Personal Mobile Desktop Application:

This article is a suggestion for an alternate of laptops. The article present problems of laptops, and problems of avoiding laptops and then a solution as Personal Mobile Desktop Application. This article also covers features of PMDA.

Terminology used:

Term	Description
Personal Mobile Desktop Application (PMDA)	An application embedded in OS (or with login) which can present a personalized view for a data to user. The data in this case is carried in a portable storage. The user shall feel that he is carrying desktop.
Personal data device	A device used as storage for PMDA
PMDA Host	Computer running PMDA.
PMDA Permanent host	Computer running PMDA and acting as a backup. These can be PC of the user.

Problems with Laptops

Laptop brought new revolution for people business need. However there are several problem with laptops make people hate this gadget. The main issues with laptops are as follows.

1. Causes strain on solder when one require carrying it for long distance.
2. Heat generated while using laptop can cause skin and other problem.
3. Small keyboard and touchpad causes stress at various point in the hand.
4. Laptop makes a common target for thieves. Moreover the data from a most of the laptop can be easily taken simply disassembling it and reusing the hard-disk with other computer.

This requires need for a device that can totally eliminate the use of laptops.
Laptops are generally carried to carry personal data such as presentations; business information entertainments and view modify this data as and when required.

Example: Problems of carrying only data

I want to carry a presentation to my client. I need to carry a big laptop for this purpose. However the presentation can be carried in a tiny storage device such as a USB pen drives if my clients allow me to use their computer. This approach has following problem.

1. I need to use someone else computer account. This would not give me personal feeling and will give some sense of insecurity to the person whose computer I am using.
2. I must be dependent fully on the person to login/ unlock.
3. It is not as free to browse internet as internet have cookies for that person.
4. Difficult to save work and if I happen to browse internet I need to retype my entire password.

There are many more similar problems. The concept of personal mobile desktop application solves these problems.

Personal Mobile Desktop Application

This section describes what all features a “Personal Mobile Desktop Application” should provide. These features are listed below.

1. The Personal mobile desktop application should be embedded with OS. And when a computer is plugged with personal data device. It should show a user login whose personal data are carried inside. This user login should be at same as normal login to that computer.
2. The application must save all the data in a secure form to “personal data device” only. All the information like temporary internet pages, internet cache, cookies, Document created should be loaded.
3. The “personal data device” shall not contain data only and all the application shall be provided in host device.
4. The “personal data device” should easily be synced with other “personal data device” (it might be required) and some personal computer (“the permanent host”).
5. User Preferances such as desktop background/ Themes should be saved on Personal data device. This will make the user feel that he/she is carrying his desktop.