Despite A Slowdown, Smartphone Advances Are Still Ahead
By: Nick Wingfield; NY Times Technology Section
Smartphones
are the big thing right now and it is incredible how much we spend on these
smartphones for their features. The release of the Iphone in 2007 was a great
leap for smartphones and they have only improved from there. Iphone 5 was
introduced last week which is showing the public how apple is slowly
incrementing change into their devices. Although these are incremental, they
can lead up to big advances in the future smartphone. As David Yoffie, a
professor at Harvard Business School said, “Five years of incremental change
can be very substantial change five years later.” For example, there is longer
battery life, bigger screens, better software, etc. Apple is eventually
planning on coming out with a fuel powered battery which is intended to last
for weeks. Siri is only improving as the updates are improving allowing for
better knowledge of everything.
Android/Google
mobile have made updates by coming out with wireless payment through your
cellphone. This concept has been slow to take off because not many stores have
accepted this yet. Apple has a similar product called Passbook which stores
electronic versions of your store payment. Even more advanced, Google is
planning on realeasing a product where there will be a screen in front of your
eyes. There will be some time before this product is sold on the mass market
but this “augmented reality” is a great breakthrough for technology.
This
article really grabbed my attention because I recently have an update for a new
phone and have been reading up on the Iphone 5. Needless to say I am definitely
going to get this phone and am quite excited to see the changes. Yes they have
not made many changes, but the changes they have made are substantial. There is
always competition who is going to have the best feature on their smartphone
and I think Google is coming along if this augmented reality follows through.
Like it said in the article, imagine seeing old ruins of a monument and then
seeing it before the it was ruined through your pair of glasses connected to
your smartphone. That is incredible to me, but I do think this will be very
distracting to the user.
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