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It seems like you're saying there is no more room for innovation/paradigm shifts in handheld computing. Do you really think that's true? Phones will be more or
by thegrimmest 5y ago
It seems like you're saying there is no more room for innovation/paradigm shifts in handheld computing. Do you really think that's true? Phones will be more or less the same as they are now forever?
- ethbr0 5y agoI think there's a ton of room for innovation/paradigm shifts in handheld computing. I think that very few of them are significant enough to flood over the moat Apple and Google have built. Among those? Screen-less mobile computing (glasses/HUD) and true conversational AI agents. But the rub is that (particularly within the Apple ecosystem), a competitor has to not just be better (on day 1, vs the 14+ years of iPlatform evolution), but better enough that people are willing to jettison the entire Apple platform for a competitor. Which means Apple can release later, with less quality, and still retain most of their users. That's the evil genius of pivoting to a platform / services company. Google to some degree, albeit to a lesser extent, since their services aren't as tightly coupled to first party hardware.
- thegrimmest 5y agoYou could have said all of this about RIM in June of 2007. How is the current situation any different?