Do you think more people mainly using Smartphones, Tablets, eReaders, and Netbooks mean people will

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Yes, I imagine people would use less electricity in the future because of mobile low powered electronics like Tablets, Smartphones, and netbooks unless they don't shutdown their desktop, and more power hungry gaming laptops, or they use many mobile devices at the same time.
 
When low power PC like Nettops, Raspberry Pi, Android based desktops, Mac Mini, Google Chromebooks and ChromeBoxs become greatly cheaper than traditional PCs, and easily found at local electronic stores like Bestbuy, the amount of power used by the typical computer/electronics user will be less.

A lot of laptops and some desktops use mobile versions of desktop chips, and sometimes even full mobile chips like the Nvidia Tegra 4 for running them.
 
The Intel Atom which is a mobile CPU found on many Windows XP-8 Netbooks, Nettops, and Windows 8 Tablets are pretty popular with people who only need a cheap small mobile computer for doing office and school work, watching videos, listening to music, casual gaming like minesweeper, and Solitaire, and other non-intensive daily tasks.

I think Ubuntu Smartphones and Tablet can make some Ubuntu and Linux users use their Smartphone as a Traditional PC since when Ubuntu mobile is docked with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, you can use it like a Desktop PC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6eEDZva1W8

Windows 8 RT also uses Mobile CPU like the Nvidia Tegra 3 found on many tablets, and smartphones. I think companies like Dell, HP, and Samsung would make cheaper $150-200 desktops which run on Windows RT which cost less, and also have a desktop user interface along with the Modern Start Screen Touch interface.

I read Apple is moving to ARM/Mobile CPU in future computersinstead of using Intel desktop CPU.

I think many people will be switching to mobile CPU, and parts on their next PC, Laptop, or tablet because mobile parts are cheaper, don't need cooling fans in many cases, better power savings, and battery life, and the overall cost of buying and maintaining computers which uses mobile parts is very low like the Raspberry Pi which only cost $35 for the computer, and uses as much electricity as an older Smartphone.

Most people like buying cheaply priced computers which is one of the reasons cheap computer devices like the Amazon Kindle Fire, Google Nexus 7, and iPad Mini sold out quickly when released sometimes in a few hours or less.
 
I think smaller portable devices somedays like eReaders, smaller tablets, Smartphones, and possibly Netbooks will be charge via solar energy from the room's lighting, the sun when you use your device outdoors or by a Window, and other sources of light like how calculators' batteries are charged. There are charging pad which can convert heat from a hot object place on the pad like a cup of hot coffee, hot lump of coal, and turn the heat into electricity to charge, so maybe a devices's case can get power from converting the heat from your hand, clothing, and body to electricity to charge your devices.

E-ink and other thin displays like OLED uses less energy, and mobile chips found on mobile devices are getting more power efficient every year. I think a lot of devices which run off batteries can lower the CPU speed to make it use less power when you are using your device for simple tasks like reading text.
 
froggyboy604 said:
I think smaller portable devices somedays like eReaders, smaller tablets, Smartphones, and possibly Netbooks will be charge via solar energy from the room's lighting, the sun when you use your device outdoors or by a Window, and other sources of light like how calculators' batteries are charged. There are charging pad which can convert heat from a hot object place on the pad like a cup of hot coffee, hot lump of coal, and turn the heat into electricity to charge, so maybe a devices's case can get power from converting the heat from your hand, clothing, and body to electricity to charge your devices.

E-ink and other thin displays like OLED uses less energy, and mobile chips found on mobile devices are getting more power efficient every year. I think a lot of devices which run off batteries can lower the CPU speed to make it use less power when you are using your device for simple tasks like reading text.
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Now thats a bit too far in the future :P
But that's definitely something that I can see happening.
 
I think if you have money to spend on solar panels, or an ipad 2-3 case with built-in solar panels installed on it, it is already happening now, but you need to spend extra money on accessories like a solar powered case for your iPad, Android Tablet, and other device.

The One Laptop Per Child/OLPC laptop and tablets has a solar power charging adapter, and a hand crank power adapter to let users use the sun and other light source, or a hand crank generator to power their devices. The same tech can be aplied to other devices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTjyVHqVHL4
 
Having solar cells or a hand crank generator built-in would raise the price of the devices, but would not cost more than the device itself because there are already inexpensive solar, and hand crank battery chargers people can buy on eBay, Amazon, etc for their phones, tablets, and other devices.

There are iPhone 4/4S solar cases like the AGPtek® iPhone 4 4S Solar Power Battery Charger Case which charges a iPhone, and a seperate battery inside the case with solar power, and it cost $22.95 US dollars. There are also Handcrank Chargers for cellphones which you can buy for $24.99 US Dollars.

I'm sure some people who don't have regular access to electricity like people who live in places with lots of power outtages or no power at all like the jungles of Africa would pay an extra 20 dollars or more to be able to generate power on their own by using solar power or an hand crank generator to power their devices for a few hours by hand cranking a generator or leaving their iPhone by a Window to charge when they are not using their phone.
 
I have a flash light which uses a hand crank to charge the internal battery. I seen some hand crank flash light with an AM/FM radio with speakers, and USB cable for charging USB charging devices connected to the flash light via USB.
 
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