Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Osborne 1, iPad 2: 30 Years of Device Evolution
You often hear it said these days that, for many users, the smartphone will be "the computer" people use. For others, it might be the case that a tablet becomes the PC. Compare the features of the Osborne 1, the first "transportable" personal computer, with an Apple iPad 2, for example.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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