boukman

Originally Posted by Boukman


Here's how I see it: today, we are talking about a phone, but tomorrow, it will grow into an entirely new computing platform.



Not before today could we envision the convergence of the necessary technologies to make this happen :

- Fast low-power processors with 3d graphics embedded in them

- Lots of affordable flash memory for mass storage

- VGA resolution screens in small sizes

- New touchscreen technology that enable a new form of UI input and makes actual physical buttons almost irrelevant

- Next generation wireless standards to achieve broadband speeds anywhere one might go



What Apple needs to do now is to make the right stack of software to enable this new paradigm in computing. You have to remember that Apple is about making the computer personal. What is more personal than your mobile phone? Bring your music and videos, take pictures and show them on your phone, surf the web, edit your data. This is not about making a phone anymore, but rather about building a platform to enable people to do common tasks on their mobile. Maybe it would require a "dock" Ã* la iPod in order to do even more stuff on a big screen with a keyboard and mouse when one feels like it. Maybe it will need to be synchronised with some sort of "home server". Maybe everything will be backed up online on your .Mac account. I don't know. All I know is that people are now purchasing laptops instead of desktops computers, and in the future (5-10 years from now) their phone will do it all, given the right software.



Another advantage is that millions (if not billions) of people who have never used a computer before would suddenly be able to access more computing power than what we could imagine in a PC only a few years ago. This will enable them to do all the things we take for granted today with only one small integrated device.