As I See Tech

Owning a mobile computer could push our attention away from TV. We can do a lot now with computers to entertain ourselves, sometimes even leading us to doing something else other than sitting on the couch just to catch that popular game show.

The smartphone has grown from a fully featured cellular phone to a mini-mobile computer with rich telecommunication features and functionalities practically sized to fit in a pocket. Nokia once touted their high-end devices as mobile computers. In a sense, they really are. More so today, only their difference in size separates smartphones from computers.

2010 celebrated a lot of announcements for new technologies for 2011. From new computer designs to more green-oriented technologies, 2011 is an exciting year for new products that can truly help improve our lives. Here's a quick list of what I have so far...

2010 has been a great year for technology in general affecting various sectors and cultural groups around the world. Here is As I See Tech's rundown of the best technologies for desktop and mobile computers that made remarkable achievements in 2010...

Computers, OSes and applications have evolved over the years adjusting and changing to user habits, trends and what have you. Most of the time, the changes are subtle. Sometimes, they are drastic. But over time, the changes can get all mixed-up so that many users could get confused about how to use them... and how not to use them.

If you've seen the 2002 movie Minority Report , you know exactly what the "Minority Report interface" is. In that popular scene, detective John Anderton (played by Tom Cruise) and his team, in a race against time, worked on a transparent glass widescreen to browse and search through a collection of the precogs' digitized prophecies, supposedly containing visual clues that could lead to a crime that would happen at a specific time in the future. The plot seemed far fetched enough, but what really placed the audience in awe was the way Anderton was literally gesturing his commands to the computer. It was enough to tickle a lot of fancies and imagination. It was the ultimate inspiration for how we should be interacting with our computers in the future.

There is a need for better processors targeting mobile devices. The engineering capabilities of today have made it possible to shrink the size of computers, taking them out of the appliance category into something as mobile as we are. Intel seems to recognize this trend and plans more products focusing on the mobile device market.

Computers are getting smaller and more powerful every year. Regardless of whether we call them PCs, laptops, notebooks, netbooks, tablets, slates, smart phone, game consoles, etc., they are all computers at the core. As our lifestyles continue to get attached to the computer, we take the computer out of the appliance category and make them as mobile as we are.

The world needs a new OS . It doesn't have to be as commercialized as Windows, iOS or Android. It doesn't have to be as glamorous as Mac OS. And it doesn't have to be as big as Unix. The new OS just has to exist in order to revolutionize the future of computing in a way far beyond how we know it today.

In preparation for the holiday season, there are people shortlisting a selection of computers to buy or upgrade to. The list may include desktop, laptop and tablet/slate computers. Here's a rundown of some of the popular items to choose from.