Last year smartphone increase was 60% to 490 million then let's say in the next 2 years if it increases 40% each then total crunchers would reach close to 3 billion by late 2014. If 0.5% them consider about dc would be 10 million units which maybe some terraflops of possible contribution.

Because phone market proved itself as 5 billion market newly emerging pocket computing has nearly unlimited potential compare to traditional pc's.

The another opinion trend here in this forum is, it is largely made of desktop generation so for them it is almost betraying to mention pocket computing etc's me guess.

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Mandtugai!

Of course all of this Smartphone crunching will be a moot point if the phone maker doesn't allow It.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Or continuously gets a busyback signal
because the line is tied up.

Or continuously gets a busyback signal
because the line is tied up.

Yeah that too, AT&T introed the iPhone and all kaos erupted on their unprepared network I heard, glad I don't have more than a Verizon cell phone. LOL

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Another 50,000,000 users plugging the 100Mb
communication line.
Simply leg wetting in my enthusiasm for
such a development.

They dont necessarily have to crunch SETI. I though the idea was for crunching in general. Collatz WUs for example are only a couple of bytes.(i guess they contain no data, just a start value for the math its doing).

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Problem is the phone makers can prohibit programs like Boinc from operating on their phones by keeping them out of their approved app store. In any case I'll believe it is possible to do when I see it done for more than 12 hours at a time on a cell phone battery with a single charge. And these phones already eat a batteries charge quickly now, I keep an extra battery all charged up on standby on My desk for just that reason.

But compare to other techs only smartphones have fastest tech advancement in the last few years and seriously evolving into pocket computer rather than a phone.

Like pc hacking accelerated os and pc development so will be smartphones.

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Mandtugai!

Excuses the ridiculous post because excuse this ridiculous thread.

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Yes keep getting the messages.

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Mandtugai!

Soon both desktops and servers will get ARM-based chips. Microsoft has already promised an ARM version of Windows8. Having used a RISC-based microcomputer in my professional career, a MIPS/Bull R6000 I know the advantage of RISC CPUs over x86 CPUs.
Tullio

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Soon both desktops and servers will get ARM-based chips. Microsoft has already promised an ARM version of Windows8. Having used a RISC-based microcomputer in my professional career, a MIPS/Bull R6000 I know the advantage of RISC CPUs over x86 CPUs.
Tullio

Yeah I have downloaded a developers version of windows 8 and there are just starting to use arm in that os so it can run on phones etc

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See article

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/windows_8_arm_%E2%80%93_everything_you_need_know_about_woa

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See also

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/microsoft_had_windows_7_running_arm_two_years_ago

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Didnt Verizon last year stop new customers from getting unlimited Data plans?

The day will come when those phone comapanys close the door to all customers that have unlimited plans. They see the big cash cow that a smart phone is. Guys where I work constantly cruise the the internet from there phone.

How many parents have had the fun of a teenager racking up a big bill just for texting.

Some people on here think that a smart phone is totally wireless. It is not. its only wireless to the nearest wifi or cell tower. From there it goes through wires.

I pretty sure that when everyone is smartphoned and the lines are always buggy plus getting that huge monthly bill, Most folks will forget the half APPed doodads on the things and just use them as regular stinking phones again.

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Old James

Didnt Verizon last year stop new customers from getting unlimited Data plans?

The day will come when those phone comapanys close the door to all customers that have unlimited plans. They see the big cash cow that a smart phone is. Guys where I work constantly cruise the the internet from there phone.

How many parents have had the fun of a teenager racking up a big bill just for texting.

Some people on here think that a smart phone is totally wireless. It is not. its only wireless to the nearest wifi or cell tower. From there it goes through wires.

I pretty sure that when everyone is smartphoned and the lines are always buggy plus getting that huge monthly bill, Most folks will forget the half APPed doodads on the things and just use them as regular stinking phones again.

I had my router unsecured and a neighbor used my wifi on his ipad and now it is secured.

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[quote]Didnt Verizon last year stop new customers from getting unlimited Data plans?

The day will come when those phone comapanys close the door to all customers that have unlimited plans. They see the big cash cow that a smart phone is. Guys where I work constantly cruise the the internet from there phone.

How many parents have had the fun of a teenager racking up a big bill just for texting.

Some people on here think that a smart phone is totally wireless. It is not. its only wireless to the nearest wifi or cell tower. From there it goes through wires.

I pretty sure that when everyone is smartphoned and the lines are always buggy plus getting that huge monthly bill, Most folks will forget the half APPed doodads on the things and just use them as regular stinking phones again.

I hear that, I had 3 neighbors tell me they could get on my my wireless router on the same day. Boy were they ticked off when i got a wired router.

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Old James

password protect password protect and do NOT broadcast the SSID

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

Orgil, I don't know how to say this without sounding like a Hallmark card but...

I saw this, and I thought of you!:D

DailyTech - Rise of the Machines - Mobile Devices to Outnumber Humans by 2016

Just watch out for that app called "SkyNet"!

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Anyone knows about an app with the name of Echelon?

If so, it should come to your PC as a hidden disguise.

password protect password protect and do NOT broadcast the SSID

Set MAC access control.