The basic idea is that the smartphone itself is your PC and then docks into some type of shell. Various technologies have emerged that could make this vision a reality relatively soon.
Big Picture
From Innovation to Marketing: Understanding Technology Cycles
The market will move from innovation to mass commercialization in three- to four-year cycles rather than 10-year cycles like before, causing chaos for companies who do not understand it and make adjustments.
Has Apple Finished Disrupting Markets?
To think that Apple won’t use its experience to disrupt other markets is shortsighted. It might take time, but Apple is more than capable of continuing to innovate and drive markets in new directions
How the Tablet Came to Disrupt the PC Industry
The PC industry is observing one of the most significant times of change it has ever seen. I do not believe every company will survive this disruption, or at least continue in their current form.
Facebook Graph Search: The Emperor Needs New Digital Clothes
While I very much welcome the discovery nature of Facebook’s Graph Search, in concept, at a very personal level I think we need to approach it with concern about what it can index about us.
The Internet of Things: Hardware with a Side of Software
Two things stood out to me as major themes at CES this year.
Your Smartphone Will Become the Hub of Your Digital Lifestyle
Over the next two to three years, I believe we will see thousands of sensor-based products tied to apps on our smartphones.
Why Tablets, Hybrids and Convertibles Are Important to the PC Industry
There’s no question that the PC industry has taken a back seat to the tablet phenomenon.
10 Tech-Industry Predictions for 2013
From new innovations, changes in the PC landscape and mobile technology transforming the way people work, learn, communicate and play, this should be a most interesting year in the world of technology
Four Guiding Principles for Understanding Apple’s TV Strategy
Here are four guiding principles that I believe Apple will use when creating whatever next-gen TV experience the company plans to deliver to customers in the future.
Touchscreens and the Myth of Windows 8 ‘Gorilla Arm’
I’ll be surprised if you can buy a computer five years from now that doesn’t have a touchscreen — Apple products included.
Betraying Physical Books: A Book Lover’s e-Dilemma
While I will never give up physical books, I have finally gotten past the feeling of betraying the world of physical books that have been such a big part of my life for 50 years
