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Going Laptopless: MicroPersuasion On iPhone As Notebook Replacement

 

Published 10/30/2008 by awolfe@techweb.com (Alexander Wolfe) at InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs

Ever since my InformationWeek cover story, "Is The Smartphone Your Next Computer? ," I've been getting pinged by people telling me their tales of going "laptopless." (Can I use that word in a family blog?) Steve Rubel, the popular MicroPersuasion blogger and public-relations executive at Edelman Digital, spoke with me for the story and told me why he's tilting away from the notebook and relying increasingly on his iPhone. Here's our full interview. (link)

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