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Will the Iphone become the Macintosh of the 1990's?
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<blockquote data-quote="DarkestRitual" data-source="post: 925357" data-attributes="member: 96273"><p>I don't think so. Cloud computing unfortunately is the direction the industry is headed, although I one day will have a rack of Xserves completely disconnected from the internet to store my data on. Those Mozy commercials offend me. It's like, "Hey! Hey you stupid person who doesn't know anything! Back up your data with Mozy so that you don't have to worry about it! ... ...and so that the government and big corporations can EASILY access your files and info and keep much closer tabs on you so that we can more precisely brainwash you into buying products that we think you need!"</p><p></p><p>However, the future is cloud computing + pads (laymen's terms, extremely small portable computing devices). The iPhone is a GREAT pad, and though it is one of the first, I don't think Apple is going to lose its momentum again like it did in the early 90s. They've realized that Steve's game plan is the right game plan. Though Steve won't live forever, I'm sure he's got a map for how Apple should proceed well into the next few decades.</p><p></p><p>The iPhone as it is now offers many features that could easily be transformed as the years progress into augmented reality. As it is, the iphone offers google maps with the gps, walking directions, and a trillion other apps to do things like that. When the tech is available (probably first in glasses and eventually in ocular implants) to provide a real augmented reality experience (like little arrows pointing the way toward the destination you've chosen), I'm sure Apple has a game plan. Obviously the current iphone won't be the same when that happens, and it might not even be called an iPhone. However, as an early pad, it is very successful and I don't see it going the way of the Mac after Steve's firing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkestRitual, post: 925357, member: 96273"] I don't think so. Cloud computing unfortunately is the direction the industry is headed, although I one day will have a rack of Xserves completely disconnected from the internet to store my data on. Those Mozy commercials offend me. It's like, "Hey! Hey you stupid person who doesn't know anything! Back up your data with Mozy so that you don't have to worry about it! ... ...and so that the government and big corporations can EASILY access your files and info and keep much closer tabs on you so that we can more precisely brainwash you into buying products that we think you need!" However, the future is cloud computing + pads (laymen's terms, extremely small portable computing devices). The iPhone is a GREAT pad, and though it is one of the first, I don't think Apple is going to lose its momentum again like it did in the early 90s. They've realized that Steve's game plan is the right game plan. Though Steve won't live forever, I'm sure he's got a map for how Apple should proceed well into the next few decades. The iPhone as it is now offers many features that could easily be transformed as the years progress into augmented reality. As it is, the iphone offers google maps with the gps, walking directions, and a trillion other apps to do things like that. When the tech is available (probably first in glasses and eventually in ocular implants) to provide a real augmented reality experience (like little arrows pointing the way toward the destination you've chosen), I'm sure Apple has a game plan. Obviously the current iphone won't be the same when that happens, and it might not even be called an iPhone. However, as an early pad, it is very successful and I don't see it going the way of the Mac after Steve's firing. [/QUOTE]
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