Sunday, November 22, 2009
10 things that mobile phones will make obsolete
It's pretty clear that smartphones are becoming the ubiquitous personal computing device that Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven predicted in their 1970s novel, The Mote in Gods Eye. This is not a good thing for some older technologies, as their functions are subsumed into phones. This trend was already happening a few years ago, but it really took off with the introduction of the Apple iPhone. This article looks at some of the things that mobile phones have made or will make obsolete.
Watches, except for fancy dress watches or special-purpose chronometers are one - my kids' generation just don't wear them anymore. I do disagree with a couple of the categories though - cell phone cameras will likely replace low-end compact digital cameras, but I doubt they'll replace higher-end cameras, such as superzooms or DSLRs. And paper is going to be around for a while yet, at least until a good, cheap tablet comes along.
Watches, except for fancy dress watches or special-purpose chronometers are one - my kids' generation just don't wear them anymore. I do disagree with a couple of the categories though - cell phone cameras will likely replace low-end compact digital cameras, but I doubt they'll replace higher-end cameras, such as superzooms or DSLRs. And paper is going to be around for a while yet, at least until a good, cheap tablet comes along.
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