The interwebs have thrown up quite a few hot takes recently about how smartphones are past their peak, maybe even on there way out; and AI driven smart glasses will emerge as the new dominant “mobile” devices.
NOPE. Sure Zuckerberg wants to take down the iPhone and the meta glasses have done pretty good but nah.
I think a more likely scenario is we still carry a thing, but the UX and app model is very different. We saw some prototypes of that earlier on, that's gone kinda quiet now but I bet we'll see another batch come the holidays
Agreed, that "visionary" post I linked talks about a new paradigm for smartphones, less onus on the user to install and identify which two apps can do a thing for them (paraphrasing) - and it sounds way better to me.
I'm with you on this one. There have been several iterations of wearables in the past 5-10 years or so. While initially they seem super cool and futuristic, I think the novelty fades quickly once in use. Fidgeting with clothes, e-gloves, scrolling with my eyes etc...I remember the nuisance of Google Glass after about 30 seconds. I'm happy seeking my information as needed not fu*%ing about with a constant, wearable, information feed to my face.
NOPE. Sure Zuckerberg wants to take down the iPhone and the meta glasses have done pretty good but nah.
I think a more likely scenario is we still carry a thing, but the UX and app model is very different. We saw some prototypes of that earlier on, that's gone kinda quiet now but I bet we'll see another batch come the holidays
Agreed, that "visionary" post I linked talks about a new paradigm for smartphones, less onus on the user to install and identify which two apps can do a thing for them (paraphrasing) - and it sounds way better to me.
I'm with you on this one. There have been several iterations of wearables in the past 5-10 years or so. While initially they seem super cool and futuristic, I think the novelty fades quickly once in use. Fidgeting with clothes, e-gloves, scrolling with my eyes etc...I remember the nuisance of Google Glass after about 30 seconds. I'm happy seeking my information as needed not fu*%ing about with a constant, wearable, information feed to my face.
Yeah they're have, I was never tempted by any of them, other than smart watches for fitness tracking.