[TheEzEzz]

If the latency of pCell is low enough then you could have a thin-client phone tunneling into a cloud OS. Now get rid of most of the CPU/memory hardware complexity on the phone (which should lower power requirements for the phone too). If you can wirelessly send energy then get rid of most of the battery.

Suddenly you've got a very, very thin phone with infinite battery life and computational power only limited by the server you're hooked up to. It's the perfect mobile device. Do the same thing for a laptop and I'm in paradise.

[camillomiller]

Wow, what a paradise. Total control made simple, that's what I see...

[ivanca]

Device good enough to do encryption?

[aleksis]

It's not like you can just sprinkle some encription there and it will be ok.

[Fasebook]

Self updating newspapers, who needs history with an economic engine like that!

[jol]

Sorry to rain on your parade, but don't you like idea that computing device is independent from others and does not require network connectivity 100% of time when you want something done?

[IanCal]

Depends on the device. How about this:

An extremely thin tablet that's essentially a touch screen connected to your home computer, aimed for use in the home. Tiny battery, very little computational power & storage, hooked up to your own beefy computer.

Edit - intended for use just in the home. I'd want one, certainly.

[m_mueller]

Too bad screens are using a good chunk of your device's battery. Reducing the radio and computation to close to zero may reduce consumption to 30-50% but it's not an order of magnitude. The batteries are here to stay I'm afraid - until we get some radically different display technology, along the lines of a color, 30 hertz e-ink.

[IanCal]

This was more about having wireless power too (part of the parent comment). You don't need a 10 hour battery on something if you can power it wirelessly.

[kayoone]

if pCell also enables wireless power, youd just need small buffer battery.

[roel_v]

Well maybe sometimes, but given all the advantages of the envisaged connected approach, I'm not sure any more if the advantages of going off line will outweigh the disadvantages.

[marshray]

Do yourself a favor and get of town more. Leave the phone behind!

[roel_v]

? I'm not sure I understand your point - I go out of town plenty, and I leave phone and computers behind. When I need phones or computers, I'm generally in or near urban areas.

[KaiserPro]

And then all you'd need to do is carry a briefcase battery.