Mind Blogging. Mind Boggling.

My Dell Inspiron has gone kaput, some one month ago. So for the past three weeks, my personal computer has been my HTC Desire Z. And have discovered some wonderful apps in the process: Tune in Radio- just turn on the app and then I would say tune in to BBC World Service, and let it run in the background. Given how bad all the news channels on TV are today, this is a wonderful change. Then, I don't really take to carefully-aim, wait, shoot and watch -the-result -with-tense-anticipation kind of games. Like Pool and Carrom. And Angry Birds. Tank Hero is the shizz! Good 3D graphics, challenging action-packed game with great drum-beat war music. All 80 levels conquered. Since then, my pals call me General Sherman. You can, too.

Then there's the app "How to Tie your Tie", which I am sure will be invaluable some day, as I currently know naught on knots. I mean, I do not knots. What knotty word play, no?

I totally dig the QWERTY keyboard on the phone. And of course, the portability is awesome. It surely is the best android QWERTY doing the rounds.

However, the 3.7" Super-LCD screen, super though it is, is not big enough, after all. Which means I may have to purchase a new computing device. A tablet? The idea here is to purchase a tablet with a decent sized screen, then a dock so it can sit upright on my desk. Then a bluetooth keyboard. If you really want the portability, you can probably even get a foldable keyboard, but I myself don't know yet. And there, you have it- it's as good as a laptop. Once we have MS Office for Android, it is going to be just fabulous. After all, MS Office is probably the only reason why I (or you) may even want a full scale laptop. Then, now that you have the tablet, you can so easily carry it around, use it for taking notes, as an ebook reader, mobile internet, immense possibilities!

With many people thinking along these lines, I would think MS Windows is in big, big trouble. For Windows is nowhere in the Mobile OS picture- where it's all Android and iOS. So once you have an Android or iOS cellphone, you would naturally prefer to have the same OS on your tablet. It's the ecosystem. So this also means others are in big trouble- Blackberry, say. I would imagine very few would prefer a Playbook- BB cellphone pair over the innumerable Android tablet-Android cellphone pairings out there- there's one for everyone- mix and match. Or over the iPad-iPhone pairing. Not just hardware, but the App market, too, would be the clincher for Android and iOS. The key thing is, once there is a critical mass of users, the competition is totally shut-out. Just like how Windows totally killed competition because of its sheer market share. Once 50.01% had Windows, the rest had to have Windows: because their neighbor had it. Compatibility and all that- being on the ecosystem. And at that point, incrementally better quality or technology means nothing. And what could competition have that the big guy doesn't? -Incremental betterment. Unless they have a complete "game changer", they are totally shutout. Do Android and iOS have the critical mass? I would be inclined towards saying yes. In that case, I hear of the HP-Palm OS combo-why are they even trying? However good they are, wouldn't you say they are fighting a losing battle, the enemy is just too big?