Too much power?

"Build it and they will come."

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I don't know how many of you might remember this quote from "Field of Dreams" with Kevin Costner but the idea is a darn good quote for this coming generation of smartphones.  I have seen numerous accounts, online, where reviewers are discussing the idea of quad-core processors in the new smartphones, but their view tends to be, "I don't see any applications that could use this." 

Seriously???

That is how Intel got into computing so late.  When they were brought the idea of a personal computer way back when, so the legend goes, the only idea that could be thought of as a use for it was RECIPE STORAGE for the missus!!! 
And this isn't just with smartphones either.  AMD developed the first consumer true 8 core processor with it's "Bulldozer" architecture that offers some evolutionary leaps in computer processing.  But since software and hardware haven't been written to take advantage of this new architecture, benchmarks show the processor to be weaker than it's predecessors. 

As far as I know, developers like to make money.  And a good way to make money is to develop for the technology that is available.  Therefore, of course there are no applications that require or possibly even use quad-core processing!  But I guarantee you that once quad-core processors are out there, there will be applications that use, and some that will need, quad-core processing.  I even see foreshadowing of this since Google lifted raised the Android App Cap from 50MB to 4GB.  This is going to call for more powerful processing that what is currently available. (Android Developers Blog)

So the moral of the story is that just like Tim "the tool man" Taylor, we can always use more power. Ugh, ugh, ugh.