My Phone - my next computer?

As I wondered what to write for my first contribution to the HITEC blog, I looked at my trusted iPhone and said to myself - let it be about mobility. So here it goes..

In the last 3-5 years smartphones have become as powerful as notebooks/laptops circa 2005. Soon they are becoming an actual competitor to a notebook / netbook for corporate professionals. I thought I was alone in this space, but more and more I find that other professionals that I talk to think of their smartphone as the other computer.

A wise IT man said once: "The beauty about standards is there are some many.." - now I don't truly know it was what an IT person that said that, but it had to be, specially in the US where there are standards for everything.

So I am interested in understanding whether this is a real trend from other executives specially latino executives. As strange as it may sound, I have not used or carried a laptop in the last 15 months. I made the conscious choice to test and see whether I can function without one and the test sort of worked out. It definitely proved that between my Blackberry and iPhone I can do almost everything I used to with my laptop - from documents, to spreadsheets, to paying bills, surfing the web and yes my dear colleagues - even short Powerpoint presentations.

When I go to 80% of my meetings I hardly ever carry pen and paper anymore either - whatever I need I can do with my phones (take notes, check my schedule, etc..) - I am trying to find the most optimal way of projecting presentations from my iPhone...once I do that then I am set.

I'd love to hear what others have to say on this topic..i could be alone - who knows?