Slashdot has a post that links to an article, which projects that handheld supercomputers might be feasible in the 10 to 15 years. Hey, that’s great; we’re all for super-powerful handheld computers. One question, though: what are we going to do with them?

Well, what are people using handheld computers for right now? Precious little. Because if you really want to get things done while you’re mobile, you’re better off carrying a laptop or a smartphone. And man, those smartphones are everywhere, aren’t they?

It’s proof that people want mobile access to the Internet. It’s even proofier when you consider how terrible the mobile browsing experience on these devices. The fact that people went ga-ga over the iPhone’s almost-acceptably-average Internet features demonstrates this.

Mobile broadband is expensive and, in some places, not as reliable as the ads would have you believe. (Shocking! We know.) And, unlike the processor sector, the mobile data delivery folks haven’t innovated for shit, here in the States.

So, there’s a very real possibility that we’ll have hand held devices that could render a mid-ninties Pixar film in a reasonable amount of time, but can’t stream a low-res YouTube video for shit.

Yeah, that’ll work.