This is a tiny microcosm of an emerging reality - an increasing independence between input/output devices (and accompanying UI) and the physical computing hardw

This is a tiny microcosm of an emerging reality - an increasing independence between input/output devices (and accompanying UI) and the physical computing hardware that powers it all - i.e. once your smartphone is powerful enough to run all your apps, it will Software will need to get better about detecting what sort of interaction and output formats a user wants, because it won't be able to be assumed (even basic stuff like touch vs. k&m) by the platform