maybe next year....

in what sense?

in the sense that a laptop would have a sim-card slot, and that texting/calling are core functions instead of peripherals or frills.

quinnzap: but I thought there already WAS a laptop that had a sim card slot. I know I heard about it in one of those gadget shows on TV I

just can't recall which one. I assume it would have to be a Sony or Asus laptop.

well, that's just it: it's a little-known novelty, unlike the mainstreamed nature of high-power cellphones.

I await the day when that becomes commonplace, and the new arena of feature competition for tech manufacturers.

quinnzap: GEEK!!

i guess a GSM modem would do the trick?

why do we need a SIM for the PC when it is already connected to the Intarwebz?

Duday you say that like it's a bad thing

pirxthepilot no, that's still a peripheral, e. I'd like a computer that IS a phone.

valman because I'd like to replicate the mobile network's bread-and-butter functions (calling/texting) into basic computer functions.

MSI Advent 4123 anyone?

btw, i'd like one too. cellphone coverage is already extensive locally while wifi is not. i hope to one day download and watch a show...

from atop a remote mountain under a tree.

as it's streamed via the 3G mobile network!

something like this? HTC Shift www.htc.com/uploadedImag...

nope, that's still a cellphone with superpowers. I'm thinking of the size and power of a full laptop, and can call/text out of the box.

Wimax?

www.plurk.com/quinnzap: Does that mean you'll also have to press the laptop to your ear to make a call?

althearicardo I was thinking the standard cellular network lines, actually, used the way they currently are for calls and texts.

thetypicalguy wag naman siguro