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What comes after smartphones? — Benedict Evans
However, this made me ponder how might we evaluate hardware nowadays. In my view, there are three main segments:
- Reinventing: creating new paradigms through new forms, while replacing existing models of thinking and doing.
- e.g. TV, Smartphones, Laptops, GPS
- Improving: repackaging or wrapping a known experience into a familiar form.
- e.g. Smart Watch,
Itay Dreyfus • What’s the Future of AI Hardware?
We must keep asking: What will new technology let us do that was previously impossible? Will it help us build the kind of society we want to live in?
Tim O'Reilly • Wtf?
But over the past few years, we’ve seen a lot of clamoring for what comes next. Virtual reality? Augmented reality? Autonomous vehicles? Web3?