Not long ago there was a clear distinction between general computing devices and specialized devices. These concepts still exist in our minds, but while it used

Not long ago there was a clear distinction between general computing devices and specialized devices. These concepts still exist in our minds, but while it used to be binary, it's now a spectrum: servers and desktops are at one end, things like smartwatches and e-readers and the touchscreens in our cars are at the other end. Most people feel that video game consoles are clearly specialized devices even though they're quite computationally powerful. The question is where phones should fall on this spectrum. Steve Jobs strongly felt they should be treated as specialized devices, but as they're now powerful enough to be many people's primary device, attitudes are shifting toward treating them more like the laptops of yore.