Is that another world record for Telstra (for those not in the know, Telstra officially set a world record as the world’s fastest wireless broadband network a few years back – I even still have the certificate given to staff to prove it!)?

Anyway, wireless broadband still has a long, LONG way to go if it ever wants to compete with “traditional” broadband on price, and I don’t just direct that at Telstra, but rather the (Australian) industry as a whole…

Mobile phone – sms, email and then phone then maps and internet or the order I use. I use a “real” camera i.e. the SLR type, phone if that is all I have at the time. So really it is a compact commication device. It is not really smart so where the term smart phone comes from is a mystery.

I envy you. High powered gaming. The last time I played Civilizations 5 I didn’t even have the chance to finish the classical era. (I don’t know if you’re familiar with it though.) I need to find time to go back to high powered gaming. Aside from de-stressing, It has so much benefits. LOL!

Have you ever tried an extended keyboard for your Ipad? It still works the same with having a laptop. In terms of typing.

My question to you is, when was the last time you bought a desktop computer for yourself? Because I have been asking everyone about this and most of them said, it’s just too bulky and you get the same thing with a laptop.

You sure love your sony products. That’s awesome. No one can beat an advocate. I remember when they released those eclectic electric laptops. I wanted to get red that time but the geek in me prevailed and I purchased ASUS. Maybe because I was a desktop kid and when I assemble a desktop I would always go for an ASUS motherboard and Seagate hard drive combo. Ugh! Those were the days.

Have you tried testing Telstra’s 4G? I searched for videos youtube, here are the results. One guy there had 58mbps. That can compete with your “traditional” broadband.

What made you do that though? How did your friends/relatives react? Very very interesting and bold move from your end.

I vaguely remember the times that mobile phones are an uncommon device. I was doing sales that time and true enough to what you said, when both parties decide to meet somewhere it is hard to reschedule. In my case, I would lose the commission.

As for kids, books in mobile devices are still books if you ask me. Only this time, you don’t have to carry a whole bag of them. There are good things that came out of this internet age. Kids read more. Whenever they are in facebook or reading something from google, they have no choice but to read. The other end is, published articles in the web do not go through the process of editing as books do. Which may result to bad spelling skills some kids have these days.

Very good point. Even though most of the mobile phone usage these days are data usage we still call them phones. Fact is, they are not phones anymore IMHO. In my case my phone is my planner. Whenever i’m in a conversation or a meeting or something pops in my head that need reminding my phone gets out of my pocket. And the emergence of Siri has made everything easy for me. Well that’s a fodder to another article.

Hmmmm are we going to call mobiles phones \phones\ in the future?

Of course, there are devices that allow for the tablet to operate almost as a desktop station… but I haven’t gone down that path due to the fact that I still need my laptop for more high powered gaming. Once tablets catch up in that regard, it’s potentially going to change big time.

I don’t care what statistics say, I’ll continue to utilize my Sonny VAIO laptop until wireless broadband can compete directly with “traditional” broadband in bother bandwidth AND price… Once that happens, I’ll probably have little need for my laptop.

In saying this, I’ll be buying a Sony Tablet S in a few weeks, and I anticipate that I will use this for surfing the Internet as much as – if not more than – my laptop…

I was a 22 at the time, and male, and used my phone for facebook, calls and sms.

More children owning a mobile phone compared to a book is very concerning.