The Future is Twinned Devices
I’ve said it before (Twin Phone Device), and this new news further proves my point… the future of mobile devices revolves around having paired devices – a phone and a pad. It works like this:
- Just take the phone, as usual
- Just take the iPad, as usual – it will have phone functionality
- Take both with you… they will be twinned… answer a call on your phone, and do video chat on your pad. Take a photo with your phone, edit it on your pad. Receive a web link on your phone, surf to it on your pad.
- You choose the dimensions that suit you – but the average choice will be similar to a current iPhone and a smaller iPad
The PlayBook will have a 7-inch screen, compared to the iPad’s 9.7 inches, and weigh 400g compared to the iPad’s 700g.
… The PlayBook will be able to act as a second, larger screen for a BlackBerry phone, through a secure short-range wireless link.