital divide". If it does, it'll likely be the greatest leapfrogging technology in history. There's a great lecture over on the TED blog called "Our Cell Phones Ourselves" that ties in nicely with the points you've made here, looking at mobile devices from a sustainability perspective. - Steffan Antonas via FriendFeed MT Plugin

Greedy Apple will do what it's done 25 years ago once again: educate the consumers about the new technologies and then lose their market share completely to more powerful and open platforms. - Dmitry Paranyushkin via FriendFeed MT Plugin