The Desktop is Dead. Long Live the Thumbtop

[LongBlade]

Hmmm.

It seems every major tech development over the last couple of years is moving against PCs. The latest is a move by Dell to create a "thumbtop." This is a flash drive that is an Android OS, and holds 100 GB of space for all your files and apps. It plugs into a monitor and communicates with the mouse and keyboard wirelessly.

Interesting development.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/02/05/dude-youre-getting-50-dollar-computer-dell/

[eyebiter]

Including the Wyse thin client functionality is interesting. 

But this product reminds me of the Cisco Flip Camera.  It was a cool idea that was made obsolete within a few years after every new phone added a camera.
Rather than have to carry yet another device, think corporate users would rather have the thin client tech added to a future smart phone.