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Given the subsidized upgrade paths that most mobile providers give you, the half life for a mobile device is less than for a desktop. The experience gets bette
by TrevorJ 18y ago
Given the subsidized upgrade paths that most mobile providers give you, the half life for a mobile device is less than for a desktop.
The experience gets better with each generation of new hardware. The killer app of mobile devices is that you DON'T have to be next to a PC.
People are willing to trade a heck of a lot of functionality in order to not be chained to a desk.
With apps living more and more in the cloud, the value of having connectivity anywhere will only increase.
- kingkongrevenge 18y ago> People are willing to trade a heck of a lot of functionality in order to not be chained to a desk. I'm not sure that's really true. People in the west spend time at home and at work. Millions of people are probably not yearning to surf the web in strange places outside of their daily routine.
- mattmaroon 18y agoThe experience doesn't get that much better. I've been using it for 5 years. Data speeds have greatly improved, especially with EVDO Rev A. Keypads today are barely better than the Treo 650's. Apple's made some definite strides in making the touch screen usable (far beyond the old Palms) but it's still vastly inferior to a 19" LCD and a mouse, and improvements will now come incrementally.