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Netbooks and iPhones anticipated in "The other road ahead" (2001)
Paul Graham wrote, in "The other road ahead" (2001):
"All you'll need will be something with a keyboard, a screen, and a Web browser. Maybe it will have wireless Internet access. Maybe it will also be your cell phone. Whatever it is, it will be consumer electronics: something that costs about $200, and that people choose mostly based on how the case looks."
http://www.paulgraham.com/road.html
I find the above paragraph an extraordinary prediction of both netbooks and iphones.
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- mahmud 17y agoThe Apple Newton was hacked with WiFi right around that time: http://www.deleet.de/ray/newton/802.11b-FAQ.html http://www.deleet.de/ray/newton/802.11b-FAQ.html
- albertcardona 17y agoIncidentally, I submitted this post from my eeepc, in firefox, using an online app.
- onreact-com 17y agoIn 2001 we already had netbooks and iPhone like devices, the Nokia communicator has been around for ages and I remember using a netbook sized Windows 98 laptop in 2000.