[LordWinstanley]

Because every time they make the processors faster and add more RAM to mobile phones, they add more pointless bloat to the operating system, so you need faster processors and more RAM, just to run the OS smoothly.

On paper, the phones of today are as good (spec wise) as the desktop computers of only a few years ago. But we never seem to reach the goal of the truly capable pocket computer.

[kewin87]

But even then it would still be attractive.. Just flash the rom and put linux on it.

Maybe its because most general heavy-duty 'laptop' work, requires an x86 cpu? Just a guess