Tablets and cloud, perfect together

If you want to see the future of computing, look at tablet computers and cloud computing. These two technologies complement each other and provide exciting opportunities for new applications.

Tablet computers (riding on wi-fi and cell networks) provide computation power to people when they want, where they want. Cloud computing can provide the support for tablet applications, either for music or video or plain ole' apps. Alone, either platform is nice but not so hot. Combined, the two will do well.

The two technologies will mean excitement for developers, too. Cloud apps are different from web apps and PC apps, and I believe a new language will be selected for the standard for cloud apps. (Just which language is not clear at the moment, but I suspect a functional programming language.)

I don't see PC apps or web apps disappearing, but i do see less emphasis on them. I suspect that we have seen all of the major PC apps, and that only custom, highly specific applications will be developed for PCs. There will be no new "killer app" for PCs, no new "Lotus 1-2-3" or "Word", no new PC app that everyone must have. We may see new apps for the (non-tablet) web, but every new web app will have a tablet/phone counterpart.

The tablets (and smartphones) rule! We will see new tablet/phone apps backed by the cloud. Some will have web counterparts, but many will not.

The tablet/cloud future awaits!